Retain cell formatting after PI Builder "Retrieve" actions
When I use datalink, it will not overwrite my cell formatting like background color. When I use PI Builder to retrieve data, it overwrites all cell formatting. Can you please edit your PI Builder code to behave more like Datalink in regard to pres...
Provide PI Builder Functionality In A Google Sheets Add-on
A significant number of companies are moving from the Microsoft Office suite to "G Suite" (Google). This move takes customers from MS Excel to Google Sheets, and they would like to retain PI Builder as a functional add-on.
Limit rate of published changes through PI Builder
A lot of PI servers we work with have a high system load. When we create, change or delete PI Points in PI Builder we have to do a few hundred points at a time and monitor the Pending Events counter from Update Subsystem on the PI server to make s...
Add Tag Import feature like old "PI Tag Configurator"
Add Tag Import feature like old "PI Tag Configurator": PI Builder cannot import attributes of a list of tags pasted into the spreadsheet from another source like "PI Tag Configurator" could. With PI Builder, if you have want to work on...
It would be nice to split the configuration string of an Analysis Rule along several Excel cells, for (i) better readability and (ii) avoid hitting the limit of characters on a single Excel cell (currently, 32,767 characters).
It would be special...
Use default servers and AF database from local KST for first time PI Builder users
As a user, I want my experience to be as seamless as possible when using PI Builder so that I can get the information I need quicker.
Currently, PI Builder will Default the servers/database chosen to when a user first opens up PI Builder (after a...
Allow users more selection of which columns to include in search results (before tag selection). Some customers may wish to reference tag metadata that cannot currently be displayed, including InstrumentTag and UserInt1.
Note that this is not ref...
Eliminate the 2-cell-wide blank border around PI Builder data
When I import data using PI Builder, I usually want to filter the data and create calculated columns, but these prove to be more painful than necessary.
If I put filters on the columns containing PI Builder data and then click on the filter dropd...
Rename "PIAFBuilder" to "PI Builder" in Excel's add-in lists
The name "PIAFBuilder" still appears in at least 2 places in Excel (see the attached screenshots):
File → Options → Add-ins
Developer tab → COM Add-ins
Please change the name to "PI Builder". "PI AF Builder" was the name of PI Builder before PI A...