AVEVA™ PI System™ Feedback Portal

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Detect if data is missing

Have a way to detect if data is missing.
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 Declined

Spelling mistake in Archive_AutoArchiveFileSize's description

In the description of the tuning parameter Archive_AutoArchiveFileSize, "occurs" is misspelled as "occurrs". This misspelling is also followed by a semicolon instead of a period.
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 2 No status

Inconsistent spelling of "plug-in"

Go to PI System Management Tools. In the View menu, we see "Plug-Ins". If we click on Settings in the View menu, we see "plugins".
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 Declined

Additional columns for tuning parameters

In PI System Management Tools → Operation → Tuning Parameters, add a "Unit" column and a "Takes Effect" column. Not only does this prevent having to click on the tuning parameter to know its unit, but it also shortens the tuning parameter's descr...
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 1 Declined

Dynamically show/hide button labels

Currently, every PI System Management Tools plug-in has buttons at the top. To know what a button does, you must hover over it and read the tooltip. If the PI SMT is maximized, the buttons usually use up very little of the horizontal space availab...
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 Declined

Strange punctuation in the PI Annotations Editor "save changes" message

In the PI Annotations Editor, which is accessible by clicking on "Annotations" after right-clicking on a value in the Archive Editor, if you make changes to the annotations and try to close the PI Annotations Editor without saving, the following m...
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 Declined

Hide the Classic tab in Point Builder for "base" PI Points

PI Points of point class "base" don't use the Classic tab in the Point Builder of PI System Management Tools at all. Therefore, there is no need to show it for "base" PI Points.
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 Declined

Automatically refresh PI SMT cache

I would like PI SMT to refresh its cache automatically so it provides consistent information with other client tools without the requirement to manually refresh it or close/reopen.
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 Declined

GUI to edit bitmask tuning parameters

Currently, bitmask tuning parameters are entered and displayed as a single number. Not every PI administrator will know that a bitmask involves the addition (or "ORing") of each bit to combine their effects. It is also time-consuming and error-pro...
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 1 No status

Do not show min or max for text tuning parameters

Text tuning parameters logically cannot have a minimum or maximum, so please show a blank instead of 0 for the min and max of text tuning parameters.
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / System Management 0 Declined