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IWS Training Guide
Configuring a Task or Object Database
You can specify a database for an Alarm, Event or Trend Task, or a Grid Object, that is different from the
Application Default Database. The Database Configuration dialog box for each of these Tasks or Object can be
accessed in the following manner:
Item
Alarms Task
Events Task
Trend Task
Grid Object
Interface
• From the Main Menu Bar, select Project Settings, and then select the Options
Tab. In the Alarm History and Events section, select the Database option in the
History Format combo box. Click on the Alarms Database button.
• From the Main Menu Bar, select Project Settings, and then select the Options
Tab. In the Alarm History and Events section, select the Database option in the
History Format combo box. Click on the Event Database button.
• From the Event Settings dialog box in the Database Workspace
• In a Trend Worksheet, select the Database option in the History Format combo
box. Click on the Database Configuration button.
• In the Grid Object dialog box, select the Database option from the Data Source
combo box. Click on the Data button.
Each of these items has a similar Database Configuration dialog box. To use a different database than the
Application Default Database, do the following:
• Uncheck the Use application default check box.
• Configure the Connection String as was done for the
Application Default Database, but specifying the new
database you want to use for this item.
• If you want to use a Table different from the default table
name, uncheck the Use default name in the Table
section of the dialog box. Specify the Table Name in the
Name field.
• If you want IWS to automatically create the Table
specified in the Name field if it does not exist, leave the
Automatically create check box checked.
• The Table Name field is a combo box that can look into
the Database to determine any existing tables. Click on
the Refresh button and then click the down arrow on the
Name combo box to see any existing Tables is the
Database.
• The Runtime section has Status and Reload fields that
can have tag names. Status is an output defining the
Status of the Database connection, and Reload is a trigger to reload values from the Database (e.g.
can be used when a tag is used in the Connection String or User Name field and the tag(s) change
value).
Notes:
• Both the Alarms and Events must be saved in the same format (i.e. IWS Proprietary or to a
Relational Database). If stored to a Relational Database, the Relational Databases can be
different
• Each Trend Worksheet can be individually configured to store data in the IWS Proprietary
format or to a Relational Database.
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