In-Service Management Tool

NAPRS Outage Database

Select NAPRS Outage Database from the Main Menu.

Click the Go button.

The following kinds of reports can be generated from the NAPRS Database:

• Outage Reports
• Performance Analysis (MTBO, MTTR, Downtime)
• Outage Time Histograms
• Time Between Outages Histograms

Set the report parameters. 

1. Begin by Selecting the facilities that are the subject of the reports you wish to generate.
   
   
1. Select the Facility Type (the default is All) from the drop down list.
   
   
2. Select the Facility Code (the default is All). To refine the report with specific Facility Code(s):
   
   
1. Click the 3-dots Button to open a pop up menu window.
   
   
2. Select the specific Facility Code(s) from the pop up menu window. Hold down the Ctrl Key for multiple selections.
   
   
3. You will only see the Facility Code(s) listed in the pop up menu window when you have already selected a Facility Type.  
   
   
2. You can further refine the report by Selecting a Site.
   
   
1. Selecting a Site



1. When you Select Site you can further refine the report by Selecting one or more of the following parameters:
1. Region
2. Location ID
3. Remote ID
(applies to Airport Facilities)
4. Control ID (applies to Airport Facilities)
   
   
2. Select the Region first. The pop up window menu for the Location ID will then only list locations appropriate to the selected Region.
   
   
3. The default value for each is ALL. To Select the value for each parameter Click the 3-dots Button by the blank widow for each. The Remote ID and Control ID menu lists will reflect the Airport Facilities that have been selected.
1. A pop up window menu will open.
2. Click on the desired value to Select it.
3. Click the OK button to Enter it. 
   
   
2. The Location Lookup link pops up a window from which you can search for the Location ID and its Region by typing in the name of the city or city and the state if you don't know or remember the it.



1. The search will run if you only enter a City Name. The result will list all cities with the specified name in grouped by state.
   
   
2. The search will also run if you enter: City Name, State. Use the 2 letter abbreviation for the state and make sure to leave a space between the comma and the state. Example: Ontario, CA
   
   
3. The search response will produce a table showing
1. Region
2. Location ID
3. Name of City and State
   
   
4. Use this information to select the appropriate values from the corresponding pop up window menus.  
   
   
   
3. Selecting the Top Airports List is an alternative to selecting a Site.



1. Check the Box next to Top Airports to activate the customized list of airports.



1. Click the 3-dots Button to open a pop up window and view the current list.
   
   
2. Airports can be Deleted or Added to the list using the form in the pop up window.
   
   
2. Using the Top Airports List is an exclusive parameter. The other site values will not be functional.
   
   
   

4. Outage Causes Parameters have 4 options:
   
   
   1. All - Check the Button to Select
      
      
   2. Scheduled - Check the Button to Select
      
      
   3. Unscheduled - Check the Button to Select
      
      
   4. Select Cause specifies a specific cause.
      
      
      1. Select the Select Cause button.
         
         
      2. Click the 3-dots Button to open a pop up window and view the Outage Cause list.
         
         
      3. Select the specific outage cause(s) from the list and Click the OK button to enter. Hold down the Cntrl Key to Select multiple outage causes from the list 
         
         
5. Date Range Parameters are Start Date to End Date. The dates cannot be left blank. The ISMT application will run a validation on the dates that you type in and warn you if the dates do not meet accepted parameters.
   
   
   1. The default dates cover the most commonly used years spanned by the database. The NAPRS Outage Database has data back to 1/1/1984.
      
      
   2. Type in the blanks to change the Date Range.
      
      
      1. The Start Date must be earlier than the End Date.
         
         
      2. The End Date must be before the current date. 
         
         

4. To Select a Report to generate Click the button next to the Report name. 
   
   
   1. Outage Reports can be Summarized by or grouped by selecting options from 2 pop down lists.
      
      
      1. The first pop down list defaults to None with no options available in the second pop down list.
      1. The generated report will display a 9 column list.
      1. Facility Code
      2. Region
      3. Ident
      4. Remote
      5. Control
      6. Cause Code
      7. Outage Start
      8. Outage End
      9. Outage Time
         
         
      2. Click the Go link at the end of the list item line to go to the NOCC data on the same incident. The NOCC Database has a much lower number of records so it is possible there will be no data in the NOCC report screen.
         
