In what scenarios should I use FactoryTalk Transaction Manager?
If you need robust, configurable, and secure data logging, you should use FactoryTalk Transaction Manager as opposed to data logging features that are sometimes available in individual products (for example, the FactoryTalk View data logger). In FactoryTalk Transaction Manager, you can customize your logging needs and quickly provide more data than you could with other products. FactoryTalk Transaction Manager also has built-in fault tolerances; so if databases are not available, caching will occur on the local computer and FactoryTalk Transaction Manager can be setup in a redundant configuration. Finally, FactoryTalk Transaction Manager can obtain data from Rockwell controllers or PLCs and virtually any competitor’s server (if they are an OPC server). Although FactoryTalk Transaction Manager normally sends data to databases, it can obtain data from databases and send it to the control system using stored procedures.
