Publishing Data and Backup Files to a Remote SystemLink Server

To share data across your organization and back up your files, publish FlexLogger test data and files to your remote SystemLink server.

This feature is available only as part of a complete FlexLogger license. Refer to FlexLogger Editions for more information.

Before you begin, connect FlexLogger to your remote SystemLink server.
  1. In your configured FlexLogger project, navigate to Project » Settings.
  2. Select SystemLink Server from the SystemLink deployment drop-down menu.
  3. Optional: To publish data as tags in real time, complete the following steps.
    1. Enable Publish all input channels as tags while project is open.
    2. Specify how you want the tags retained in SystemLink. Select from the following options.
    OptionDescription
    None Do not keep the tags you publish.
    Duration Keep the tags you publish for a set amount of time.

    Specify the number of days in Retention duration.
    Count Keep a set number of the tags you publish.

    Specify the number in Retention count.

    Permanent Keep the tags you publish indefinitely.
    Note When you change a tag retention setting in SystemLink, SystemLink does not transfer the change to FlexLogger. FlexLogger overrides the settings in SystemLink when you run a test.
  4. Optional: To back up your logged data files to SystemLink, enable Automatically publish logged TDMS files.
    You can also back up individual files after FlexLogger has created the files. In the Data tab, right-click the file and select Upload file to SystemLink.
  5. Optional: To automatically retry publishing files, enable Retry publishing files after restoring a lost connection. This option is only available if you have enabled Automatically publish logged TDMS files.
  6. Click OK.
The FlexLogger toolbar shows the connection status between FlexLogger and SystemLink.
Run a test and FlexLogger will publish your data or files to SystemLink Server. You can track the progress of your backup file uploads in the FlexLogger Data tab.
To see your live test data or backup files in SystemLink, open the SystemLink web application. For more information on viewing tags in SystemLink, refer to Verifying Your Tag Data in Tags.
Tip To launch the NI SystemLink web application, open NI Web Server Configuration and click the link in the Summary tab.