In the DataFinder Server Edition, by defining individual DataFinder Servers you can search specified fields on your computer network for files with technical data and you can provide clients with the indexed information.

The NI DataFinder Server Edition is a ready-to-use solution for the centralized management of large data stores with measurement data and simulation data in different file formats.

For example, to access a DataFinder Server with LabVIEW, complete the following steps:

  1. Copy the file which contains the connection settings of the DataFinder Server (*.urf) onto the LabVIEW computer.
    Note Click Export Client Configuration to create a file with the connection settings in the DataFinder Manager of the DataFinder Server Edition.
  2. Double-click the urf-file to register the connection settings and the DataPlugins which the DataFinder Server uses on the client computer.
    Note If you use the urf file to import DataPlugins that are already registered on this computer, you can specify whether, in the future, the client uses the imported DataPlugins or the DataPlugins that are already on the computer.
    A message indicates that the client configuration and the new DataPlugins are registered.
  3. Open LabVIEW with an empty VI.
  4. Open the controls palette in the front panel and select Modern»I/O»DataFinder to add a DataFinder Name Control.
  5. Select the previously registered DataFinder from the list of registered DataFinders, for example, to execute a search on this DataFinder server.
Note Select Manage DataFinders from the context menu of the controls to delete the DataFinder server or to change the connection settings.