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title: "PARCdata Server"
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updated: 2024-01-30T17:31:03Z
published: 2024-01-30T17:31:03Z
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# PARCdata Server

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.

The basic data flow when using the PARCdata SQL Server CLR is as follows:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/59db2ca4-e512-446a-a143-a7c626447812/Images/Documentation/image002_027.png)