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AVEVA™ PI System™ Feedback Portal

Welcome to our feedback site!


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.

To start, take a look at the ideas in the list below and VOTE for your favorite ideas submitted by other users. POST your own idea if it hasn’t been suggested yet. Include COMMENTS and share relevant business case details that will help our product team get more information on the suggestion. Please note that your ideas and comments are visible to all other users.


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OIDC authentication with federated accounts (through CONNECT) requires too many steps

Currently, it is a 5-step process to get authenticated. After the first authentication, it is only a 3-step process, but still clunky.
Laurie Dieffenbach about 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 No status

Write a KB article that explains confusing PI terms

OSIsoft uses many synonyms and similar-sounding terms. This can get confusing, especially for beginners. Please write a KB article outlining some of these confusing terms. For example: Archived = historized = stored/saved in PI Backfill = backdate...
Kenneth Barber over 3 years ago in Customer Portal & PI Square / Knowledge Base 3 No status

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 over 3 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 over 3 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 over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 Declined

Have Platform Common services for PI use least privilege access on the Azure directory

Some Azure Active Directory (Entra ID) administrators will be hesitant to give the registered application for the AIM Server Directory.Read.All privileges. It should be feasible to give the application lesser privileges on the directory while stil...
Housnat Aboubacar over 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 0 No status

Allow for feedback on KB Articles

Currently, I can upvote or downvote, but not give any text feedback on a KB Article. I'd like to share feedback such "please including how to check the archive flag" or "error XYZ would also be resolved by this KB Article". This is possible in the...
Kelsey Bobeck over 1 year ago in Customer Portal & PI Square / Knowledge Base 0 No status

Move known issues out of My feed and as a separate item under Quick Links

Turning on known issues for My Feed is an utter fail. Just provide it as a quick link and add filters by product
Guest over 3 years ago in Customer Portal & PI Square / Knowledge Base 0 No status

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 over 3 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 over 3 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Security 3 No status