Integrate PI Manual Logger into PI Vision

Please add Manual data entry functionannality to PI Vision.

1. The Technical Request Checklist

• Target Tags/Attributes: Provide a list of the PI Tags or AF Attributes where data will be entered.

• Permissions (Security):

  • Confirm that your user group has Write Access to the specific PI Tags in the Data Archive.

  • Confirm you have Write Access to the AF Attributes.

• Data Validation Rules: We need limits (e.g., "The value must be between 0 and 100").

• Audit Requirements: (Standard PI Tags track the "Value" and "Timestamp," but an audit trail usually requires PI AF Audit Mapping).

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2. Standard Use Cases for PI Vision MDE

A. Lab & Quality Results

• Scenario: A lab technician tests a sample every x hours. The results (pH, density, purity) are not automated.

• Goal: Instead of using an Excel sheet, the tech enters the value directly into a PI Vision dashboard so operators can see the quality data alongside real-time pressure and flow trends.

B. Operator Rounds & Manual Inspections

• Scenario: An operator walks the floor and reads a local pressure gauge that isn't wired to the PLC.

• Goal: Recording "Visual Inspections" or "Oil Levels" directly into PI to ensure the data is centralized for long-term reporting.

C. Integration with Event Frames

• Scenario: A machine trips. The PI System knows when it stopped, but not why.

• Goal: The operator selects a "Reason Code" (e.g., "Motor Overheat" or "No Feedstock") from a dropdown menu in PI Vision to categorize the event for later analysis or enter any manual data for that event

@AVEVA, Any update on this since Aug 2022?

I thought I saw the integration of the two on the PI System Roadmap site. I remember the site saying it would be available in the PI Coresight 2017 release. Now no mention of PI Manual logger integration. I must have imagined this.

I could have sworn I saw the same thing and even heard mention of it at the UC.

I wish I could vote 100x for this. Yes and yes.

I was anxiously awaiting this but it seems to have fallen off the roadmap. Integrating PIML to the AF would make an immediate improvement for us.

The manual logger requires updating. Competitive products in the market today has elevated the user experience associated with manual data entry and the market expectations now surpasses that of the PI Manual Logger

Are you going to continue to update and provide better functionality for PI Manual Logger instead? Items like multi-tenant capability (multiple PI collectives for one Manual Logger instance), more modern admin UI (web versus windows), etc.?

It's very sad. Because it would be very useful for your customers. Manual data entry is very necessary for us. We use third-party applications for this. We thought that would change soon.

Manual data entry is very necessary for us. We hope that you will soon have a solution to this requirement. thank you very much!

Need Manual Data entry from PI Vision display. Huge topic. Process book was able to do this.