Configuration Hub Workflow

This topic provides the high-level steps in using Configuration Hub to set up a Historian system and use it.

To set up a stand-alone Historian system:
  1. Install single-server Historian.
  2. Add a Historian system.
  3. Add one or more data stores.
  4. Add the collector instances that you want to use.
  5. Start the collectors.
  6. Specify the tags for which you want the collectors to collect data. You can do so using Historian Administrator or offline configuration.
To set up a horizontally scalable Historian system:
  1. Install Historian primary server. When you do so, a distributed location is created for the primary server.
  2. Add a Historian system.
  3. Install Historian distributed server on each machine that you want to add to the system.
  4. Add the distributed servers to the system. When you do so, a distributed location is created automatically.
  5. If you want high availability, add a mirror location in the system.
  6. Add one or more data stores to each location in the system. If you want high availability for one or more data stores, add them to the mirror location.
  7. Add the collector instances that you want to use.
  8. Start the collectors.
  9. Specify the tags for which you want the collectors to collect data. You can do so using Historian Administrator or offline configuration.

After you perform these initial steps, data is collected and stored in the Historian servers. You can then retrieve and analyze the data.