Data Archive

Currently, the values of string tags are stored in full for each event, which is a waste of space for string tags that have the same values appearing frequently. To save space, please use dictionary encoding (AKA dictionary coding or dictionary co...

Currently there is a procedure that allows using piconfig to Change Default Tag Attributes however these changes do not impact the defaults of tags created through Point Builder plugin within SMT but works on other clients that allow tag creation ...

As we enter 2020, the process of moving/restoring the PI Data Archive hasn't changed since its inception. Typical procedure to move a PI Data Archive on a new server is to install same version of software and then perform backup/restore of the old...

When doing certain changes within the ICU (like configuring buffering for an interface) the end user has to close out of the ICU and then open it back up just for the ICU to refresh and reference change within higher versions of the ICU that have ...

Could the feature of counting the number of pi tags (by prefix) and display it in PI Tag or PI Vision. In Microsoft Excel's PI Builder, I would query for pi tags starting with "dist*" and get a count.

The piartool -backup command has multiple parameters that allow for specifying a number of archives to copy. For example it is possible to specify a number of archives to backup starting at the current time (-numarch), or each archive number can b...

Occasionally an error that prevent users from creating new PI Points occurs. In this case, I would like you to prepare other error resolution methods, because restarting the services will make the PI system temporarily unavailable.

the idea is to have the possibility to assign a single tag more than one name, providing it a list of aliases in case of need. many tags in pi have names that were fine at the time they were created but after some years their name should be "chang...

Hi, this idea is to allow an automated command in the collective manager in order to perform in a single command downgrade the current primary server to just "secondary" role without rebuilding "all" the DA server, and at the same time to promote ...