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Related FactoryTalk Product Issues
This section describes issues related to other FactoryTalk products when they interact
with the FactoryTalk Historian ME.
FactoryTalk Historian DataLink
The FactoryTalk Historian DataLink Excel reporting tool provides a FactoryTalk
Historian Add-In for Microsoft Excel. If you export more than 65,535 rows of
FactoryTalk Historian ME events to DataLink using the Compressed Data (Start
Time/End Time) configuration page, Excel generates an “Output exceeds dimension”
message. This error message is generated by Excel because the amount of data
exported to the application exceeds Excel’s 65,535 row limit for data.
FactoryTalk Security
This section addresses two issues related to FactoryTalk Security.
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Before connecting to FactoryTalk Security, you must install the FactoryTalk
Services Platform CPR 9 SR2 that is provided on the CD that was shipped with
your module. Select the Custom option to install the web services component.
The Custom option includes installation and configuration of Internet Information
Services (IIS). IIS must be installed on the computers that host the FactoryTalk
Directory Server.
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If a user attempts to switch to FTSecurity mode but receives an “Invalid
FactoryTalk Security Server” error in the System Security page under the
Configure Historian
tab, use this procedure to resolve the issue:
1. From Control Panel > Administrative Tools, run the IIS Admin Manager.
Expand the virtual directory FactoryTalk/Security/Web Service, then right click
on FactoryTalk\Security\WebService\200810.asmx to select Browse. You can
now test the FactoryTalk Security (FTSecurity) service interfaces.
2. From Control Panel > Administrative Tools, run Services.
Change the startup type for ASP.NET State Service to automatic. Ensure that the
asp.net service is started. This deploys the web service to the following URL:
See the FactoryTalk Services Platform CPR 9 SR2 Release Notes for IIS installation
details.