Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE DataLink 4.2 User Guide - Manual (Page 15)

Chapter 2
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Basics
The following sections introduce basic FactoryTalk Historian DataLink
concepts and features. You should familiarize yourself with these sections
before using FactoryTalk Historian DataLink to build a spreadsheet and
retrieve FactoryTalk Historian data, particularly if you are new to
FactoryTalk Historian DataLink or Office 2007.
These sections describe:
 Common interface components, and how they differ between
DataLink add-ins for Excel XP-2003 and Excel 2007.
 Core features required to begin working with FactoryTalk Historian
DataLink.
 Different approaches to building a FactoryTalk Historian DataLink
spreadsheet, depending on your goals, needs, and resources.
User Interface
FactoryTalk Historian DataLink is an add-in application to Microsoft
Excel, and appears within the Microsoft Excel user interface in the form of
menus, dialog boxes and task panes specific to FactoryTalk Historian
DataLink.
While the underlying functionality of FactoryTalk Historian DataLink is
the same for Excel XP-2003, and 2007, the user interface and tools used to
build and manage FactoryTalk Historian DataLink spreadsheets differ
slightly to reflect the design and objects available from the corresponding
version of Microsoft Excel.