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The PI Server install kit includes many deprecated components, namely: PI Totalizer Subsystem PI Alarm Subsystem PI Performance Equation Scheduler PI Batch Subsystem PI Module Database Builder AF Collective Manager Also, the PI AF Link Subsystem i...

Administrators and regular users of PI are mainly concerned with these PI client programs: PI System Management Tools PI System Explorer PI Builder PI DataLink However, the install kits are not beginner-friendly: Many users think that PI DataLink ...

Implement following logic for ParentID/ElementID functionality : if a parent element is not found  (invalid and/or empty ) - put a child element under specified hierarchy. there should be a separate configuration for both options: what to do ...

While the recovery mechanism for queue corruption is much more robust on newer version of PI Data Archive compared to previous versions, there are still few cases where PI Data Archive does not fully recover from ungraceful shutdowns. PI Server sh...

Background: On a Data Archive where many points have been deleted, there will be many unused record numbers. Since the size of an archive file is tied to the highest existing record number (for performance reasons), this can result in archive file...

Allow the creation of tag name aliases.  This would allow us to present more user friendly option for tag name searches.  It would also help present a standardized tag name to users for tags from sources that don't follow our standard ta...

A checkbox or some mechanism to identify Critical data point (e.g GxP) in SMT. * can be used for search filter to separate critical vs. non-critical data (gxp vs non-gxp) * possible additional layer of confirmation/prompt prior deletion (?)  ...

Automatically move archives from a disk to another based on their age. Use case: I only want to keep the last 2y of data on a SSD and the remaining will be stored on a regular disk. My use case can be achieve using the example PowerShell script l...

As a PI system user and administrator, I am interested in minimizing data loss due to a corrupted Archive. Please include an automated fix when corruption is noted. The PI server could force a shift to a new archive and re-processes the corrupted ...

In the DA collective there is a function called "Failback". The function is described as: << When the collective member which the client application was connected to becomes unavailable, the client connection starts monitoring when the memb...