Chapter 8. Bridging

Table of Contents
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Configuring Bridges
8.2.1. Point-to-point configuration
8.2.2. Making transformations
8.3. Creating New Points
8.4. Configuring Many Bridges
8.5. Bridging Scenarios
8.5.1. Bridging Local Servers
8.5.2. Bridging Remote Servers
8.5.3. Creating Data Sets
8.5.4. Bridging to Excel
8.5.5. Bridging and Tunnelling

8.1. Introduction

Bridging means connecting two data servers together so they can access each other's data, even when neither of them can act as a client.

In addition to bridging two servers on a single computer, the DataHub program offers advanced bridging capabilities that let you:

  • Bridge servers over a network connection, by tunnelling.

  • Bridge between any number of servers, through aggregation.

  • Scale, convert, or normalize the data as it is bridged from one server to the other, with built-in linear transformations.

  • Define even more complex relationships between points in code using DataHub Scripting.

You can configure the bridges you need using the Bridging option in the Properties Window.