         
      3. Use the browser Back button to return to the list.
         
         
      2. The first Summarized by drop down list has the following options:
         
         1. Facility
         2. Region
         3. Year
            
            
      3. The second Summarized by drop down list varies depending on the option selected in the first drop down list.
         
      1. Facility = None, Region, Cause or Year
      2. Region = None, Facility, Cause or Year
      3. Year = None, Facility, Region or Cause
         
         
      4. When you have only a first option selected and None for the second option the Report Screen will show:
      
      
      
      1. 2 pie charts. The first chart depicts the Number of Outages. The second chart depicts the Outage Time.
         
         
      2. The table below shows all the data depicted in the pie charts. 
         
         
      5. When you have a first option and a second option selected the Report Screen will show:
      
      
      
      1. 2 pie charts. The first chart depicts the Number of Outages. The second chart depicts the Outage Time.
         
         
      2. The segments of the pie charts are interactive. When you click on one of the segments a detailed pie chart reflecting the detailing same option choices will be generated.
         
         
      3. The table below shows all the data depicted in the pie charts. 
         
         
   2. Performance Analysis encompasses 4 different type of reports. The first option selection drop down list is Summarize by and selecting options from it sets how the data is to be summarized. The second option selection drop down list is Show and selecting options from it chooses the type of report to generate.
      
      
   1. The Summarized by list has the following options:
   1. Facility
   2. Region
   3. Cause
   4. Year
      
      
   2. The Show list has the following options:
      
   1. All Parameters
      
   2. MTBO (with Graph)
   3. MTTR (with Graph)
   4. Down Time (with Graph)
      
      
   3. The default All Parameters produces an 11 columned list.
      
      
   1. Column 1 = Year and Column 2 = CauseCode
      
      
   2. Columns 3, 4, and 5 display the MTBO in numbers of hours.
      
      
   3. Columns 6, 7, and 8 display the MTTR in numbers of hours.
      
      
   4. Column 9 = percentage of Availability
      
      
   5. Column 10 = Average Down Time in Hours per Year
      
      
   6. Column 11 = the Number of Outages in that year.
      
      
   7. The default Confidence Level is 85%. To modify the Confidence Level and generate a new report use the drop down list found in the top right area of the Report Screen to select a different percentage. A new report will automatically generate as soon as you have made the selection showing a change in the MTBO and MTTR confidence intervals.
      
      
   8. The default report display is by Year. Use the pop down list located in the upper left area of the Report Screen just above the Title box to Select a Quarterly or a Monthly display of the data. Selecting a different time increment from the drop down list will automatically generate a new Report Screen.
      
      

4. MTBO (with graph)


1. The graph will show the MTBO time trend based on the Summarized by and/or Show options that you have specified.
   
   
2. Below the graph is a table showing the data depicted in the graph.
   
   
3. The default report display is by Year. Use the pop down list located in the upper left area of the Report Screen just above the Title box to Select a Quarterly or a Monthly display of the data. Selecting a more detailed time increment from the drop down list will automatically cause a new report to generate. Increasing the increment details increases the length of time it takes to generate the report.
   
   
4. To save report generation time the report defaults to the No Drill Down option on the drop down list located in the center top area of the screen. Select a Drill Down option to be able to view details for selected parameter options.
   
   
1. Enable Outage Drill Down: activates the graph points as interactive links to outages relating to that data point. Select a point and the report will regenerate with detailed outage information.
   
   
2. Enable Bounds Drill Down: regenerates the report and columned list showing the Time Trend of MTBO Confidence Intervals. Click on any item in a list row to generate a graph and a table showing the data depicted in the graph that details information relating to the clicked list row.
   
