AVEVA™ PI System™ Feedback Portal

Welcome to our new 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.


This page is for feedback specifically for AVEVA PI System. For links to our other feedback portals, please see the tab RESOURCES below.

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Display AF Database ID in Database Properties

The IDs of databases on the PI Asset Framework Server is only visible using the PI Web API, AF SDK or by making an attribute using a substitution parameter. It'd be far simpler to just have it displayed in Database properties like how the AF Serve...
Guest almost 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 2 No Status

PI Builder to automatically include Excluded Attributes when the Value or ConfigString is set

When setting the value or config string property of an excluded attribute in PI Builder, the attribute should be automatically included. This should work using both attributes as row and attribute column layouts. Currently, if the attribute is ...
Guest almost 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 0 No Status

Add functionality to lists shown in PSE Management Plug-in

For the Management plug-in add - - ability to add additional columns such as element template name - allow sorting by column - add element template name as a search criteria
Guest almost 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 1 No Status

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 almost 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 almost 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 almost 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 almost 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 almost 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 almost 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 0 No Status

Improve "Force Creating SQL Database before PI AF Install"

When doing a fresh installation of AF Server, and either the "Validate SQL Connection" option or other Software like PI Notifications, RTQP Engine are selected, the installation cannot be started when the AF SQL Database is not called "PIFD". As t...
Guest almost 2 years ago in AVEVA™ PI Server / Asset Framework (AF) 1 No Status