History Export Manager

This view is one of two views for the NiagaraHistoryDeviceExt.

Figure 1. Empty History Export Manager view


To open the view, right-click on a NiagaraHistoryDeviceExt in a NiagaraStation and select Views > Niagara History Export Manager.

Columns

The information in this view depends on the specific driver. These columns are available in the NiagaraNetwork’s History Import Manager.

ColumnDescription
Name
Reports the name of the descriptor (file, import or export).
History Id
Reports the history ID.
Execution Time
Reports when the export of this history occurs.
Enabled
Indicates if history export is enabled (true) or disabled (false).
Status
Reports the condition of the export descriptor. Usually {ok} unless Enabled is false, in which case it reports {disabled}. If there is a problem it reports {false} with a reason in the Fault Cause.
State
Reports the current state of the data transfer as: Idle, Pending or In Progress.
Last Attempt
Reports the date and time of the last attempted export.
Last Success
Reports the date and time of the last successful export.
Last Failure
Reports the date and time of the last time the export job failed.
Fault Cause
Reports the reason for a failure.
System Tag Patterns
Reports one or more tag text strings used to filter exported records.

Buttons

  • New Folder creates a new folder for devices. Each such folder provides its own set of manager views.

  • New creates a new device record in the database.

  • Edit opens the device’s database record for updating.

  • Discover runs a discover job to locate installed devices, which appear in the Discovered pane. This view has a standard appearance that is similar to all Device Manager views.

  • Add inserts into the database a record for the discovered and selected object.

  • Match associates a discovered device with a record that is already in the database.

  • TagIt associates metadata, such as location or unique configuration with the object.

  • Archive manually imports (pulls data) into one or more selected histories.