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Product AVEVA™ PI Server
Categories System Management
Created by Guest
Created on Aug 19, 2022

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in point builder remove the ability to delete pi point on right click.

Remove the ability to delete pi point on right click in PI SMT Point Builder Put this function elsewhere
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  • Kenneth Barber
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    Yeah, it's a bit easy to confuse with removing the PI Point from the list.
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    This is a pretty serious issue - we recently had an accidental deletion of over 10 years of data because it is too easy. It took more than 30+ hours from multiple people (including OSIsoft Support) to recover the data.
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    Can you clarify if you mean PI Builder, which is an Excel plug-in or something different?
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    Pretty sure the requestor means PI SMT's Point Builder.  I am using SMT from the 2018 RC1 and the dialog I see is:   To me the wording is quite clear.  I have the option to remove it from a list or delete the PI Point.
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    The main issue here, in my opinion, is simply the placement of the option. In our case, the employee made a slip of the mouse (accidentally clicking delete instead of remove). At a minimum, they should be further apart, but I must agree with the OP - deleting a tag should not be this easy. The consequences are way too severe.   Another alternative would be more robust security settings (i.e. a permission that would allow for creation and editing, but not deletion). This would be ideal.
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    The main issue here, in my opinion, is simply the placement of the option. In our case, the employee made a slip of the mouse (accidentally clicking delete instead of remove). At a minimum, they should be further apart, but I must agree with the OP - deleting a tag should not be this easy. The consequences are way too severe.   Another alternative would be more robust security settings (i.e. a permission that would allow for creation and editing, but not deletion). This would be ideal.
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    In response to Justin Conroy, "The main issue here, in my opinion, is s..." Justin, Can you please confirm which application you're talking about?  The title of this post is "PI Builder" yet I'm not certain we're really talking about PI Builder. -- Steve Kwan
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    In response to Stephen Kwan, "Justin, Can you please confirm which app..." Stephen,   I am talking about the Point Builder functionality in PI SMT.
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    In response to Justin Conroy, "Stephen,   I am talking about the Point ..." Justin, Thanks for the confirmation.  I'll take it up with the appropriate development team. -- Steve Kwan
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    in SMT under points and pi builder. when you have a list of points and want to remove one, you can right click the point and select "remove" however "delete" is right next to remove. if you accidently hit delete, your point is permanently deleted as is the data. this is like having a walkway next to a 100 foot cliff with live alligators at the bottom. maybe more like hungry live sea crocodiles. there is no "are you sure" it is just unceremoniously deleted