Aspen Production Record Manager: Configuring the Batch Area and Feed Application

Explain the principles, terminology, and architecture of Aspen Production Record Manager. Learn how to prepare and configure a Batch system and how to populate a Batch database, and how to create a Golden Batch Profile and apply it to the current process. View Batch SPC plots. Configure automated reports.

Audience:

  • System Integrators and Administrators
  • Staff responsible for maintaining or developing a specialized batch reporting system

Training Details

  • Course Id:

    MES271

  • Duration:

    2 day(s)

  • CEUs Awarded:

    1.4

  • Level:

    Intermediate

Benefits

  • Implement a Batch system quickly and efficiently using the available tools
  • Extend the analysis of process data for batch reporting beyond those offered by the Batch Conversion Utility, providing a perfect fit for your business

Approach

  • An overview of the product and its application is presented, together with the terminology and underlying concepts
  • The terminology used in the course is consistent with S88
  • The course is packed with hands-on exercises to provide practical experience of the concepts covered
  • The features and architecture of Aspen Production Record Manager implemented in a 21CFR11 compliant configuration are outlined (specific configuration techniques for setting up this mode are outside the scope of this course)
  • Explore the role and functionality of the Batch Conversion Utility (BCU), which creates a Batch Analysis Model used to analyze process data in order to generate batch-oriented information
  • Optimize batch quality using the Batch Profiler to generate a “golden” profile and apply it to the current process

Pre-requisites

  • Microsoft Windows basic user skills
  • Aspen Process Explorer and the Tag Browser basic user skills
  • PME171 or MES171: Retrieving Batch Data Using The Reporting Tools
  • Some experience of creating tags in an Aspen InfoPlus.21 system is recommended (PME101 Aspen InfoPlus.21 Real Time Information Management Foundation Course teaches this topic)

Agenda

Product Overview
  • Describe the functional design, architecture and main features of Aspen Production Record Manager (APRM)
  • Apply the S88 standard to a production process

Configuring Aspen Production Record Manager Administrator
  • Configure a new Batch database using the Aspen Production Record Manager Administrator
  • Configure and create Automated Reports
  • Implement Production Record Manager Security
  • Workshop: Use the Aspen Production Record Manager Administrator to create a new batch area
  • Workshop: Create batch characteristics and designators for an example application using the Production Record Manager Administrator
  • Workshop: Use the Production Record Manager Administrator to create a batch unit example application, assign a tag to a unit, and assign an alias to a tag
  • Workshop: Use the Production Record Manager Administrator to create an Automated Report
  • Workshop: Test Aspen Production Record Manager Security features.

Configuring Batch Feed Application
  • Create a Batch Conversion Utility (BCU) Administrator script by:
  • Identifying a trigger
  • Specifying trigger conditions
  • Defining trigger actions
  • Verify and Schedule a BCU script
  • Determine whether a script needs fine-tuning
  • Modify a script to support sub-batch processing
  • Workshop: Use the BCU Administrator to configure the headers for Unit Scripts.
  • Workshop: Use the Aspen BCU Administrator to configure, verify, and save a Unit script
  • Workshop: Use the Aspen BCU Administrator to schedule unit scripts
  • Workshop: Modify and enhance the solutions to previous labs by implementing subbatch level processing.

Advanced Batch Configuration
  • Recognize the factors to consider when preparing to configure and use Aspen Production Record Manager Advanced tools and features
  • Understand the purpose and method of each of the steps involved in configuring Aspen OpsKPI, Golden Batch Profiling, Calculated Characteristics, and Characteristic Publishing
  • Use the above-mentioned tools effectively to create charts, trends, reference profiles and calculations
  • Publish Batch characteristics
  • Workshop: Use KPI Creation Wizard to create new KPI Tag and store within the Aspen InfoPlus.21.
  • Workshop: Use Aspen Process Explorer to trend a KPI Tag. Add Comments to a KPI Record. View Radar Chart
  • Workshop: Create a Batch Profile using the Batch Management Option in Aspen Process Explorer. View and monitor a process using the new Profile with the Batch Monitoring option in Aspen Process Explorer
  • Workshop: Create a new Characteristic for Aspen Production Record Manager. Create a calculation that updates the characteristic. View the characteristic in a Batch

Batch SPC
  • Create an Ad-hoc BatchSPC Control Chart
  • Describe the difference between Ad Hoc vs. Online Batch Real-time SPC Control Charts
  • Choose between different types of Control Charts
  • Create and configure a BatchSPC record
  • Workshop: Use Aspen Process Explorer to examine both Ad Hoc and Online Batch Real-time SPC charts.
  • Workshop: Use the Aspen Production Record Manager Administrator tool, create a new SPC variable and display the resulting record in Aspen Process Explorer

Register for a Class

Date Class Type Location Price Language
Date(s): 12/2/2025 - 12/3/2025 Type: Public Classroom Location: C2, Reading International Business Park, Basingstoke Road
Reading , United Kingdom RG2 6DT 		Price: (USD) 2000.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 10/8/2025 - 10/9/2025 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-Americas Price: (USD) 2000.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 12/3/2025 - 12/4/2025 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-Americas Price: (USD) 2000.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 10/8/2025 - 10/9/2025 Type: Public Classroom Location: 2500 Citywest Blvd, Suite 1600
Houston , Texas USA 77042 		Price: (USD) 2000.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 12/3/2025 - 12/4/2025 Type: Public Classroom Location: 2500 Citywest Blvd, Suite 1600
Houston , Texas USA 77042 		Price: (USD) 2000.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 01/27/2026 - 01/28/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-EMEA Price: (USD) 2000.00 Language: English Register
Date(s): 03/24/2026 - 03/25/2026 Type: Public Virtual Location: Virtual-EMEA Price: (USD) 2000.00 Language: English Register

Aspen Technology, Inc. awards Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for training classes conducted by our organization. One CEU is granted for every 10 hours of class participation.