Data Sources Output Output Format Data Processing Data Model-based Writeback
CIP (Device)
MSSQL
FTLD
Azure IoT Hub
Backplane (OLDi-API)*
Thingworx
FT Edge Gateway OPC DA
SQLite
Narrow No Yes No
Kepware
MQTT*
OPC UA*
InfluxDB*
FT Historian*
CIP (Device)
FTLD
CIP (Device)
MSSQL
FTLD
Azure IoT Hub Narrow
MSSQL
HTTP RESTful Wide Yes Yes (CIP,
FTA EdgeML MQTT
Socket.io Custom (XML, Custom (code)
Yes (Custom)
FTLD)
OPC DA
Kafka JSON, Binary)
OPC UA
SQLite
Custom (code)
MQTT
Custom (code)
CIP (Device)
Data Store (OSI PI)
FTLD
ODBC
FactoryTalk Historian Historian
JDBC
Wide Yes Yes (Asset Framework) No
OPC DA
HMI/Alarm Server API (REST)- Advanced Server
CIP (Device) CIP (Device)
FTLD FTLD Narrow
FactoryTalk Transaction Manager ODBC ODBC Wide
Yes No Yes
SQL Server SQL Server
MSSQL, Oracle, Postgres, Access
Azure IoT Hub, RESTful, MQTT, HTTP
FTLD (IoT Gateway)
OPC DA Thingworx Always On Narrow
Kepware w/ Data Logger OPC UA Kafka Wide
Yes Yes Yes
3rd Party SQLite
OPC UA (Read/Write/Publish)
DDE