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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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Security

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Change process to release security patches

Hello, whenever Osisoft identifies security issues on PI / PI AF, they deliver fixes through the next release of these applications. This is not convenient as upgrading to a new release is a risk that we don't like to be forced to take and has a ...
Guest about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 1 No status

Rename or add descriptions for Read, Write, Read Data, and Write Data permissions in PI System Explorer

In PI System Explorer, the definitions of the Read, Write, Read Data, and Write Data permissions are not clear from their names. Their names are also misleading. For example, Read permission can be interpreted as "General Read", making Read appear...
Kenneth Barber about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 1 Declined

Allow sorting of Database Security Identities

There should be some type of sorting feature for the Security Identities/Securities listed in the Database Security section of System Management Tools. A simple fix would be to allow us to remove an identity, re-add it and have that appear on the ...
Guest about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 Declined

Allowing users to edit IP Address for creating a trust with Add Data Server Wizard in Buffering Manager

When creating a trust for the Buffer Subsystem with the Add Data Server Wizard in Buffering Manager, the Wizard auto-populates the IP Address of the machine. Include an option to edit the IP Address that is auto-populated for machines that have mu...
Guest about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 1 Declined

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 about 2 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 about 2 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 about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 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 about 2 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 about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 No status

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 about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 Declined