Historian

AVEVA Historian is a sophisticated process database designed for integration with operations control, allowing access to process, alarm, and event history data. It captures and stores high-fidelity industrial data to support real-time decision-making through a reliable set of trusted data.

This database combines advanced data storage and compression techniques with a standard query interface, offering high-performance solutions that keep teams informed about operational performance for improved troubleshooting and decision-making.

The 2023 R2 release of Historian includes several improvements that enhance its capabilities.

Key Features of AVEVA Historian

• Provides high-speed data collection with built-in advanced data retrieval modes, simplifying data queries and increasing their efficiency and power.
• Can be deployed to monitor individual processes or entire facilities, storing data locally and aggregating data at a corporate level to enhance productivity and reduce errors.
• Includes unique 'history block' technology for faster data capture and efficient storage, handling time-series, alarm, and event data.
• Ensures data integrity by managing low bandwidth communications, late information, and mismatches in system clocks.

AVEVA Historian supports demanding industrial processes across various industries, making it an ideal companion to AVEVA's operations control solutions. It preserves both short-term diagnostics and long-term records required for regulatory compliance, facilitating increased collaboration through comprehensive data reporting and analysis options.

Data Analysis and Reporting

AVEVA Historian Client offers tools to empower workers with real-time operational data. It features trend applications for detailed trend analysis, query applications for simple query generation without SQL expertise, and a web application for easy historical data searches and sharing.

Moreover, an Excel add-in is available for report generation using Historian data, allowing the application of standard Excel functions to imported data for deeper analysis.

Operational Benefits

• Reduce data storage costs by more than 80% with ultra-efficient storage algorithms.
• Options for high availability and disaster recovery ensure business continuity.
• Flexible, scalable implementation options help reduce IT costs and accelerate system ROI.