Create a new AVEVA Historian Server connection

The first time you start a Historian Client application, you must create a server connection to the Historian. To create a connection, you need your assigned Historian username and password.

To create a Historian connection

1. From the Historian folder in the Windows Start menu, open the Trend application.

2. On the Tools menu, select Servers. The Server List Configuration dialog box appears, which shows a list of connected servers or servers that were configured in the past.

   

3. In the Server field, enter the name of the server to which you want to connect.

   • For an On-Premises Historian, enter the name of the server where it is hosted.

   • For a Managed Historian, use a name of your choice.

   • For a SQL Server named instance, use the format <server_name>\<instance_name>.

     Note: If the default port for the SQL Server is changed, the Historian Client server configuration should be given as <server_name>[\<instance_name>], <port_number>. For example:
     

4. In the Connection section, specify the type of connection you want to use:

   Note: Support for runtime language switching requires a REST configuration, and the server connection type must be configured as OData Feed. This configuration supports only http://localhost:32569 or https://localhost:32573.

   • Database (SQL Server): Choose this option to connect to the SQL Server database.

   • OData Feed: Choose this option to connect to the open data protocol feed. Then specify the URL and continue to step 7. You can connect using this option only if you are using a Managed Historian connection. ODATA Feed is required to support runtime language switching (see note, above).

     Notes: If you select OData Feed to connect to the Historian Server, all the fields related to the Login section become unavailable and the Managed Account option becomes deselected automatically.
     
     By default, the Historian's OData server supports unencrypted HTTP connections. To use an encrypted (HTTPS) OData connection, you will first need to install and configure an SSL client certificate. Contact AVEVA Technical Support for details.

5. In the Login section, select one of the following:

   • Windows Integrated: Authenticate with Windows integrated security.

   • Single Sign-On: Authenticate with AVEVA Identity Manager. You must be using the connected experience for this option to be enabled. See the Configure Operations Control with connected experience section in the AVEVA Service Platform Installation Guide for details.

   • SQL Login: Authenticate with SQL Server credentials, click SQL Login and configure the following login details. Then go to step 7.

     • Login ID: Type your assigned Historian username. If your system administrator has not assigned you a username and password, you may use one of the default user accounts, which are automatically configured during a typical Historian installation.

     • Password: Type the password that is associated with the username. Select the Remember password check box to specify for the system to remember your password.

6. In the Timeouts in seconds area, configure the time allocated for the database connection and the query execution.

   • Connection: The connection time-out period in seconds. Valid values are 1 to 600.

   • Query: The query time-out in seconds. Valid values are 1 to 600.

7. Select Add.

   After several seconds, the server connection should be established.

8. Click Close. An error message appears if a connection cannot be made to the Historian server.