PostgreSQL Client

overview to set up and configure this device in manufacturing connect edge, you must step 1 obtain postgresql server connection details step 2 set up the postgresql client device in manufacturing connect edge devicehub step 3 configure a tag with defined sql queries step 1 obtain postgresql server connection details to connect to postgresql server, you require the following connection information find these on the postgresql server or from the appropriate server admin address ip address/domain for the postgresql server port port to connect to the postgresql server (default 5432) database postgresql database name username & password authentication credentials to connect to postgresql server step 2 set up the postgresql client device in manufacturing connect edge devicehub configure the following parameters when you connect a device docid\ nm1lqfefya dsiffitity with this driver update default values to the specific setup of your device parameter value type historian driver postgresql client name user defined name for the device in manufacturing connect edge description (optional) description for device address the network address you found in step 1 port the networkport you found in step 1 (default 5432) database name of database in postgresql username username of postgresql account password password of postgresql account enable tls select enable to secure connection via tls tls configuration parameter value ca chain enter or upload the postgresql server ca chain in pem format client auth select enable to enable mtls certificate when client auth is enabled, enter or upload client certificate in pem format private key when client auth is enabled, enter or upload private key in pem format there are additional advanced configuration options that can be defined for the postgresql device by setting advanced to show these settings are optional parameter value app name client application id (optional connection identifier) default devicehub certificate verification server certificate and hostname verification default enabled request timeout define a request timeout in seconds default 10 seconds connection timeout define a connection timeout in seconds default 5 seconds step 3 configure a tag with defined sql queries when you add tags docid\ h5heqicxrcy3nch9kbg9i to the connected device, see the following register table and tag parameters sections see the following additional resources if necessary organize device and tag data by using metadata docid\ jouzsq77y8z4dt jdgct tag formula variables docid 4yhyz92z7ggpgswqp05tf register table name value types description table multi row value json results in multiple records in json with schema, datatypes and values record single row value json, bool, bytes, float32, float64, int8, int16, int32, int64, string, uint8, uint16, uint32, uint64 returns a single record parsed into the devicehub standard payload tag parameters name select a register name from the drop down list the available options depend on the names in the register table value type select a data type from the drop down list the available options depend on the register name selected polling interval enter a value in seconds this determines how often the tag should query the postgresql server tag name enter a name for the tag description (optional) enter a description for the tag data query enter the desired sql query only publish on change select disabled/enabled from dropdown parse timestamp select between column index, column name or none timestamp value from a specific column index or name will be used as the timestamp value in the devicehub payload only available when name is record single row value timestamp index/name define the column index or name from the sql table parse value select between column index, column name or none value from a specific column index or name will be used as the value in the devicehub payload only available when name is record single row value value type defined above must match the sql column datatype value index/name define the column index or name from the sql table tag formula enter a formula for the tag to process the generated data two variables are permitted value (current tag value) and timestamp (current tag unix time in milliseconds) the following math functions are available sin cos sqrt tan power power( x ) performs the operation 10^x log log( x ) is the natural logarithm (the logarithm is in base e ) exp exp( x ) performs the operation e^x only publish on change of value select the checkbox to customize nats messages to be published only when the value parameter changes to a new one change of value only applies to boolean, numeric (such as int or float), and simple string data types it does not apply to complex types, such as json or array poll once topics will not be affected by change of value settings these topics will still only see a single message meta data metadata summarizes basic information about data this feature allows you to define key value pair data for the device output payload later on it can then be used to find, use, and reuse particular instances of data note if you use special characters in meta data key names, the special characters are replaced with underscore characters in the payload this can cause two key names to be combined into one for example, configuring the key names a b and a&\&b will cause only one key name to be created (a b) example in this example we have the following sql table in our microsoft sql server sql table database otdata table name metrics timestamp id metric name value area line machine 2025 06 18 08 20 00 000 1 temperature 56 a1 l1 temperature sensor 2025 06 18 08 20 00 000 2 pressure 500 a1 l3 boiler 2025 06 18 08 20 00 000 3 power 4000 a1 l4 laser cutter 2025 06 19 08 20 00 000 4 temperature 53 a1 l1 temperature sensor 2025 06 19 08 20 00 000 5 pressure 550 a1 l3 boiler 2025 06 19 08 20 00 000 6 power 4005 a1 l4 laser cutter 2025 06 20 08 20 00 000 7 temperature 51 a1 l1 temperature sensor 2025 06 20 08 20 00 000 8 pressure 600 a1 l3 boiler 2025 06 20 08 20 00 000 9 power 4010 a1 l4 laser cutter tag configuration 1 name table multi row value query select from \[otdata] \[metrics] result { "success" true, "datatype" "json", "timestamp" 1683901823577, "registerid" "dbe0c6d2 a91d 49d1 9cb7 dbf3c6d9c919", "value" { "fields" \["timestamp","id","metric name", "value", "area", "line", "machine" ], "types" \["date","int","varcar","int","varcar","varcar","varcar"], "data" \[ \["2025 06 18 08 20 00 000",1,"temperature", 56, "a1", "l1","temperature sensor"], \["2025 06 18 08 20 00 000",2,"pressure", 500, "a1", "l1","boiler"], \["2025 06 18 08 20 00 000",3,"power", 4000, "a1", "l4","laser cutter"], \["2025 06 18 08 20 00 000",9,"power", 4010, "a1", "l4","laser cutter"], ] }, "deviceid" "7c01e851 fe46 463a 90ec 98aa3f12be09", "tagname" "table all", "devicename" "mssql db", "description" "", "metadata" {} } tag configuration 2 name record single row value value type int query select from \[otdata] \[metrics] parse timestamp column index timestamp index 0 parse value column name value index value result { "success" true, "datatype" "json", "timestamp" 1750407600000, "registerid" "dbe0c6d2 a41d 46d1 2cb7 dbf3c6d9c919", "value" 4010, "deviceid" "7c01e851 fe46 463a 90ec 98aa3f12be09", "tagname" "table last entry", "devicename" "mssql db", "description" "", "metadata" {} }