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Views Service Overview (version 25)
The Canary Views service acts as the gateway to the Historian handling requests that come from clients wishing to consume data. As such, it is available to both native Canary applications and…
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Virtual Views and Asset Models Primer (version 25)
The Views service allows the system administrator to add context to the Canary Historian archive. This additional level of insight can be created by supplementing the existing historical tag record…
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Views Tile (version 25)
Clients - number of clients connected to the Views service consuming data from the Historian Views - number of views within the Views service. By default, the Canary system comes with one view,…
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How to Create a Virtual View (version 25)
Before creating a virtual view (or asset model) it is important to understand its intent and purpose. The following article provides foundational understanding of how a view works and should be…
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How to Configure External Property Storage for Populating Metadata in Virtual Views (version 25)
Some properties are stored within the Historian. They are typically logged alongside the time-series data that comes from a Canary Collector. In some cases though,…
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How to Add a Remote Historian View (version 25)
In most Canary deployments the Views service is installed locally to the Historian service. There are some instances though (mostly with larger deployments) where it may be beneficial to install a…
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Linked Tags (version 25)
Linked Tags are 2 or more tags that exist in different (or the same) DataSets which the user wishes to link together to create one single data stream of history.…
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Using Views Diagnostics (version 25)
The Views service can be monitored by launching the Canary Admin client, selecting the Views tile, and clicking Diagnostics from the bottom menu. Additionally,…