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Visual KPI Interface Prerequisites

Before you get started connecting interfaces to Visual KPI, ensure you meet the the following prerequisites: Install Visual KPI Server...

Supported Data Sources

Visual KPI supports thousands of data sources. Each data source requires its own interface, and the method used to read...

Historian Interfaces

Historian interfaces include time-series data that has a starting value, ending value and successive intermediate values based on set and...

Using Manual Data Entry Sources

Data can be collected from sources where the data is entered manually. Generally, this includes spreadsheets and forms. These are...

JSON & XML Interfaces

You can obtain data from an Internet source or from in-house applications that can restrict access to data by using...

SQL Interfaces

Note: The SQL interface feature is no longer available. It is included here for users that have existing SQL interfaces. Use...

Connecting to SQL Databases

Note: The native SQL interface type is no longer available. Why? Well, a) nobody really needed it, and b) the ODBC interface...

Using Specialized Data Sources

It is common that custodians of specialized data sources do not allow direct access to ERPs or vertical industry applications...

Interface Security & Encryption

An interface requires security credentials configuration to access the databases. There are some best practices to follow to ensure the...

Data Source Time Zones & Units

In many organizations, data source time zones and units vary. Data sources may be located in several different time zones...

Working with ODBC Interfaces

You’ll use ODBC interfaces to connect to a SQL database. Use Visual KPI Server Manager to install and configure  ODBC interfaces....

Working with OLAP Interfaces

OLAP interfaces, or Online Analytical Processing, is an older Microsoft standard for connecting to business data in multi-dimensional arrays. The...