SMA SUNNY EXPLORER - Manual (Page 42)

7 Additional Functions SMA Solar Technology AG
42 Explorer-BA-en-17 User Manual
7.3 Saving System Data on the Computer
With Sunny Explorer, you can save system yields and events on your computer. The data is saved in
CSV files. The CSV files can be opened in Microsoft Excel and the data can be used e.g. to create
diagrams.
File Name
The file name is composed of the system name and the date on which the device data was generated.
The file name of the event files also includes the user group. Sunny Explorer only stores events in the
event file that can be viewed by the respective user group.
File Structure
The table below describes the CSV file columns in Microsoft Excel.
Existing files with system data will be overwritten
If the selected directory already contains files with system data, Sunny Explorer will overwrite
the files. This ensures that the data in the files is always complete and up-to-date.
File File name structure Example
Daily file Systemname-YYYYMMDD.csv MySystem-20091017.csv
Monthly file Systemname-YYYYMM.csv MySystem-200910.csv
Event file For the user group Installer:
Systemname-Installer-Events-
YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD.csv
For the user group User:
Systemname-User-Events-
YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD.csv
MySystem-Installer-Events-
20091017-20091018.csv
MySystem-User-Events-
20091017-20091018.csv
1 Information on the CSV file for the programs
2 Empty line
3
Name of device 1 (serial
number or changed name) Name of device 2 (serial
number or changed name)
4 Model of device 1 Model of device 2
5 Serial number of device 1 Serial number of device 2
6 Name of the values Name of the values
7 Date and time format Value unit Value unit
8 Time (date and time) when the
device generated the value.
Value for device 1 Value for device 2
9 ... ... ...