   
5. MTTR (with graph)
   
   
1. The graph will show MTTR time trend based on the Summarized by and/or Show options that you have specified.
   
   
2. Below the graph is a table showing the data depicted in the graph.
   
   
3. The default report display is by Year. Use the pop down list located in the upper left area of the Report Screen just above the Title box to Select a Quarterly or a Monthly display of the data. Selecting a more detailed time increment from the drop down list will automatically cause a new report to generate. Increasing the increment details increases the length of time it takes to generate the report.
   
   
4. To save report generation time the report defaults to the No Drill Down option on the drop down list located in the center top area of the screen. Select a Drill Down option to be able to view details for selected parameter options.
   
   
   
1. Enable Outage Drill Down: activates the graph points as interactive links to outages relating to that data point. Select a point and the report will regenerate with detailed outage information.
   
   
2. Enable Bounds Drill Down: regenerates the report and columned list showing the Time Trend of MTTR Confidence Intervals. Click on any item in a list row to generate a graph and a table showing the data depicted in the graph that details information relating to the clicked list row..
   
   
6. Downtime (with graph)
   
   
1. The graph shows Downtime based on the Summarized by and/or Show options that you have specified.
   
   
2. Below the graph is a table showing the data depicted in the graph.
   
   
3. The default report display is by Year. Use the pop down list located in the upper left area of the Report Screen just above the Title box to Select a Quarterly or a Monthly display of the data. Selecting a more detailed time increment from the drop down list will automatically cause a new report to generate. Increasing the increment details increases the length of time it takes to generate the report.
   
   
4. To save report generation time the report defaults to the No Drill Down option on the drop down list located in the center top area of the screen. Selecting Enable Outage Drill Down activates the graph points as interactive links to outages relating to that data point. Select a point and a 9 columned report will regenerate with details relating to the selected point. 
   
   
3. Outage Time Histogram is concerned with the amount of time an outage lasted. The report can be set to the number of outage intervals within a specified duration of hours time span. The default for both is 10. Type the desired numbers in to the boxes to change to your specification.
   
   
1. The graph shows the histogram of outage time based on the parameters that you have specified.
   
   
2. Below the Title box is a row of check boxes for fitting point data for the different histograms:
1. Exponential
2. Gamma
3. Weibull
4. Normal
5. Lognormal

Check one or more or all of the boxes and Click the Refresh button to generate the results. When the Report Screen refreshes point fitting data for each box checked will display just below the box. A new time trend histogram will be added reflecting each fitting point data box you checked.

3. Below the histogram is a table that lists the data depicted in the histograms.
   
   
4. Time Between Outages Histogram is concerned with the time span between outages. The report can be set to the number of intervals within a specified number of hours time span. The default for intervals is 10 and for within a time span is maximum 1000 hours. Type the desired numbers in to the boxes to change to your specification.
   
   
1. The graph shows the histogram of time between outages based on the parameters that you have specified.
   
   
2. Below the Title box is a row of check boxes for fitting point data for the different histograms:
1. Exponential
2. Gamma
3. Weibull
4. Normal
5. Lognormal

Check one or more or all of the boxes and Click the Refresh button to generate the results. When the Report Screen refreshes point fitting data for each box checked will display just below the box. A new time trend histogram will be added reflecting each fitting point data box you checked.

3. Below the histogram is a table that lists the data depicted in the histograms.
   
   
5. Click the Show Report button to generate the report. It is likely that generating the report will seem to take a long time. You will be able to see the browser logo animation running in the up right corner of you browser frame as an indication that the application is busy generating the report. There is a lot of data to process and a lot of processing that is run. Patience is needed.
   
   
6. Click the Export button to export the report data to Excel.
   
   
7. User the browser Print button to Print a Report from a Report Screen.
   
   
8. Remember to type a Title into the Title Box in the top area of the screen if you are going to Save the report for later retrieval.