well we are going to do here is look at
how to set up and configure the oSIsoft
by listener agent the function of this
agent is to read data from OSI soft PI
systems what I'm going to do now is go
to the tool box and search for this
agent you will find it under the
listeners you can add the agent to your
data stream by clicking on it and
dragging into the canvas note that the
default name will be given to it
you can rename this agent by clicking on
the white space and start typing
click some mouse on the canvas and click
Save to configure this isin click on it
and click on configure
first make sure you using the correct
collection if you'd like to change this
just select another one from the drop
down then you need to set your polling
interval which is the rate at which new
records are accessed then add your Web
API URL add your user name add your
password in the configuration section
select the server then select the
database you'd like to get the data from
select the template you'd like to use
then select the elements you'd like to
include
select the attributes you'd like to have
returned
then select your return type either
return all or just return the latest I'm
going to return all if you'd like to
include summaries just select the
checkbox
it's like the attributes you'd like
summaries off
then select your summary types
then select the duration of your summary
I'm going to leave it as die and set it
to 15 days if you'd like to use an
interval summary select the checkbox
and specify the direction for example 7
click apply and click Save to run this
stream click on publish to view the live
data click on live view select your
agent and click Save and give it a
second you will see that that I start
coming through to expand this page click
on maximize
