PCO 2.1 and PI Historiam

Dear all,
I have MII 12.2 recently installed and also PCO 2.1.
I want to display PI Historian data through an OLEDB connection as i was doing with the UDS before.
I have defined the connection in PCO successfully as Source System. Do i need to make any additional configuration in PCO? Create an agent?
Then when i go to the MII, in order to define the data server, which type i should use? OLED or PCO connector?
If i select PCO connector, the system is asking for a URL or select a registered PCO instance and i have no idead on what to define here.
I would thank any hint as I'm absolutely new with the PCO.
Thanks

Hi Jose,
Check these help topis:
PCO Query Process:
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_pco21/helpdata/en/46/a00344d44852b7e10000000a155369/frameset.htm]
MII 12.2 PCO Connector:
[http://help.sap.com/saphelp_mii122/helpdata/en/43/e80b59ad40719ae10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm]
Kind Regards,
Diana Hoppe
Edited by: Diana Hoppe on Jun 16, 2011 2:38 PM

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