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The Add New Shared Data Source page appears.

10. Select Historian for Data Source Type.
11. Enter the following configuration values into the appropriate entry fields:

Parameter Value
Data Source Name wwHistorian
Description Historian Data Source for System Platform Part 2 Class
Server Name [Your local computer name]
Database Runtime
Integrated Security [Unchecked]
User Name wwUser
Password wwUser
Default for this Data Source [Checked]
Connection Timeout 30
Query Timeout 60
Has HTTP Mode [Unchecked]
URL Connection [Empty]

12. Click the Test Connection button.

You should see a confirmation at the bottom of the Data Source Manager page.
13. Click the Save button in the Add New Shared Data Source window of the Data Source
Manager.

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The Data Source confirmation dialog box appears.

14. Click the OK button.

You have successfully created a Historian Data Source.

Your new Historian Data Source should now be visible in the List of Data Sources area of the
Data Source Manager.

Note: This data source will be used in Module 14, “ActiveFactory Reporting,” to access
History data coming from your Application Server database.

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Create an OLEDB Data Source

15. Click the Add button in the Data Source Manager pane.

The Add New Shared Data Source page appears.

16. Select OLEDB for Data Source Type.
Enter the following configuration values into the appropriate entry fields:
Parameter Value
Data Source Name AdventureWorks
User Name sa
Password [Your instructor will provide the correct password]
Connection String Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=Your local computer name;
Initial Catalog=AdventureWorks;
User Id=#USERNAME#;Password=#PASSWORD#;

Note: The USERNAME and PASSWORD entries above are case sensitive, and must be entered
as capital letters.

17. Click the Test Connection button.

You should see a confirmation at the bottom of the Data Source Manager page.
18. Click the Save button in the Add New Shared Data Source window of the Data Source
Manager.

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The Data Source confirmation dialog box appears.

19. Click the OK button.

You have successfully created a OLEDB Data Source to a Microsoft SQL Server Database.
Your new OLEDB Data Source should now be visible in the List of Data Sources area of the
Data Source Manager.

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Factory Alarms
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Section 1 – Visualizing Factory Alarms

Section Objectives
z Introduce steps necessary to add and configure current and historical Factory Alarms
z Introduce steps necessary to view Factory Alarm data

This section introduces you to the steps necessary to configure and view current and historical
factory alarms.
Factory alarms let you browse your plant alarm systems, either by querying the live alarm systems
from the alarm providers or the alarm history databases.

Configuring Factory Alarms

Information Server supports both current and historical alarms from configured alarm data
sources. Once Factory Alarms are defined as a shared data sources and have been configured in
the Data Source Manager they may be added as Distributed Alarms in the Factory Alarm
Manager.

Adding Distributed Alarms

To add distributed alarms:
a. In the System access panel, expand Administration and then click Factory Alarm Manager.

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The Alarm Configuration window appears.

b. Click Add Distributed Alarms.

The Alarm Configuration window expands:

c. Enter information into the fields as required:

z Alias - Enter the Data Source Name defined in the Data Source Manager
z Description - Enter any meaningful identifying information that you choose here
z Data Source - Select an alarm shared data source from the drop down list. This is the
connection to your alarm history database
z Contact Name - You may optionally add an administrators name in this field
z Distributed Alarm Query - Type the query string used to retrieve the current alarm
records from the alarm provider. The Distributed Alarm Query can also be used as a filter.
When a user chooses to see alarms for this provider, he/she only sees the alarms from
the alarm groups specified in this query. You can add as many providers as required, but
you must separate each query with a comma.

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Viewing Alarm Data

To view an alarm database:
a. Expand Factory Alarms in the System access panel
If you have configured custom alarm connections, they will be visible in the tree view.
b. Click Factory Alarms.
The Factory Alarms page appears in the right pane.

c. Click Current.
The current InTouch alarms appear.
You will be able to view the alarms, but not acknowledge them.

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d. Click History.
The historical InTouch alarms appear.

e. Click Configure.
Information Server allows you to configure several display and query options ad hoc.

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