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39707 - How To Configure An RSView Data Log Model To Log To A Microsoft Access
Database Using ODBC
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Date Created: 05/04/2007 04:40 PM
Last Updated: 04/21/2010 05:55 PM

This document provides step by step instructions on how to configure an RSView Data Log Model to log to a Microsoft Access database using ODBC. This example was done
using Windows Server 2003 with Microsoft Office XP.

Regardless which ODBC database you are using, for example, SQL Server 2000, steps 12 thru 23 (below) will be the same.

1. Go to Control Panel and double click on Administrative Tools

2. Double click on Data Source (ODBC) to launch the ODBC Data Source Administrator
3. Select the System DSN tab
4. Click on Add on the right
5. Under " Select a driver for which you want to s et up a data source " select the " Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb) "
6. Click Finish
7. The ODBC Microsoft Access Setup window will come up
8. Type in a desired Data Source Name . For example, Sample_ODBC (It is important to remember the Data Source Name since you will have to enter that name in the
RSView Data Log Model configuration under ODBC Data Source in step 15 below)
9. Under Database , either click on Select to select an existing mdb file or click on Create to create a new mdb file in a location of your choice. When done hit OK

10. Hit OK to save and exist out of the ODBC Microsoft Access Setup window
11. Hit OK to save and exist out of the ODBC Data Source Administrator window
12. Open your application in RSView Studio
13. Using the Explorer tree on the left, under the desired HMI server, expand Data Log , right click on Data Log Models and select New
14. Under the Setup tab, highlight ODBC Database instead of File Set
15. Type in the ODBC Data Source name from step 8. The example used is Sample_ODBC .
16. Type in a name for each of the three tables that will n eed to be created. You will need a name for the Tag Table , a name for the Float Table and a name for the String
Table . The three fields are usually pre-populated with the default names, TagTable , FloatTable and StringTable .
17. Whether you keep the default names or create new names for the three tables, go ahead and click on Create Tables and hit OK to the RSView Datalog Editor window
that pops up stating that the ODBC tables were successfully created .
18. The Paths tab is to configure an ODBC Backup Path if desired
19. The File Management tab is used to Purge Oldest Records in the O DBC Database if desired to do so.
20. The Log Triggers tab is used to set this Data Log Model to either Periodic , On Change or On Demand . By default it is set to Periodic with an Interval of 10 Seconds
21. Finally, under the Tags in Model tab, add the tags to be logged
22. Hit OK on the right to exit, give this Data Log Model a name under Component name, for example, NewODBCModel , and hit OKagain.

23. To start logging, simply issue the following command:

DataLogOn NewODBCModel

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