Use the InTouch HMI with the Historian Server

The Historian Server is a real-time, relational database designed specifically for industrial applications. You can optionally configure the Historical Logger to store InTouch historical data to a historian in the AVEVA history server database.

Note: For more information about setting up the InTouch HMI with a remote history provider, see Distributing Applications in AVEVA™ InTouch HMI Application Deployment.

If you use the the Historian to store historical data, you must use the Distributed Name Manager from WindowMaker to specify a connection to the database.

Configure a connection to a Historian Server database

1. Open WindowMaker.

2. On the File menu, highlight Configure, and then select Distributed Name Manager.

   The Distributed Name Manager configuration screen appears, with separate tabs for the Distributed Alarms and the Distributed History.

3. On the Distributed History tab, select the + icon to add a history provider, or press Alt+A.

   The Add history provider dialog appears.

   

4. In the Provider Name box, type the name you want to use for the new historical provider.

   A provider name can be 16 alphanumeric characters or fewer.

5. Select Historian.

   1. In the Data Source box, type the node name of the server where the Historian Server is installed.

   2. From the Credentials drop-down, select the credentials for authentication.

   Note: For standalone InTouch applications, the credentials are retrieved from the Application Manager. For managed InTouch applications, the credentials are retrieved from the Credential Manager of the Application Server. For more information, see Work with Credential Manager in AVEVA™ InTouch HMI Application Development.

   1. Select Test connection to verify the connection to the Historian Server database. A message appears indicating whether the connection to the database is successful or not.

6. Select Add to close the dialog box. The Historian Server node appears in the History Providers list.

7. Select Save.