Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Metrics User Guide User Manual

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Chapter 4 Automated Configuration

FTM UDT

For this configuration, data is loaded from the FactoryTalk

Metrics SQL Server database with properties specific to the
FTM UDT.
Use this configuration to manually modify certain
properties of the workcell data loaded from the SQL Server
database that are related to a given control connector.

3. In the Data Source Name list, select the name of the ODBC

data source configured for your RSBizWare SQL Server
database.

4. In the DB user name box, type the name of your RSBizWare

SQL Server database user.

5. In the DB user password box, type the password of your

RSBizWare SQL Server database user.

6. In the Application name list, select the name of the

application that you defined in the FactoryTalk
Administration Console for your OPC server (RSLinx Classic
or RSLinx Enterprise).

7. Do either of the following:

• If you have selected the PackML UDT configuration, click

Load from Controller.

IMPORTANT

For the PackML UDT configuration, this step is
irreversible.
You will not be able to change the configuration type
after the data has been loaded. To start another

configuration, close and then open the configuration tool
again.

• If you have selected the FTM UDT configuration, click

Load from Database.

The data is loaded and displayed in a list. You will use the data
to create configuration files for FactoryTalk Transaction
Manager and/or FactoryTalk Metrics.

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Rockwell Automation Publication PLTMT-UM001M-EN-P-June 2014

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