Adding measurements to an OPC-DA collector

measurements can be added to an opc da collector by manually adding measurements bulk importing measurements manage measurements docid\ ocuypopzcouihwwzc vj7 manually add a measurement follow the guide on creating a measurement for general instructions on how to create a measurement once the collector is successfully configured, you can add one or more measurements a measurement defines which opc da item should be read and stored to create a new measurement manually, open the measurements page in the factry historian web interface and click + create measurement next, fill in the name of the measurement and optionally add a short description this will make it easier to find and recognize the measurement later when searching for measurements to trend or configure choose the opc da collector you configured before, and select the time series database where the data should be stored select the correct datatype (for example, boolean, number, or string) based on what the opc da server reported for this item in the discovery step basic settings in the settings panel below, provide the itemid this tells the collector exactly which variable to read from the opc da server for an initial test, you can leave the fields collectiontype , collectioninterval , and collectionoffset at their default values if you need more control, you can find detailed explanations of these optional settings in the reference documentation for the opc da collector docid\ kp91 lgm4jw diqr0a6z2 expected outcome once you have submitted your measurement, and all settings are correct, you should see the following the measurement status changes to good within about 10 seconds the measurement appears in the list of configured measurements the data preview panel begins to display live values coming from the selected opc da item click the refresh icon if it does not refresh automatically bulk import measurements follow the guide on importing measurements in bulk docid\ g5wek8z fipxau2ymzirz for general instructions