Workflow for Transferring Data from an ODBC Data Source

To transfer data from an ODBC data source, you must perform the following steps.
Step Number Description Notes
1 Install Historian ETL. This step is required. You must install ETL on both the source and destination machines of the data transfer.
Note: If you want to upgrade ETL:
  1. Uninstall the existing version of ETL.
  2. Backup the configuration files, and delete them.
  3. Install the latest version of ETL.
2 Specify the tags and tables whose data you want to extract. You can do so manually, using a template, or using a blank spreadsheet. This step is required. It involves providing a list of tags whose data you want to extract and the tables from which you want to extract data.
3 Configure the extract settings. This step is required. It involves providing the .xml files that contain the tags list and the tables list, along with other parameters.
4 Start the data extraction. This step is required. It involves extracting tag data and compressing it so that it can be transferred to the destination Historian server.
5 Transfer the data using BITS, FTP, or any other file-sharing application. This step is required. It involves setting up the file-sharing application that you want to use and then transferring the data to the machine on which the destination Historian server is installed.
6 Load the data into the destination Historian server. This step is optional. It involves extracting the .zip files transferred by the file-sharing application and then loading the data into the destination Historian server.
Note: Depending on the use case, you can use these tools independently or together.