Please stay with me whilst I describe my situation. At present, we 'apparently' own several copies of datapage around the company on production lines but I have yet to find them. These aren't really much use to me anyway since I can't play with them in the event that I destroy a quality metric.
In our engineering company, we run a Special Products department. One of their functions is to produce prototype parts for new designs requested by the customer. The quality control for this process is to test 30 samples on the CMM machine to ensure it is accurate to the drawing.
Although we sample each batch, we do not compare each sample in a batch to another, so we can't track deviation in the process.
Now, to DataPage. From what I have read on the forum and the sales pitch, it would appear the software is perfectly capable of analysing the data. My concern is how to extract the data. A fundamental requirement of the new process is that we track each batch and drawing, and that the data is extractable from any of the office areas.
Now, the questions:
It has been noted before that DataPage can be difficult to set up, but once running, its fine. Could someone with no experience in the software, but technically able, be capable of setting up this software? Is the documentation provided up to the task?
Can the report that DataPage produces be exported as a static data snapshot e.g. a JPG?
Approximately how much is this software (we're based in the UK) or should I really be contacting sales
?
The database in which DataPage holds all its data, is this fully configurable to add new tables and attributes as well as applications to assist in data exportation and extraction?
Do PCDMIS provide a tool that allows direct access to the data without the analysis side e.g. DataPage without the report?
I'm very new to DataPage, so I'm still reading and therefore apologise should any of these questions been covered in a thread that I haven't read yet.
Thanks for your time.
Chris.
