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Created by Guest
Created on Aug 19, 2022

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Rearrange the Archive tab in the Point Builder to reflect the relationship between settings

If the Compressing attribute of a PI Point is set to Off, then the compression settings are greyed out, which makes sense because they are irrelevant if Compressing is Off. However, if a PI Point has its Archiving attribute set to Off, nothing is greyed out, even though the exception and compression settings and the Compressing attribute are all irrelevant. I propose changing the layout of the Classic tab to reflect the relationship between these settings. If Archiving is Off, do not show the user the exception settings, compression settings, or the Compressing attribute. If Archiving is On, show the exception settings and the Compressing attribute. Only show the compression settings if Compressing is On. For extra clarity, consider making an exception equivalent to the Compressing attribute.

  • ADMIN RESPONSE
    Aug 19, 2022
    When you select Archiving = off, no data is sent to the archives. However, the Compression settings still apply because these settings affect what is in the Snapshot. When a client application request the "current" value, the Snapshot is returned therefore it's important to ensure the system knows and applies the Compression settings. Exception settings on the other hand affect how interfaces collect data, regardless of whether we archive the data or not on the server side. Exception settings are important to ensure that we are only collect data (on the interface side) that are significant. When an interface starts up, it connects to the Data Archive to get the points list and also the Exception configurations. With all that in mind, please provide additional details on your use case for this idea.
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  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    Here is a relationship that I missed: If Scan is off, then Archiving doesn't matter. This means that we can combine the 2 sets of 2 radio buttons (Scan On/Off and Archive On/Off) to make 1 set of 3 radio buttons: Scan Off, Archiving Off, Archiving On.
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    First of all, I made the mistake of saying the Classic tab. I meant the Archive tab. I don't have any additional details to add. I just feel that the user shouldn't be able to set settings that don't matter due to some other setting. Disabling settings that don't matter helps the user focus on what does matter and helps the user understand when some settings matter and when they don't.