In this discussion we will explore the Press Availability dashboard.
Navigate to this dashboard by clicking on the “Press Availability” gauge in the common overview dashboard.
HOW TO USE:
Using the Filter options pane to the right to adjust the date range and press(es) which you want to review.
Click on the <Refresh> to take new Filter adjustments into account. Click on <Close> to take you back to the <Services>.
The Press Availability dashboard provides information about the percentage of time the press (or presses as an aggregate) spend in various engine states – basically, how long is the press spending actually printing, how long waiting for jobs, and so on. This time is taken as a percentage of the time in which the press is spent in an “on” state. By looking at how often the press spends printing vs. waiting for jobs, it is possible for the press owner to make more informed choices about load-balancing jobs among presses, or to make other optimizations to the job workflow feeding each individual press.
The pie chart labelled “Elapsed Time by State” provides a detailed break down of the engine states over the entire time specified by the date range.
The time-series graph labelled “Elapsed Time Percentage by Month and State” provides this engine state information graphed out over the entire time period specified in the date range.
In all cases, it is the selection of specific presses which controls where the information comes from. By either clicking on “Select all” or by clearing all the check boxes in the Press selection filter, all presses available will be chosen. One or more specific presses may be selected as well.
Hovering the mouse over the Elapsed Time Percentage by Month and State graph will pop up a tool-tip giving a more detailed set of numbers for the engine state.
