Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE DataLink 4.2 User Guide User Manual

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FactoryTalk Historian DataLink User Guide

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Choose Server > Add Server or right-click in the server pane and
choose Add Server to display the Add Server dialog box and
configure a new FactoryTalk Historian server connection. A selected
check box next to a server name in the Connections dialog box
indicates an open connection to the FactoryTalk Historian server.

To manage connection settings:

Click to select a check box and open a connection to a FactoryTalk
Historian server in the list. Clear a check box to close a connection.

Select a FactoryTalk Historian server in the server pane to access
connection settings.

An open connection to a FactoryTalk Historian server is required to add

DataLink functions to a spreadsheet and retrieve values from FactoryTalk Historian.
The name of the default FactoryTalk Historian server appears at the bottom right

of the dialog box. You can maintain connections to more than one FactoryTalk

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