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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    Ability to specify default AF database during installation of PI AF Client

    Currently, the PI AF Client installation allows the user to select a default PI Data Archive and default AF server but not a default AF database. It would be nice, especially for silent installations, to be able to specify the default AF database ...
    Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Installation 0 No status

    In the PI Server install kit, label deprecated components as such and state the replacement

    The PI Server install kit includes many deprecated components, namely: PI Totalizer Subsystem PI Alarm Subsystem PI Performance Equation Scheduler PI Batch Subsystem PI Module Database Builder AF Collective Manager Also, the PI AF Link Subsystem i...
    Kenneth Barber over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Installation 0 No status

    Create 2 new client install kits: PI System Client & PI For Excel

    Administrators and regular users of PI are mainly concerned with these PI client programs: PI System Management Tools PI System Explorer PI Builder PI DataLink However, the install kits are not beginner-friendly: Many users think that PI DataLink ...
    Kenneth Barber over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Installation 4 No status

    in point builder remove the ability to delete pi point on right click.

    Remove the ability to delete pi point on right click in PI SMT Point Builder Put this function elsewhere
    Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 10 No status

    Pre-installation system wide compatibility check

    As a system administrator, I would like a comprehensive tool to validate system and version compatibility across my entire PI system.  When performing upgrades / adding components to my PI infrastructure, it takes considerable time to comb th...
    Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 1 No status

    Sizing sheet should include at least minimal support for AF Audit Trail

    Currently there is not a single hint nor guidance on the impact of the Audit Trail in the sizing sheet, while the Audit Trail can have a major impact on the storage requirements.
    Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 No status

    Align the Archive_AutoArchiveSize and Minimum Archive Size to be based on Tag Count, not Record Number Count

    Schedule data archive shifts occur and create archive files based upon a Minimum Archive Size calculation. This calculation is based upon the total count of record numbers. When large amounts of tags are deleted, the total number of tags is reduce...
    Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 No status

    Have a consistent presence of a terminating \ in the PIHOME and PIHOME64 environment variables

    By default, PIHOME is "C:\Program Files (x86)\PIPC" and PIHOME64 is "C:\Program Files\PIPC\". For new installations, please consider either having the terminating \ on both or removing the terminating \ from both. The current inconsistency can con...
    Kenneth Barber over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Installation 0 No status

    Remove PI System Explorer (Legacy 32-bit) from PI AF Client

    When PI AF Client is installed, it includes a program called "PI System Explorer (Legacy 32-bit)". Please remove this from PI AF Client. The continued support of 32-bit PI AF SDK makes sense, since 3rd-party programs may still depend on the 32-bit...
    Kenneth Barber over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Installation 2 No status

    The PI Server Installation kit should list the PI software requirements sooner in the install

    As a PI System Administrator, I would like the PI Server Installation kit to list out any PI Software that will be included with a selected role or feature before the Summary step so that I can determine what will be installed without having to fi...
    Guest over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Installation 0 No status