Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian Classic User Guide - Manual (Page 9)

Chapter 1
Welcome to FactoryTalk Historian Classic
The RSBizWare software is a suite of tools and services aimed at
increasing your manufacturing floor effectiveness and profitability
with solutions that target performance analysis and improvement
and with data acquisition and integration. FactoryTalk Historian
Classic is just one of the applications that is available within the
RSBizWare software. FactoryTalk Historian Classic is a repository
for historical data, built for today’s networked and distributed
enterprise. Tightly coupled to FactoryTalk Transaction Manager for
data collection, FactoryTalk Historian Classic ships with a
complete, predesigned data model for time-series data logging, and
offers the ability to analyze data from external database tables.
FactoryTalk Historian Classic offers the following features and
benefits:
• Rich reporting, graphing, time-series analysis, and querying
functionality provide a complete and easy-to-use solution for
performance analysis.
• A direct link between the shop floor, where data is collected,
and the enterprise, where data can be analyzed and reported
on.
• The ability to embed a report object in any Microsoft ActiveX
container, such as Visual Basic or Internet Explorer.
• The ability to analyze data contained in non-RSBizWare
databases.
The FactoryTalk Historian Classic User Guide is designed to help
you understand how to access and use the FactoryTalk Historian
Classic product. This document focuses on the end-user functions of
What is FactoryTalk Historian
Classic?
Features and Benefits
Intended Audience
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