Load task: Setting parameters and recommended values

Load task settings

NOTE: You must set the Enable Recorder and Channel Creation parameter to ‘True’ in order for some Energy-related reports to run:

Setting Name

Description

Setting Parameters / Recommended Values

Database Settings

SQL Command Timeout

Time in seconds before stopping a SQL command attempt and generating a message.

Default value is 3600 seconds (1 hour).

Database Settings (Application Modules)

Connection string to the Application Modules database

Provide connection information to Application Modules database for your system. Information can be found through SQL Management Studio.

Database Settings (ION_Data)

Connection string to the ION_Data database

Provide connection information to ION_Data database for your system. Information can be found through SQL Management Studio.

Database Settings (ION_Network)

Connection string to the ION_Network_Database where source information should be loaded. Only applicable if the Enable Network Database Source Creation setting is True.

Provide connection information to ION_Network database for your system. Information can be found through SQL Management Studio.

Group Name Settings

Add the 'Group Name' Prefix to Sources if Needed

When set to 'True', the task adds a group name prefix to all sources that do not already have one. When set to 'False', a group name prefix will not be added.

Set to 'False'.

Group Name

The name provided in this setting is used as the Group Name prefix setting described above.

If the previous setting is 'False', this setting does not need to be filled in.

Mapping Options – Source and Quantity End Names

Populate Button – Automatically Set Quantity ‘End Names’ to ‘Start Names’

 

Set to ‘False’.

Populate Button – Automatically Set Source ‘End Names’ to ‘Start Names’

 

Set to ‘False’.

Null Values

Allow Null Values

When set to 'False' the task ignores any null values. When set to 'True', null values in the data set are inserted into the database.

Set to 'False'.

Overwrite Values

Allow existing values to be overwritten.

 

Set to ‘False’.

Recommended Source-Quantity Pairs Settings

Limit Recommended Pairs to Known Quantities

 

Set to ‘True’.

Recorders and Channels

Enable Recorder and Channel Creation

When set to 'False', the task does not create recorders and channels while inserting data. Some reports require that the parameter is set to ‘True’ to run.

Set to ‘True’.

Set the ISCurrentConfiguration Flag to False for New Channels   Leave this default setting to ‘True’.

Source and Quantity Creation Settings

Enable Quantity Creation

When set to 'False' disables creating quantities if they are not already in the database.

Set to 'False'.

Enable Source Creation in ION_Data

When set to 'True', the setting enables the creation of sources that are not already in the ION_Data database.

Set to 'True'.

Enable Source Creation in ION_Network

When set to 'True', the setting enables the creation of sources that are not already in the ION_Network database.

Set to 'True'.

Set Active Flag for All New Sources

When set to 'True', all new sources are marked as Active.

Set to 'True'.

Set Measurement Descriptive Name

When set to 'True', enables setting the descriptive name of new measurements.

Set to 'True'.

Set Measurement Engineering Name

When set to 'True', enables setting the engineering name of new measurements.

Set to 'True'.

Source Namespace Settings

Source Namespace Override

Namespace given to all sources that do not have a namespace or that are created during the Load Task.

IONEnterprise

Source Type Settings

Override Source Type

When set to 'True', enables the use of the Source Type Override value when creating sources.

Set to 'True'.

Source Type Override

The source type to use when creating sources.

Presumed downstream device.