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title: "PARCdata Summary and Overview"
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# PARCdata Summary and Overview

This information is specific to the latest release of PARCview:

7.2.x

PARCdata is a Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) service that can be used by third-party applications to quickly read tag data from data sources that are configured in PARCview via SQL queries. When used with the PARCdata SQL Server CLR add-in, PARCdata is a preferred alternative to the Capstone ODBC driver for reading OPC HDA data into SQL Server. This is typically utilized for custom reporting applications or for pulling data into third-party applications.

## PARCSecurity Permissions

PARCdata is accessed from a SQL interface which is outside of the PARCview applications and the PARCsecurity permissions.

## Configuration

PARCdata is configured by running a few configuration scripts against the PARCview database that allow the queries to be ran.

## Log Files

PARCdata specific errors will be stored on the server in the PARCdata install path ...\Capstone\PARCData\LogFiles

## Required Server Applications

PARCdataServer.exe is the server application that processes the queries from SQL and returns the data.

UA Server: All PARCview version 7 functionality requires a Universal Access (UA) server.

GDS: All PARCview version 7 functionality requires a Global Discovery Server (GDS).