How to retrieve citadel data without labview

[MMFNOK]

Hello,

I am currently using LabVIEW 2013 with the DSC module to log data to a database.

I would like to make this data accessible to others on my network, but I am not sure of the best method to achieve this.

I dont know too much about databases so I am really just looking for a good place to start. Can I have a page on our intranet that allows others to query the database?  Would this require installing software on our servers?

What about the OBDC drivers?  Could we use those to import data directly into excel?  Would this work on a system that does not have LabVIEW installed?  I have searched the help files and forums but I am getting confused with all the information out there.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Matt

[Sam_Sharp]

I've only had pretty limited experience of using Citadel but...

If you have access to Diadem, it can natively access Citadel databases (there are probably examples that relate to the DSC module as well). Diadem is NI's data analysis/reporting tool.

You can also view Citadel data using NI MAX, if I remember correctly but it's not really designed for retrieving data - more checking that data has gone into the database.

I've just found this link as well which offers up information on the available options: http://www.ni.com/white-paper/12606/en/

You'd probably need to install some components of NI-Citadel to get the ODBC drivers on the machine you want to read the database from but I've not used them so I can't really offer any more information than that.