Step 3. Enter Advanced Migration Specifications

Click Options>Configuration on the Historian migration utility menu bar.

The Migration options dialog box opens.

Configuration options are as follows.


1	Historian server options


Option	Description
Server name	Historian Server name.
	Default	CIMPLICITY Server if the Historian Server is the same as the CIMPLITY Server. Blank if the CIMPLICITY Server is different from the Historian Server.
Username	Valid Historian user name. If the name is not recognized by Historian, the migration will fail.
Password	Password required for the specified Historian user. If the password is incorrect, the migration will fail.
Event rate/second	Number of data per second that can be sent to the Historian Server. Note: This can be used to slow data flow for Historian Server processing requirements.
	No limitation		0
	Default		10000


2	Time options

Treat as DST timestamp directs CIMPLICITY to do the following.


Checked	Converts the time stamp entered when the data was logged from Local to Universal Tmestamp format.
Clear	Leaves the time stamp in the designated Local format.


3	Logfile options

Logfile options provide instructions for logfile maintenance.


Option	Description
Filename	Location and name of the file that contains the log data.
	Default	...\Project Path\Project Name\Log\<Logfile.log>
Log migrated samples	Checked	Every sample sent to Historian is logged on screen
	Clear	Samples sent to Historian are not logged on screen.
	Default	Clear
Overwrite logfile	Checked	Overwrites the existing log file with data from the last migration.
	Clear	Creates a new logfile for the current migration.
	Default	Checked


4	Data & tag add options

Tags and values that already exist in Historian can be overwritten if specified.


Checkbox	Description
Overwrite existing tags	Checked	Overwrites the tag properties in Historian if the tag name already exists in Historian. Associated tag properties are: datatype Sourceaddr(projectname\PointID.VALUE) Engineering Unit (if available).
	Clear	If the tag name already exists in Historian, the migrating tag's properties will not written to Historian. Note: If the tag's properties already in Historian are different from the properties of the tag that will be migrated, the new tag properties will not be migrated to Historian.
	Default	Clear
Overwrite existing values	Checked	Overwrites the existing values for the existing Historian tag.
	Clear	Appends new values for the existing Historian tag in the Historian log.
	Default	Checked


5	Alarm severity mapping

Has the following default classes for its alarms.

May have one or more user defined alarm classes.

During migration CIMPLICITY alarm classes are mapped to the integer value entered in the LOW, MED and HIGH fields..


Field	Description (after migration)
LOW	The LOW alarm class is identified as the entered value.
	Default	150
MED	The MED alarm class is identified as the entered value.
	Default	500
HIGH	The following alarm classes are identified as the entered value. HIGH SYS User defined alarm classes
	Default	850


6	Read/write options

Read/write options provides the tools to validate the migration.


Checkbox	Description
Write values to server	Checked	Writes values to Historian during the migration.
	Clear	A simulation is conducted to determine if the data can get written from CIMPLICITY logging to Historian. Values are not actually written to Historian during the migration.
	Default	Checked
Read values	Checked	Enables validating data if it was written successfully and can be read. When the migration is complete a window will open for validation purposes. Important: Validation reads each tag and its data back from Historian. This process can be very time consuming.
	Clear	Validation is not performed for reading values.
	Default	Clear