Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE 4.0 Installation and Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 63)

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Chapter 5
Configuring FactoryTalk Historian
In this chapter you will find the following information on
configuring FactoryTalk Historian SE and its components:
• Activating the Historian server (page 63).
• Securing the Historian server (page 64).
• Configuring Windows Firewall for FactoryTalk Historian SE
(page 75).
• Configuring the Historian server (page 78).
• Configuring the Data server (page 103).
• Configuring Historian interface connections (page 103).
• Configuring FactoryTalk Historian Live Data Interface (page
104).
• Enabling Excel add-ins for Historian clients (page 109).
• Activating Excel COM add-ins for FactoryTalk Historian
DataLink (page 110).
• Recording messages using FactoryTalk Diagnostics (page 111).
You need to activate the FactoryTalk Historian SE server so that it
starts collecting data points (tags) from data servers.
You activate the server by obtaining license activation file(s) from
the Rockwell Automation licensing website and assigning them to
the server using the FactoryTalk Activation Manager.
Activating the Historian
Server