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Connecting to the information services manager – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian Classic User Guide User Manual

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Chapter 2 Getting Started

The RSBizWare architecture can be configured to run on a single
computer, or it can be distributed across multiple computers. In the
simplest case, the Configuration Console, the Information Services
Manager, the RSBizWare administrative tools used by the
RSBizWare administrator, the database, the Metrics Server
Manager, and the FactoryTalk Transaction Manager data collection
engine run on a single computer. In a distributed setting, these

components may reside on separate computers. Clients connect to
the Information Services Manager using TCP/IP, so they can be
deployed over a LAN, WAN, intranet, or the Internet. The
scalability of the RSBizWare architecture allows many clients to
connect to a single server.

RSBizWare reports created by the report designer are saved to the
Information Services Manager, and are available online over a
TCP/IP network. If you wish to create and edit RSBizWare reports
using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you need to run the
Configuration Console.

Using Microsoft Internet Explorer to view RSBizWare reports, you

can connect to the Information Services Manager without having
the RSBizWare software installed on your computer. Instead, the
server hosts a special Web page, the Quick Web, to give you access to
the RSBizWare reports stored on the server. This option only allows
you to view RSBizWare reports.

To access the Quick Web, open Internet Explorer, type the Web
address for the Information Services Manager computer, and press
Enter on your keyboard.

The Web address is made up of the name of the server computer and
the HTTP port number used by the server computer, separated by a
colon.

For example, if you were attempting to connect to a server computer
named

rsi-rockwell

that uses the default HTTP port

8080

, you

Connecting to the
Information Services
Manager

Using the Information
Services Manager in Internet
Explorer

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Rockwell Automation Publication HIST-UM001K-EN-E-June 2014