Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian Classic User Guide - Manual (Page 25)

Collecting FactoryTalk Historian Classic Data Chapter 3
Item Description
Time-series Data
Compression
This connector stores time-series data in a pre-defined compressed
format in either an Oracle database or a Microsoft SQL Server
database. The compressed data point records contain binary data
that can only be viewed through FactoryTalk Historian Classic. For a
detailed description of data compression and the Compression
connector, see the Administration Guide, section "Data
Compression".
This tutorial will help you understand how to use the Time-Series
Data Collection Wizard to collect reporting tag data. A reporting
tag is a particular item of collected time-series data—independent of
the method or source of collection—that can be charted in
RSBizWare reports.
For this tutorial, we will be using the Time-Series Data Collection
Wizard to configure FactoryTalk Transaction Manager transactions
that will collect values from the control system and log the values to
a reporting tag in the RSBizWare database.
NOTE
To configure time-series data collection, you must be granted a
FactoryTalk Historian Classic Author license by your RSBizWare
administrator.
From the Configuration Console menu, select Configure >
FactoryTalk Historian Classic >Time-Series Data Collection to
display the Time-Series Data Collection Wizard welcome screen.
Click Next on the Welcome dialog box.
The Collection Source and Destination dialog box, which allows
you to specify where the time-series data will be collected from and
where it will be stored in the RSBizWare database, will display.
Tutorial
Step 1: Start the Time-Series
Data Collection Wizard
Step 2: Select the Source and
Destination of the
Time-Series Data
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