Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 28)

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Using services, FactoryTalk products can share and gain simultaneous access to resources
such as tags and graphic displays that you only need to define once in the system.
The FactoryTalk Services Platform installs behind the scenes during FactoryTalk View SE
installation. Following are the services the platform provides:
 FactoryTalk Directory centralizes access to system resources and names for all
FactoryTalk products and components participating in an automated control system.
The FactoryTalk Network Directory manages resources for FactoryTalk View SE
network applications, and the FactoryTalk Local Directory manages resources for
FactoryTalk View SE local applications. For more information, see Chapter 4, Setting
up the FactoryTalk Directory.
 FactoryTalk Security centralizes user authentication and authorization at the
FactoryTalk Directory. For information about securing FactoryTalk View SE
applications, see Chapter 5, Setting up security.
 FactoryTalk Live Data manages connections between FactoryTalk products and
data servers. For information about data communications in FactoryTalk View SE
applications, see Chapter 9, Setting up communications.
 FactoryTalk Diagnostics collects and provides access to activity, status, warning,
and error messages generated throughout a FactoryTalk system. For information about
diagnostics in FactoryTalk View SE, see Chapter 15, Logging system activity.
 FactoryTalk Administration Console is an optional, stand-alone tool for
developing, managing, and securing multiple applications.
FactoryTalk services installed with FactoryTalk View SE
The FactoryTalk Services Platform also supports FactoryTalk Alarms and Events services,
and software-based product activation. These services are installed separately, during
FactoryTalk View SE installation, rather than with the FactoryTalk Services Platform.
For more information about FactoryTalk Alarms and Events and FactoryTalk Activation,
see the list of FactoryTalk View SE software below.
Finding more information about FactoryTalk services
This manual contains information about designing and developing FactoryTalk View SE
applications, including some information about how FactoryTalk View uses FactoryTalk
services.
You must use the FactoryTalk Administration Console to restore FactoryTalk View SE
network applications and to set up computer accounts, if necessary, after upgrading the
FactoryTalk Services Platform. Otherwise, FactoryTalk View Studio is the configuration
software for developing and testing FactoryTalk View applications.