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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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Status Declined
Categories Data Archive
Created by Kenneth Barber
Created on Aug 20, 2022

Write a description for the PI Data Archive services

When you open the Services program (services.msc), none of the PI Data Archive services have a description. Please provide descriptions for these. The specific services are:

  • PI Archive Subsystem

  • PI Backup Subsystem

  • PI Base Subsystem

  • PI Buffer Subsystem

  • PI License Manager

  • PI Message Subsystem

  • PI Network Manager

  • PI Shutdown Subsystem

  • PI Snapshot Subsystem

  • PI SQL Subsystem

  • PI Update Manager

  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Aug 20, 2022
    Thank you very much for sharing your feedback on the PI Server. After further evaluation, we have decided to decline this item, as we are not planning on implementing it in the near future due to other high priority items across the PI System. Thank you for your feedback, and know that we are listening and reviewing every item that gets submitted!
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