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However, when using MQTT Store and Forward where historical events will be published, there are some caveats to be aware of.

MQTT Engine Historical Event Processing

MQTT Engine has two ways to process historical events and insert the historical data into Ignition's Tag Historian module

  • Write historical events directly to the database, via the Historian, bypassing the Tag.
  • Write historical events to the Tag instead of directly to the Historian.


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Writing historical events directly to the database, via the Historian, bypassing the tag

The configuration parameters required to write historical events directly to the database, via the Historian, bypassing the Tag are shown below. 

MQTT Engine

Under the MQTT Engine Settings General Tab, navigate to the Miscellaneous Settings and ensure Store Historical events is selected

Tag History Configuration

History must be enabled on the tag but the only property used from the tag history configuration is the Storage Provider.

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All other properties such as Sample Mode, Max Time Between Samples, Deadband etc are ignored when writing historic data

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Writing historical events directly to tag

There are several reasons why you might need to write directly to the tag which include:

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The configuration parameters required to write historical events to the Tag instead of directly to the Historian are detailed below. 

MQTT Engine

Under the MQTT Engine Settings General Tab, navigate to the Miscellaneous Settings and ensure Store Historical events is de-selected

Tag History Configuration

History must be enabled on the tag but the two settings required are:

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Note

If you are using MQTT Transmission, under the MQTT Transmission Settings for your transmitter, navigate to the History Settings and ensure that In-Order History is selected.

This ensures that when the Edge side client comes back online and flushes history, it will flush the oldest historical events first (in order) before sending live Tag changes events to Engine. 

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