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AVEVA™ PI System™ Feedback Portal

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Analytics & Calculations

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Function to extract Data Reference Type

We would like to be able to extract the data reference type (PI Point, None, Formula, Table Lookup, etc.) for an attribute using PI Analysis, similar to the TagType function for PI points.
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Improve usability of TagNum function

The TagNum function seems to be the only function that requires a double quote as opposed to single quotes. Many other TagXXX functions call for single quotes for its attribute or PI Point arguments.
Jinmo Yi over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Thorough Analysis service message logs

Having more thorough and detailed messages for the Analysis service in the event logs, especially upon startup. Environment details + Language settings that the Analysis service is using should be mentioned in the startup logs in order to better ...
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Allow Analysis timestamp override feature to output milliseconds

When using an analysis variable as the output timestamp, it appears that the actual output timestamp is floored to the nearest second, shaving off any millisecond count. This is not a huge priority on our end, but I wanted to ask in case it was a ...
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Remove tag need for Exit() and NoOutput() in analysis

Allow analysis outputting to Analysis Data Reference attributes to make use of the functions Exit() and NoOutput(), instead of requiring only PI Point Data Reference attributes.
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Analysis on roll up

We should be able to perform analysis or at least data filter at roll up. e.g. roll up attriubutes A while Attribute B > 5
Kareema Ramli about 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Define time for analysis "evaluate" button to make debugging faster

Currently, the evaluate button can run your evaluation at the current timestamp and the last scheduled time. It would be really helpful to key in a 3rd timestamp to diagnose edge cases. The current workaround involves putting dummy variables in to...
RyanCarpenterAd over 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Give a warning or more descriptive error message when trying to recalculate when output point has relative time set

Recalculation doesn't work when Relative time is set on the output point. Currently the error given is the one shown in Unable to manually backfill analysis from PI System Explorer: One or more output attributes do not support recalculation. Which...
Guest over 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Expose AF Analytics performance statistics for notifications

The new statistics exposed in PI System Explorer in 2022 are helpful, but the next step should be exposing that information in a way that customers could actively monitor it and send proactive alerts. For example, this could include functionality ...
Laurie Dieffenbach over 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status

Add steam specific heat functions

Steam specific heat is useful in advanced analytics to monitor control valve performance. Isobaric and isochoric specific heat functions are a part of the 1997 IAPWS IF as are the rest of the steam functions already included.
Guest almost 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Analytics & Calculations 0 No status