Rockwell Automation 1756-HIST2G FactoryTalk Historian ME 2.2 - Manual (Page 174)

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If you plan to use the auditing features of FactoryTalk Historian ME while using
FactoryTalk Security, you must to create user IDs in the User Management page that
exactly match user IDs in FactoryTalk Security. This will allow you to track changes
through a specific user and not a user group.
An admin user who is part of the FTHAdministrators group in the FactoryTalk
Administration Console (FTAC) must also belong to the FTHAdministrators,
FTHSupervisors, and FTHEngineers groups on FactoryTalk Historian ME. In
addition, a user who belongs to FTHEngineers group must also belong to
FTHSupervisors group to change events on FactoryTalk Historian ME.
Using FactoryTalk Directory Server
FactoryTalk Directory is the centerpiece of the FactoryTalk Services Platform.
FactoryTalk Directory provides a central lookup service for all products participating
in an application. Rather than a traditional system design with multiple, duplicated
databases or a central, replicated database, FactoryTalk Directory references tags and
other system elements from multiple data sources and makes the information
available to clients through a lookup service.
The FactoryTalk Services Platform includes two separate directories: a Local
Directory and a Network Directory. FactoryTalk Historian ME only supports
Network Directory, which organizes project information from multiple FactoryTalk
products across multiple computers on a network.
To enable the FactoryTalk Directory server in FactoryTalk Historian ME.
1. Click Configure Historian and then click the System Security in the left
navigation bar.
2. Click the radio button next to FTSecurity.
3. Enter the FactoryTalk Directory server IP address or host name.
4. Select a Secondary server (optional). Enter the IP address or host name of a
secondary server.
If the connection between FactoryTalk Historian ME and the FactoryTalk
Directory server is lost or becomes unavailable, then FactoryTalk Historian ME
will attempt to locate a secondary security server. This can be any other system in
For more information about FactoryTalk Security Local and Directory options, refer to the
FactoryTalk Directory help (Programs > Rockwell Software > FactoryTalk Tools >
FactoryTalk Help).