Ideas

On the AF server we have things structured in different databases. When working in a database it would be great if I could use a database template (e.g. element template) from a different database. In some cases these templates are valid for both ...

PI AF HA that is read/write, for PI Analysis and PI Notifications also.

It is currently possible to purge Event Frames using afdiag. I know that version 2018 will bring more filters on that features. It would be nice to be able to configure the purge feature directly from PSE, thus avoiding to have the management of W...

XML export and import should get the possibility to export and import all or any versions of an element, not only the actual one.

Currently in AF, if you mark an attribute as a latitude or longitude, by default it will be expressed in degrees (plane angle) Have you heard of plans to get this value directly from a Degree, Minutes, Seconds format (e.g from 116°14'28.86"W to 1...

In SMT there is the PIPOINT security table. When any new points get created it uses the PIPOINT table for the default security configuration. I would like to have a separate table for any points created from AF, so that they inherit a different se...

XML Export/Import supports renaming of objects when the Preserve ID option is selected. It would be useful if this could be extended to support moving of objects when the Preserve ID option is selected, e.g. moving an Element from one location in ...

As a user, I want to be able to use AF Enumeration Set as a data type in a column of an AF Table, so that I can populate the column based on defined values in an AF Enumeration set.

Extension of attribute search for PI Point Data Reference in order to will be easy to find any attribute in AF structure. For example, this possibility already done when you use Formula Data Reference.

AF Health Points which monitor connections to data sources outside of PI.  For example, a heartbeat or connection status tag which looks at all ODBC connections.  Or a health point which looks for stale attributes within elements.