FactoryTalk Historian Machine Edition Help

Manage shortcuts

Shortcuts are user-defined names for connections with controllers located in a local or remote chassis. A shortcut additionally contains the CIP path to a controller in a chassis.

You can use shortcuts to:

Assign meaningful names to controller connections.

Search for data points in the Add Points Wizard and on the Add Individual Points
page.

In FactoryTalk Historian ME, you can perform the following actions on shortcuts:

Create shortcuts to the local chassis

Create shortcuts to a remote controller

Edit shortcuts

Delete shortcuts

TIP:

All actions performed on shortcuts are logged. You can view the logged information under Advanced
> System Log
.

Manage points

Create shortcuts to the local chassis

Create shortcuts to a remote controller

Edit shortcuts

Delete shortcuts

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