Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian Classic User Guide - Manual (Page 125)

Chapter 7
Creating RSBizWare Custom Analysis
Tools
An RSBizWare custom analysis tool is a user-defined plug-in to the
Configuration Console that allows you to develop custom
computations that operate on time-series data. The result of the
custom analysis tool computations then can be displayed on a
time-series chart.
The Configuration Console ships with several standard statistical
analysis tools. Why would you want to develop and use RSBizWare
custom analysis tools? The biggest reason is to allow you to visualize
different types of statistics or calculations that are particular to your
process without having to export the data from the Configuration
Console into another package. While the custom analysis tool
architecture is not as powerful as a fully featured analysis package
such as SAS or Excel, many analysis functions can be quite easily
implemented as custom analysis tools.
This chapter is intended for individuals who want to make use of
custom analysis tools developed by others, as well as for individuals
who want to develop custom analysis tools to chart specific statistics
or calculations.
This chapter leads you through a quick tour of a custom analysis tool
that ships with the Configuration Console and then discusses how
to build custom analysis tools with Microsoft Visual Basic and
Microsoft Visual C++.
• If you plan to use custom analysis tools that others develop,
you only need to read the Quick Tour section of this chapter.
Why Use Custom Analysis
Tools?
Intended Audience
Rockwell Automation Publication HIST-UM001K-EN-E-June 2014 125