RtWebParts User and Administration Class (CBT)
The RtWebParts User and Administration Class Computer Based Training (CBT) v1.0.1 course is now available as a self-paced learning tool for customers who would like to create their own portal web pages using RtWebParts. The instruction includes how to retrieve data from different sources and present that data in the most efficient ways. We also prepare the students to manage their RtWebParts installation, including security implications.
Included in the 3 hours of voice and video demonstrations are topics on how to use and create web part pages, how to find and insert RtWebParts that display process data in different ways (such as through trends, bargraphs, and tables) and how to use PI ProcessBook to develop process graphics that can be exported to your portal page.
The class is designed to teach all the same tasks as are taught in the regular instructor led RtWebParts User and Administration class. (Click here to see a detailed description of the class.) It is a self-study course delivered on CD-ROM as a series of screen videos with narration accompanied by a workbook. The tutorials use screen video and voice playback to deliver software demonstrations and instructor lectures.
The topics are laid out in an easy to navigate menu system that provides quick access to any topic. This means that you have the option of viewing the entire course from beginning to end, selecting only certain lessons at convenient times, or returning to the course at a later date for a quick refresher. Each video is designed to be about three minutes long, so you can drill down to the information you need without sitting through a lot of information you don't.
A menu lists each topic and how long it takes to complete.
The RtWebParts User and Administration Class CBT (part # PI-CBT-RTWP) is a series of short screen demonstrations with voice narration. These narrations have been placed in a web browser interface. No installation procedure is required to run the videos from the web menu, although you can choose to automatically add a shortcut to the main menu to your desktop. The user can pause, fast-forward, and rewind the screen video clips.
Users work through the tutorials by first finding a feature on the main menu that they are interested in (for example, "Basic Web Parts"). This link opens up a second window with details of each video, including its length in minutes and seconds. If the user has access to an web server that supports RtWebParts, he can easily switch between applications to practice what was demonstrated.
We estimate it would take a user 2 days to go through all the material, including doing the exercises that are demonstrated. There is a total of 3 hours of video with voice narration.
Videos demonstrate how to configure web parts.
OSIsoft CBTs are licensed for individual users, but unlike many of our other applications, we encourage users to remove the tutorials when they are finished to pass on to the next student. Typically a site with dozens of PI users will only need a few licensed copies that are shared as people make time to use them. The tutorials can also be installed to run on a network server (with the appropriate number of user licenses).
Course Outline
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Introduction to SharePoint
2.1 – SPS and WSS
2.2 – SharePoint navigation and terminology
2.3 – Web part page
3.0 Basic RtWebParts
3.1 – RtGauge
3.2 - RtTrend, PI Tag, RtTimeRange and PI Time
3.3 - RtGraphic, PI ProcessBook, Share Point document library
3.4 - RtValues, PI Dataflow, RtTimeSeries
4.0 RtBaseline configuration
4.1 – Data source configuration, UDL file, web services
4.2 – Datasets configuration, SQL query placeholder
5.0 Advanced RtWebParts configuration
5.1 - RtTable web part, RtTable behavior, web part connection
5.2 - RtTreeView web part, PI module database, web part connection
6. Setup
6.1 - Basic IIS and SQL server
6.2 - RtWebParts – Setup
6.3 – How to test the installation
7. Security
7.1 - Client Security
7.2 - Data Security
7.3 - IIS/SPS/WSS Security
8. Administration
8.1 - RtWebParts Backup
8.2 - Troubleshooting
8.3 - Performance Monitoring
9. Customization and other topics
9.1 – RtTrend Template
9.2 – SharePoint and other web parts
9.3 - Datalink Reports in RtWebParts
9.4 - Using FrontPage 2003 with RtWebParts
9.5 - Style Sheets
9.6 - SPS/WSS Features
9.7 – SharePoint Ressources
10. RtActiveView
10.1 - Notes on ActiveView Installation
System Requirements
The tutorials do not require access to RtWebParts. However, if you have access to RtWebParts you can practice the tutorials by switching between the demonstration and the application.Hardware Requirements:
- Microsoft Windows 95, 98, Me, NT 4.0, 2000, XP or later version
- 90 MHz processor
- 16 MB of RAM
- Windows-compatible sound card and speakers or headphones
Software Requirements (to view the video demonstrations):
- Internet Explorer 5.0+
- Camtasia Player (included with software)
Software Requirements (to try the exercises shown in the demonstrations):
- Access to an RtWebParts server.
- Access to a PI Server.
- Adobe SVG Viewer 3.0.
- PI-ProcessBook (v2.3 or greater) to save ProcessBook displays as SVG files to use in the RtGraphic web part.
- PI-ProcessBook (v3.0 or greater) to use the "Launch Analysis Tool" command included with the RtGraphic web part.
- PI ActiveView 2.2 or higher (to use the RtActiveView web part)
- Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services or Office SharePoint Portal Server 2.0
- Access to a PI 3.3x (or better) Server with sufficient trust (Read/Write access) set up between the target web server and the PI server.
If you want to try the exercises, the PCs should be able to connect to the local PI server using RtWebParts so that live data will be available.
The files used including the screen video and voice narration remain stored on the CD-ROM and are not installed locally.
What is Included
The tutorials include the CD-ROM based tutorials and printed copies of the class lecture notes and workbook. The books are the same we use in the public class.
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