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A lot of PI servers we work with have a high system load. When we create, change or delete PI Points in PI Builder we have to do a few hundred points at a time and monitor the Pending Events counter from Update Subsystem on the PI server to make s...

A customer thinks it is unreasonable to require all customers to recreate the linkage of a new attribute to a Enumeration Set that is a copy of the Digital State Set for the attribute’s linked PI tag. There should really be an Attribute “Value Typ...

When taking a Total using Value Retrieval Method (configured in AF Attribute) or using TagTot (an AF Analytics function), PI will "fill in" gaps in the data. For instance, if you have a Float32 tag that is reading good for half of the day and then...

When upgrading Analytics or Notifications, the installer forcefully changes the allowed host parameter in the Configuration database for the application being installed. This should not happen. There should be an additional CLI parameter (and coun...

Currently, the PSE Server Options are stored in the registry for each user, with default values coded into the application. This is a terrible design choice. The connection settings for an entity connecting to either a Data Archive or an Asset Fra...

Many notifications users are able to access notifications through e-mail, but due to the frequency or lack of importance to the platform they can be easily ignored. This proposal is to allow notifications to be sent to Cell Phones directly through...

The available Youtube videos about configuring AF security are not clear. There should be a video about how to configure and grant the proper permissions to a service account running the PI Analysis Service for a PI System where the AF Server and ...

In many cases analytics should not be visible to everyone having right to view an AF-Database. Should be possible to direct whom should have view access to analytics. This is an extension to the obivious right to change analytics :)

PI System Administrators would benefit from a client or PI SMT extension that supports auditing and modifying user access. This includes mapping Active Directory roles to PI Identities, managing PI Database and Point access, managing AF Database a...

Maximum security by default would help encourage security best practices by: Making the best decision for customers that do not know or care about security "Rewarding" security-conscious customers with not having to expend effort to maximize secur...