Information services manager, Report schedule manager, Configuration console – Rockwell Automation RSBizWare Administration Guide User Manual

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Chapter 1 Welcome to RSBizWare

If you plan to use a Microsoft SQL Server database, SQL
Server 2008 R2 and any required service packs can be installed
from the DVD included with the software.

• An Oracle database.

If you plan to use an Oracle database, the Oracle database
software must be installed on a computer that is accessible to
the computers that will host the RSBizWare applications.

The Information Services Manager is a Windows service that
provides all FactoryTalk Historian Classic and Metrics Server
Manager functionality, including FactoryTalk Historian Classic

time-series data configuration and storage, and FactoryTalk Metrics
performance parameter data configuration and storage.

The Report Schedule Manager is a user application that runs,

minimized, in the system tray. The Report Schedule Manager
controls the execution of reports that have been scheduled by a
Configuration Console and logs diagnostic results. Typically, the
Report Schedule Manager is on the computer where the
Information Services Manager is installed.

The Configuration Console provides FactoryTalk Historian Classic
and FactoryTalk Metrics client functionality, including the ability to
configure the plant model, shift patterns, FactoryTalk Historian

Classic time-series data collection, and FactoryTalk Metrics
performance parameters, and to create and/or view RSBizWare
reports. The Configuration Console also provides FactoryTalk
Historian for Batch add-on functionality.

Web-based clients such as Microsoft Internet Explorer provide the

ability to connect to the Information Services Manager and view
RSBizWare reports without having the RSBizWare software
installed on the client computer; instead, the Information Services

Information Services
Manager

Report Schedule Manager

Configuration Console

Web-based client

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