Ideas

The PI data archive (and potentially other systems) can generate many automated error messages to assist with troubleshooting. One such key example is "[-10767] Client exceeded maximum concurrent queries in RPC thread pool", which occurs when a se...

When you develop an expression it is very useful to use the preview function. Quite often you can discover and debug directly from this, but you are not abel to close down the window and check the code! So either you memorise or you export the cs...

If hosting multiple AF DBs on a single SQL instance it is necessary to rename the PIFD default name to a unique name. For instance PIFD_<AFHostname> The current PI-AF install routine does not handle this situation - forcing a step to rename ...

In Asset Analytics, there isn't a way to include a filtering function in a single analytic. For example, you may be calculating run hours on a motor, but there is no way to filter the calculation so that it is only done when the motor is running.

It would be useful Dismiss all completed recalculations in Analysis Management tab > Pending operations when requesting multiple recalculations at the same time.

Currently, install kits such as those of PI DataLink, PI AF Client, PI API, PI SDK, PI OLEDB Provider, PI OLEDB Enterprise, and PI SQL Client always install both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions. Most of the time, one of these versions is unused and...

Currently, the PI AF Client installation allows the user to select a default PI Data Archive and default AF server but not a default AF database. It would be nice, especially for silent installations, to be able to specify the default AF database ...

The PI Server install kit includes many deprecated components, namely: PI Totalizer Subsystem PI Alarm Subsystem PI Performance Equation Scheduler PI Batch Subsystem PI Module Database Builder AF Collective Manager Also, the PI AF Link Subsystem i...

Administrators and regular users of PI are mainly concerned with these PI client programs: PI System Management Tools PI System Explorer PI Builder PI DataLink However, the install kits are not beginner-friendly: Many users think that PI DataLink ...

As an administrator of my analyses, I would like to be able to get better visibility into my Error details when many of my analyses are in error.