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Status Declined
Product AVEVA™ PI Server
Categories System Management
Created by Kenneth Barber
Created on Aug 19, 2022

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Have better default column widths, dynamic auto-fitting of columns

When I first open PI System Management tools, the column widths in many of the plug-ins that use tables usually don't make much sense. For example, some columns start off too narrow to show the entirety of their longest value, which might not be that long. Meanwhile, in the same table, the last column is usually unnecessarily long, extending to the right edge of the PI SMT window to fill in the remaining space, regardless of how short the longest value in that column may be. My suggestion is that when PI SMT opens, start the tables off with column widths that truncate values and column headings as minimally as possible. Also, if the user resizes the PI SMT window and auto-fitting all columns in the table would still allow the table to fit in the window (no truncated values or column headings), then the auto-fitting should be automatically performed.
  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Aug 19, 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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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    Each plugin and table has separate resizing code, in general we try to autosize based on the larger of either the contents or the header text. The trailing column width comes with winforms filling available space. Where specifically are you encountering bad auto size behavior?
  • Kenneth Barber
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    These tables have bad sizing behaviour: Operations → Message Logs → PI Message Log (last 2 columns) Operations → Message Logs → Local PI Message Log (last 2 columns) Operations → Snapshot And Archive Statistics (last column) At the time that I posted my suggestion, I'm pretty sure that there were more. Maybe they've all already been fixed. Wouldn't it be more efficient to reuse the same resizing code across all plugins?