Ideas

So there is absolutely nothing in the PSE user guide about how analysis templates are handled in derived templates. And while it appears that it is possible to override an analysis in the base template by creating one with the same name, there is ...

Ability to 'Publish' Element searches in System Explorer for all users to see. This ability exists now but the search is only available to user who created it. This would let users create custom element searches within each AF database that could...

When elements are copied and pasted in PI System Explorer, the pasted element should be automatically refreshed (equivalent to right clicking the element and clicking “Refresh”). If the pasted element is not refreshed, attributes with PIPoint dat...

If you double-click on a UOM class, you will see something like the attached picture. I feel that the "Base Units of Measure" list box should be a table with 2 columns: Base Dimension and Exponent. This would eliminate the ugly ^ and align the exp...

Allow element references to have a different name be defined. This will make it easier to build alternate hierarchies in AF. A new string substitution parameter (perhaps %ReferenceElement%) would also need to be created to distinguish from %Element%.

When defining an internal AF table, i would like to have a description column. That i can use to make the AF model more self-documenting. Now i need to describe the table and all the columns in the table description which is too limited for tabl...

Add the ability to set the trend axis range in the PI System Explorer tool. We are currently allowing users to navigate the asset hierarchy in PSE as it provides greater flexibility in understanding the data.

The Attribute Properties window has information that is useful for troubleshooting and Custom Data Reference development. For Data references without configuration screens defined, clicking "Settings" will bring up the Properties window. However,...

Sometimes, a complete element template isn't what we need, but a pattern of use for an AF Attribute is needed for close-grain application of properties, for instance, an attribute that does specific work with an an AF Table lookup and an associate...

When viewing Element Search results, it would be useful to have a Right-Click option to 'Jump To' the element in the hierarchy. The same is true for Attribute Search results.