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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In the PI Asset Framework Database SQL Scripts, replace the batch (.bat) scripts with PowerShell (.ps1) scripts

In the PI Asset Framework Database SQL Scripts, there are 3 "GO.BAT" files and 1 "afbackup.bat" file. These should be replaced with PowerShell scripts for several reasons: PowerShell is easier to read and is a more powerful language than the batch...
Kenneth Barber over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 1 No status

AF table quota

Currently, a user can crash the AF server by linking to a SQL query, but if the query changes unexpectedly to returning many records (if a user changes from an INNER join to a FULL OUTER join for instance), the AF server can crash. If would be goo...
jdjohnstn over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 0 No status

Ability to disable variables in AF

Within an expression analysis, it would be nice to be able to switch variables on/off for testing purposes. Commenting-out requires editing every line and also highlights the line as if it is in error. Being able to disable the variable with a swi...
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 1 No status

Allow internal AF Tables to be linked from one AF Database to another

In some scenarios, creating a linked table to an internal AF table is more appropriate than linking to an external table. For example, an internal AF table which contains a list of assets and their associated tag name may be applicable to multiple...
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 0 No status

Create attributes automatically when AF Linked Tables are updated

When an AF Linked Table gets updated and has new values, AF should be able to automatically create or delete attributes on an element so those values can be retrieved.
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 0 No status

When shrinking the tabs in the lower left pane of PI System Explorer (Elements, etc.), the tabs do not shrink if shrinking by one.

When shrinking the tabs in the lower left pane of PI System Explorer (Elements, Event Frames, Library, etc.), the tabs do not shrink if shrinking by one. If shrinking by two, it only shrinks by 1, etc. These tabs should shrink accordingly.
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 0 No status

PI AF Analysis Templates - Evaluate button can evaluate logic at previous point in time

On PI AF in Library on Element Templates - Analysis Templates, the evaluate button should be able to evaluate logic at a previous point in time as well as the current time. This would allow better visibility over how logic performs for periods of ...
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 0 No status

Expose the ExDesc of a PI Point on an AF Attribute.

Expose the ExDesc of a PI Point on an AF Attribute. This would permit to retrieve additional metadata from PI Points that can be used in AF.
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 1 No status

Remove the annoying sound when searching for tags in PI System Explorer

When clicking Ctrl - Shift - 8 to bring up the tag search in PSE, you type your tag name to search for, and in most cases click the 'Enter' button after. This will perform the search, but it also responds with an annoying DING sound in Windows. Cl...
Asle Frantzen over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 4 No status

Ability to retrieve only all top-level Attributes

In an AF Hierarchy where an element contains dozens of Attributes - each with Child Attributes - I am interested in only bringing back all top-level attributes. The use case is that the top-level attributes may not have any naming convention in co...
Guest over 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 0 No status