About Historian Client installation

Before installing the Historian Client software, log on to the computer as an administrator. Before copying the software files, the System Platform installation program checks for the basic system prerequisites.

You can individually select or deselect features of Historian Client for installation. These are:

• Trend/Query Clients: This feature lets you view and analyze data and trends.

• Microsoft Office (32-bit) Add-ins: This feature installs Historian Client add-ins for Microsoft Word and Excel. You must have a 32-bit version of these programs installed.

  Note: Historian data can also be displayed in Excel via the task pane add-in. The task pane add-in supports 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Excel. No installation is required for the task pane add-in; each user sets it up per the instructions in the Historian Client Web User Guide.

• PDF Documents

The System Platform installation program checks if a Microsoft Excel process is running. If Excel is running, a message appears informing you that an Excel process and the aaHistClientReportingService.exe service are running.

To continue with the installation, manually stop the Excel and aaHistClientReportingService.exe services, and then select Retry. Select Close if you want to stop the installation.

Note: In some cases, depending upon the operating system and the prerequisite, you may have to restart the system after the prerequisites are installed. In such cases, the setup automatically continues after the restart.

For instructions on installing the Historian Client software files, see Install System Platform.

After the Historian Client software is installed on the computer, you must install the Language Packs manually.