CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Recording Entity Data Summary of Steps for Recording Historical Data What is the Historian? Getting Started with the Historian Creating a Batch Queue for the Historian Background Process on VMS Systems Submitting a Background Process for the Historian on VMS Systems Establishing a Background Process for the Historian on ULTRIX Systems Access Control: Specifying a Password, User Name, and Account Recording Entity Data Showing a Recording Modifying a Recording Suspending and Resuming a Recording Deleting a Recording Purging Historical Data 2 Exporting Entity Attribute Data Summary of Steps for Exporting Data What is the Exporter? Getting Started with the Exporter Creating a Batch Queue for an Exporter Background Process on VMS Systems Submitting a Background Process for the Exporter on VMS Systems Establishing a Background Process for an Exporter on ULTRIX Systems How Exporting Differs for Current Data and Historical Data Access Control: Specifying a Password, User Name, and Account Exporting Current and Historical Data Showing Information About an Exporting Request Modifying an Exporting Request Suspending and Resuming an Exporting Request Deleting an Exporting Request 3 Structure of Exported Data Structure of Exported Data on VMS Systems Structure of Exported Data on ULTRIX Systems Column Names and Datatypes Glossary FIGURES 1-1 Record and Show Recording Commands and Windows 1-2 The Historian Records Network Data 1-3 Default Values for Recording Attribute Data 1-4 Batch Queue Creation Example 1-5 Example of VMS Background Process 1-6 Example of ULTRIX Background Process 1-7 Access Control Information 1-8 Recording Entity Data 1-9 Show a Recording 1-10 Modifying a Recording 1-11 Suspending a Recording 1-12 Deleting a Recording 1-13 Purging Historical Data 2-1 Sample Export and Show Exporting Screens 2-2 Exporting DECmcc Data to an Rdb/VMS File 2-3 Default Values for Exporting Attribute Data 2-4 Batch Queue Creation Example 2-5 Submitting a Background Process on a VMS System 2-6 Submitting a Background Process on ULTRIX Systems 2-7 Exported Data Can Be Current or Historical Data 2-8 Access Control Information 2-9 Exporting Data 2-10 Example of Show Exporting 2-11 Example of Modify Exporting 2-12 Example of Suspend Exporting 2-13 Example of Delete Exporting 3-1 Entity Identification Columns on VMS Systems 3-2 Sample Partition-Based Table Names 3-3 Entity Identification Columns on ULTRIX Systems 3-4 Sample Interaction with Exporter Abbreviation Utility