3BUA000150-600 181Section 10 Asset Optimization ReportingIntroductionThe 800xA System provides two Asset Optimization Report Templates thatsummarize important maintenance information to provide maintenance engineerswith comprehensive data to make decisions. The Asset Optimization ReportTemplates are:• AO Asset Condition History Report.• AO Running Time Report.These reports are implemented as a Microsoft Excel (.xls) files. The templates areused in conjunction with the Inform IT Scheduler system extension. Reports are runmanually and can be scheduled periodically as defined in the Scheduling DefinitionAspect. Report data is retrieved through DataDirect macros or by using custommacros written in Visual BASIC. All report parameters are defined in a secondconfiguration sheet. When data is collected and formatted, the reports can beoptionally printed or historized, if Information Management is installed andappropriately configured.The Asset Optimization Report Template implementation requires that thefollowing 800xA System features be installed on the target Aspect System:• Asset Optimization: required as a source for the report data.• Scheduler: required for the report template to be triggered, run, and stored.• DataDirect (Excel add-in): required for retrieving data from the Aspect System.• Information Management: required if long term archiving of reports isrequired.Refer to System 800xA Asset Optimization Configuration (3BUA000118*) forinformation on setting up and configuring reports.