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AVEVA™ PI System™ Feedback Portal

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AVEVA™ PI DataLink™

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Automatically check for updates

Please add a feature that automatically checks for updates when PI DataLink starts up. This way, the updates come to the user rather than the user having to check if there is an update.
Kenneth Barber about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Installation & Upgrading 2 Declined

Datalink - Root Path should allow to specify multiple Data Archives

Currently, the Root Path field of Datalink can be pointed to a single cell to retrieve the name of the Data Archive where the tag resides. It is not possible to specify an array of cells, as only the first Data Archive will be considered. There ...
Guest about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Task Pane 0 Declined

Format based on Questionable attribute

Would like to be able to format any data value based on the questionable attribute. Use case: We have a report that uses 15 minute sampled data. The data is in a large table, one month displayed, date on the left hand side, time in 15 min incre...
Guest about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Format 0 No status

"Show value attributes" option for Current Value and Archive Value functions

Include a "Show value attributes" option on the Current Value and Archive Value functions.
Guest about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Functions 0 Declined

Display a parameter tooltip (IntelliSense) when typing functions manually

Please add a tooltip or equivalent to show the arguments of the PI DataLink functions when you are entering the functions manually, similar to the tooltips that appear when you use native Excel functions.
Kenneth Barber about 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Functions 0 Declined

Fetch previous change of value (and its timestamp) from compressed data

It is valuable to extract the previous change of value and its timestamp without full dump of compress data. If that value could be specified, the feature is even more usefull. Example: a time series has the state of an alarm and the current value...
Guest about 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Functions 0 No status

Asset Filter search unusable if Office theme is set to Dark Gray. Attributes section shows up in white font on white background.

To make it usable.
BruceMcCamant over 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Task Pane 0 No status

Datalink tab opens when click on cell

When users click on any cell, it opens the tab on the right hand side and causes confusion. Setting it to manual opening will be easier to work with Excel page, have more space, and avoid confusion.
Gilbert Nassif over 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Search 3 Already exists

I need to know how to change the chart from meters to feet.

Hello this is my first time to start working with Pi. I have a customer that he wants to see the distance not in meters but in feet. How I can reflect the chart the calculation. we have the data coming in meters, but I need to show the view in fee...
Soraya Lopez over 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Functions 1 No status

Use Pattern Style "Solid" for PI Builder Retrieve cells that return Null values

For some monitors, the Pattern Style "50% Gray" causes the cell to have a shimmering effect.
Todd Jimeson over 1 year ago in AVEVA™ PI DataLink™ / Format 0 No status