Rdbms History Import Manager

This view imports records from an Rdbms database as framework histories. It is a view on the Histories extension of an Rdbms database.

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Figure 1. Rdbms History Import Manager View

You access this view by expanding Drivers > RdbmsNetwork, expanding your rdb Database, right-clicking the Histories node in the Nav tree and clicking Views > Rdbms History Import Manager.

Table 1. Columns table
Column name	Description
Name	Identifies the history import.
History ID	Reports the import history ID.
Execution Time	Displays the last time a history was imported.
Enabled	Indicates if history import is on (true) or off (false).
Status	Displays the status of the imported history.
State	Displays the current state of the database.
Last Success	Reports the last time the station successfully performed this function.
Last Failure	Reports the last time the system failed to perform this function. Refer to Fault Cause for details.
Fault Cause	Indicates the reason for a fault.
Capacity	Specifies the number of trend log records (histories) to store in the histories database. When capacity is reached, newer records overwrite the oldest records.
Full Policy	Specifies what happens when a trend log (history) reaches capacity. Applies only if Capacity is set to Record Count. When capacity reaches record count, the newest records overwrite the oldest records. Roll ensures that the latest data are recorded. Stop terminates recording when the number of stored records reaches capacity. Full policy has no effect if Capacity is Unlimited.
Interval	Displays the interval in which the history is logged.
Value Facets	Displays the units.
Time Zone	Displays the historical time zone.

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.
Archive archives the history types.