Overview: Proficy Historian Source

Use this operation to import data from a Proficy Historian source block. This dataset can contain either discrete or continuous data.

Properties

Category:	Import
Performance risk:	Potential high performance risk. The performance is influenced by the size of the text file being imported, which is determined by number of rows and/or the number of columns of the dataset.
Knowledge required:	None

 

Effect on datasets

How many datasets are required to perform this operation?	None
Does it create a new dataset?	Yes
Can you reconfigure this operation?	Yes
Can you apply this operation to a locked dataset?	N/A
Does it modify the current dataset in any way?	N/A

Requirements

• Note that in order to connect to a Proficy Historian using the Proficy Historian source operation, please ensure that you have installed the Proficy Historian OLE DB Provider, provided with your Proficy Historian installation disk, on your client machine.

Results

• A new dataset created with the data from the Historian, depending on the configuration stipulated.

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• Configuring operation: Proficy Historian Source

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