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If I want to create an analysis that generates an event frame in PI System Explorer, often times it's useful to check the values of variables to make sure that a calculation is being done as expected to mitigate error on my end, and make sure I am...

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...

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...

In a large scale deployment, or in an undersized system retrieving AF Contacts, or accessing the subscription tab on a Notification Rule can be slow. A solution is of course to properly size the system or reduce the scale, however there is a compo...

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...

You should be able to urge EFs using more complex search criterias' than the ones provide in the latest PI Server 2018 SP3 (StartTime, EndTIme, EF Template). Most important criteria would be EF categories, but also some honorable mentions: 1. EF ...

As a notification user I want to see a table of all the attributes and its values on the target element in my email, furthermore when I add or remove attributes I want to see it automagically updated in my email without me having to reconfigure th...

Add an additional field to the "Notify Option" list in PI Notifications Subscriptions for Reason Code. This enables you to have a triage / supervisor check Event Frames and assign a Reason Code prior to a PI Notification being sent. The receiver o...

In the Point Builder, if the user makes a change to one tag and they click on a different tag, ask them if they want to save/discard changes.

Progress bar for SMT->Archive Editor when deleting large volume of data. Currently, when deleting around 30,000 events it takes approx 20 mins and the GUI appears to hang and become unresponsive (it is actually working). A progress bar would a...