Johnson Controls Technology Company

William A Huth

John E Seem

Diana St John

Tri V Ky

Michael Blaha

Robert J Fraune

Steven A Michals

John C Ignasiak

Anita M Lewis

Tobin J Schuster

A method and apparatus is disclosed for assessing performance of control applications in an environmental control network and for diagnosing performance problems. The apparatus includes a performance assessment and diagnostic display comprising a facility navigation tree, a system navigation tree and a performance/diagnostics window. The facility navigation tree and system navigation tree may be used to select the facilities and systems that are to have their associated control applications assessed and/or diagnosed. The performance/diagnostics window includes graphs of performance indictors that are indicative of performance levels for the included control applications. The system tree may be used to delve to more detailed views of the performance indicators to obtain additional information that may help to diagnose problems noted in performance of the selected control applications.

Method and apparatus for assessing performance of an environmental control system

A method and apparatus for arranging and accessing database data in a manner such that massive amounts of data can be aggregated and manipulated in many different ways to generate reports of many different types in a rapid manner, the method including storing data in point slices where each slice includes data having similar attributes, receiving a report request from which data attributes corresponding to the data needed to instantiate the report can be gleaned, identifying at least one required point slice including the needed data, determining if the point slice exists, where the point slice does not exist, accessing other data and generating the point slice and perhaps some intervening point slices, storing the newly generated point slices and then using the required point slice to instantiate and provide the report.

Database management method and apparatus

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Hartland, WI, United States of America

William A Huth