Historian Module Tutorial

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Create Historian Tables

1. Go to Historian → Historian Tables
2. Create tables:

Process Data:

• Name: ProcessData
• Save On Change: ?
• Auto Create: ?

Production Counters:

• Name: Production
• Save On Change: ?
• Auto Create: ?

Configure Tags for Logging

1. Navigate to Historian → Historian Tags
2. Add tags to log:

Process Data:

• Tag: TankFarm/Tank1/Temperature
• Table: ProcessData
• Deadband: 0.5
• RateOfChange: 10 seconds

Production Data:

• Tag: Production/Production_Count
• Table: Production

Test Historian

1. Start Runtime
2. Let run for few minutes (change tags values manually using PropertyWatch)
3. Go to Historian → Historian Monitor
4. Add both tags to the trend and see the values based on the time

Performance Optimization

• Log only necessary tags
• Consider multiple historian table with distinct triggers
• Monitor disk space

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