Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian Classic User Guide - Manual (Page 121)

Advanced Reporting Topics Chapter 6
1. Select the option that best describes your database table or
view.
• Select the Table is not in a time-series format option if
the table does not contain time-series data. This will disable
time-series analysis and FactoryTalk Transaction Manager
time-series data collection for the report data source.
• Select the Narrow Format option if the reporting tag
values are stored in a single column of the table.
• Select the Wide Format option if the table has a separate
column for each reporting tag.
• Select the Compression option if your table contains
compressed time-series data that has been collected using
the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager Compression
engine.
For this example we have selected the Narrow Format.
2. Click Next to continue.
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