Ideas

Add new isexcluded(attribute_reference) function to be able to easier distinguish between Tag/Attribute errors and excluded attributes. Currently it is quite tricky to filter if an attribute is in error due to data source error or an excluded tag....

On PI System explorer when you copy an attribute with child attributes, only the first child attribute get's copied as well and the rest is missing. This was working with PI System Explorer 2016 R2 SP1 whereas it does not with Version 2018 SP3 pat...

As an user I want to be able to create a template hierarchy (parent-child) all at once, so that I can easily create a hierarchy representing related assets. For example, create a motor, gearbox, compressor train with a single template that actuall...

As an user, I want to be able to have a localized element and attribute name in addition to the base language, so that my users do not have to learn a different language.

We have seen several instances where we would like to have the order of element displayed in AF/Vision be sorted by process order, not alphabetically.  Suggest adding a "sort" field and an option to have element arranged by that rather than a...

Allow for PI AF templates to be version controlled. Include the ability to revert to previous template version, or continue to use old versions for specific elements. This will reduce the risk of deployment and improve change/release management pr...

When we built complex analysis and evaluate in PI System explorer we get general error messages without any information where the error occurs. This makes troubleshooting painful. Adding row/variable information would already help a lot!

If then else clauses are often used for input filtering for our analysis in AF. We often face the issue that analysis cause errors although the part which should not be executed according to the condition is causing errors.Example: "if BadVal('att...

Option to Paste column names in table definition. In the moment everything has to be put manually. Also sorting is painful. If we could just copy an array/list from Excel and paste here it would make the handling a lot easier. (Copying the table d...

I would like the ability to embed a substitution parameter within another substitution parameter. For example, in the following Configuration String: \\%Server%\%@||TagName% I would like to replace with a substitution parameter