FT View Historian Client

[Tim Ganz]

Trying to do some work on an FT View SE server and I don't see a client to be able to access the historian. Should there be a client to access the historian?

I don't seem to have one on the historian server box. A reason you would put it somewhere else? and if so would you not still have one on the historian box? Best practice?

 

[Ken Moore]

You can configure trends in the clients, that access historian values. To access/modify the historian you will need a machine with SMT (System management tool). Should be part of the historian install and native to the historian machine, You can trend, add, delete, and lots more.

 

[glennz]

Best practice is to keep the Historian server off-limits except for the people who administer it's configuration. You can have a "client" there, in the form of FactoryTalk VantagePoint (ugh) or Excel DataLink add-on, for admin only use, if you wanted. At one time Rockwell licensed an OSI PI tool called 'Process Book'; don't know if that one is still available. The SMT Ken mentioned is an admin-level tool.

Our typical installation would provide end-user client access to the data through other FactoryTalk Directory member computers that have VantagePoint, Excel DataLink, and/or TrendPro objects on SE graphics.

I think there are other third-party client applications that can be configured to access Historian data, too.