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In the PI Asset Framework Database SQL Scripts, there are 3 "GO.BAT" files and 1 "afbackup.bat" file. These should be replaced with PowerShell scripts for several reasons: PowerShell is easier to read and is a more powerful language than the batch...

Within an expression analysis, it would be nice to be able to switch variables on/off for testing purposes. Commenting-out requires editing every line and also highlights the line as if it is in error. Being able to disable the variable with a swi...

When an AF Linked Table gets updated and has new values, AF should be able to automatically create or delete attributes on an element so those values can be retrieved.

When shrinking the tabs in the lower left pane of PI System Explorer (Elements, Event Frames, Library, etc.), the tabs do not shrink if shrinking by one. If shrinking by two, it only shrinks by 1, etc. These tabs should shrink accordingly.

On PI AF in Library on Element Templates - Analysis Templates, the evaluate button should be able to evaluate logic at a previous point in time as well as the current time. This would allow better visibility over how logic performs for periods of ...

Expose the ExDesc of a PI Point on an AF Attribute. This would permit to retrieve additional metadata from PI Points that can be used in AF.

When clicking Ctrl - Shift - 8 to bring up the tag search in PSE, you type your tag name to search for, and in most cases click the 'Enter' button after. This will perform the search, but it also responds with an annoying DING sound in Windows. Cl...

In an AF Hierarchy where an element contains dozens of Attributes - each with Child Attributes - I am interested in only bringing back all top-level attributes. The use case is that the top-level attributes may not have any naming convention in co...

We are creating hundreds of different attributes in AF, mostly based on templates and using these in PIVision. One thing that is annoying is when you make the PIVision image you have to manually change the colour of the symbol you use/trend you ...

If you try to do Value Retrieval Method (like Min) of a Digital type tag, you will get an error saying non-numeric data. AF should be smart enough to realize that the data is actually a set of integers and not try to read the string representation.