Monitor data acquisition

You can monitor the status of data acquisition from all configured data sources. You can monitor how individual data sources are performing compared to past history or to another data source.

For more information on data acquisition, see Configure data acquisition.

To view data acquisition status

1. In the console tree, expand a server group and then expand a server.

2. Expand Management Console and then click Data Acquisition. Data acquisition information appears in the details pane.

   

   Tier-1 Historian sources appear in this pane when you view the data acquisition for a tier-2 Historian.

   Note: The information in the details pane is refreshed according to the rate specified in the registration properties for the server. For more information, see Register AVEVA Historian servers.

   Column descriptions are as follows:

   Computer

   The name of the computer on which the data source runs.

   Topic

   The name of the topic.

   Protocol

   The protocol used by the AVEVA Historian to communicate with the data source.

   Tags

   The total number of tags associated with the data source.

   Status

   The status of data acquisition from the data source.

   Values

   The total number of tag values received from the data source.

   Rate

   Average number of data values received from the topic per second.

   Connections

   Number of connections to the I/O Server for the topic. This number is incremented.