Now things get interesting, a key concept in WCF is context. Now we need to give our view a name, and I’ve also given it the dashboard purpose here, although that isn’t essential. On the right hand panel, you’ll now get your new view, ready for configuration. Open up “Others” and choose “export component” Note that each one has a handy explanation and visual example to help you choose. The next popup shows all the available view types, including charts, graphs, reports, tables, and in this case the export component. In the lower left panel there is a drop down with component types in it, select “view” and click the green plus to create a new one. By default a module called “my definitions” will be selected, which is your own private working area. The top left panel will show all the available modules in your management server. You can find this under “configuration – definitions” To do anything with WCF you need to access the definitions panel (the fully functioning dashboard IDE that is bundled with Foglight). - A working knowledge of WCF is beneficial, but hopefully I’ll explain enough to get you through if you don’t have one.- A working Foglight Server (FMS) (if you don’t have one of these, this might not be the blog for you…).To build your export component you will need: You can see more information in the official WCF reference guide, here. The components are built in a similar way to row-oriented tables in WCF (the dashboard framework of Foglight), and in this tutorial I’ll give a quick overview of how to build an alarms export. The Export Component is an element of WCF that provides URL access to data in an XML format – perfect for consumption by most reporting tools. Whilst Foglight provides a number of interfaces for getting data in or out, one of my favourites is the Export Component. When onsite with customers I regularly get asked about the quickest way to export data or alarms to 3rd party reporting tools or data warehouses from Foglight.
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