There are three main types of inquiries that take place for factory data: online queries, dashboards and reports. Each of these is described below. The basic TAP Edition comes with a set of reports and inquiries included. Others can be added as required during implementation. For full reporting functionality, the optional LiveView module can be added.

Queries
A query is an online, real-time reporting of activity or status of the factory. It can return information about any aspect of the manufacturing activity such as lot status or history, employee activity, equipment status or material usage. These queries are given on demand and are the most common sort of reports run against the manufacturing system. The InSite | Semiconductor TAP Edition comes with many such queries predefined. However, a factory may wish to add many of their own since the information desired may change from factory to factory. The Detailed History query that comes with the InSite system provides a powerful and flexible tool for providing an online window into the factory and can be configured by the user to provide a customized list of data fields without any programming.

Dashboards
A dashboard is the ideal tool for showing a status of activity that is constantly updated with real-time data. Examples of this would be a monitor displaying a production line with the current state of each tool displayed as up, down or in setup. Perhaps a supervisor wants to see the cycle time and yields of each lot processed on the line as they are happening. A dashboard could provide this on demand. At this time, the InSite | Semiconductor TAP Edition does not come with pre-defined dashboards. However, the real-time nature of the information is well suited to provide such reports. As a service offering, any desired dashboards can be customized for the factory.

Reports
A report is an off-line query that can examine large amounts of information to provide a great deal of sophisticated analysis, trending information, cyclical data and overall performance metrics. The basic Semiconductor TAP Edition comes with a set of five reports that provide basic management of the information. These reports include:

WIP Status (Lots by operation)
Cycle Time & Yield by Operation, Lot, Product, Resource or Operator
Pareto chart by operation
Ship Report (Lots waiting at Finished Goods and Projected Ship date)
Lot Start Report (Lot Starts by time period)

Should a factory desire more reports, it is recommended that the LiveView module be used to have Business Objects software available along with a predefined universe of the database for the production of sophisticated reports.