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AVEVA™ PI System™ Feedback Portal

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We created this site to hear your enhancement ideas, suggestions and feedback about AVEVA products and services. All of the feedback you share here is monitored and reviewed by the AVEVA product managers.

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Remove and disable permissions that do not apply in PI System Explorer's Security Configuration window

In PI System Explorer → File → Database → Edit Security, the "Permissions for" box always lists all permissions that can possibly be set within PI AF, regardless of the selected objects. Instead, only permissions that apply to the selected objects...
Kenneth Barber over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 3 No status

Provide an audit function

The idea would be to provide a feature which alllows a PI System Admin to get a report of all the rights that are granted to a user or a group of user for all the PI system product which have a link with security
jerome.boudon over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 Declined

Securing the PI System

As an ICS systems engineer, I need to understand and easily configure Authentication and Authorization settings to secure the PI System from the point of data collection to data access and remote display viewing.
Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 Declined

Allow security to be set at AFAttribute level

I want to give access to only some attributes on some elements to some users. Currently, the smallest granularity in AF Security is at the element, not attribute level. Sure there are some workarounds like creating derived templates, but it would ...
Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 Declined

Automatically check for updates

Please add a feature that automatically checks for updates when PI DataLink starts up. This way, the updates come to the user rather than the user having to check if there is an update.
Kenneth Barber over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Installation & Upgrading 2 Declined

PI AF Security - More Granularity Needed

It would be helpful if AF's security model was more granular. For example (and please correct me if I am wrong), the same settings that allow someone to add/modify UOMs in AF is the same setting that allow someone to change the AF Sever name. This...
Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 1 Declined

Support for data classification

As a PI admin, I need to ensure that my data access and handling complies with classifications or levels of sensitivity. Background Regulations and compliance regimes require different controls for data based on the classification of data. Relat...
Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 No status

Include Option to Install Legacy Add-Ins Via Installation Wizard

Many users utilize the legacy add-ins for DataLink through VBA code.  Starting with DataLink 2016, the add-ins are not installed by default and so upgrades and new installations can prevent existing spreadsheets from working if additional ste...
Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Installation & Upgrading 1 Declined

PI DataLink service for PI Server

To minimize the amount of data that is returned from the PI Servers, and to make the PI DataLink computers more like thin clients, consider making a service for the PI Servers (PI Data Archive + PI Asset Framework) that handles PI DataLink request...
Kenneth Barber over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Installation & Upgrading 1 Declined