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Currently the NoReplace event mode will Append data if a value with the same timestamp as the snapshot comes in. Customer would like an event mode that would discard the value if there is existing data with the same timestamp regardless of the val...

The PI backup tools currently do not have a method to backup only the files related to PI Points. The purpose of this would be to refresh the point table on a QA system from a production system. The current PI backup method is all or nothing.

Negative numbers in digitalsets for all PI interface and skip numbers, basically that the digitalset is like the enum of AF

I would like the ability to flag an SQC event only if I am in a batch, on a grade run, or in some other process condition. Right now, I am getting an SQC outside control limit when my phase is "inactive." Let there be more configuration of this in...

If an existing digital state is edited, PI Analysis Service does not recognize the change until it is restarted. A digital state should not be edited too often. However, it would be useful if there is a process to update cache, including each digi...

As PI server administrator I would like that when the Analysis service is restarted with autobackfilling enabled, if there are any EF analysis where last evaluation time is older than *-MaximumAllowedAutoBackfillingSpanInHours, EFs that are opened...

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...

The analysis tab in PSE can take quite some time to load if there are thousands of elements being referenced in the input attributes. This is rare for Expression, Event Frame and SQC analyses, but not as rare for Rollups. Ideally the tab should lo...

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...

In PSE, you can right click an element reference > Convert > Change Reference Type... and have the option to make your current element reference the Primary Parent via a check box. This functionality is not replicated in PI Builder. Thus, yo...