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Categories Asset Framework (AF)
Created by Asle Frantzen
Created on Aug 19, 2022

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Rename the PIFD database to PIAssetFrameworkDb

Nobody knows what PIFD means. We've had customer personell create PIDF2, PIFD3, etc. when tasked to create new AF databases, and also requests to remove PIFD because ICT personell don't know what it is. I suggest renaming the SQL Server database for AF to something more understandable. Following the naming structure used f.ex. by the PI Integrators, the name could be PIAssetFrameworkDb, or simply PIAFDB
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  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    As you know, users are able to change the database name if they choose to, i.e. from PIFD to whatever they want after installation. Is this request to change the default name with the initial installation?
  • Asle Frantzen
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    Yes, I think a clear and meaningful name of the database will benefit "everyone". I understand it's under the hood, to some extent, but keeping working titles and code names 10-15 years after a product launch isn't really necessary. And looking at the naming convention for databases in newer products, such as the PiIntegratorDb, it certainly makes it easier to deal with. Renaming a database for an important product such as PI AF isn't really for the faint hearted, I'm not sure if there's a KB article for it or not, but it's not really something people want to mess around with. Much better if OSIsoft introduces the change.
  • Guest
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    |     Aug 19, 2022
    The name "PIAssetFrameworkDb" or "PIAFDB" could introduce some confusion between PI Asset Framework databases (the kind that is viewable in PI System Explorer) and the PI Asset Framework's underlying SQL Server database. However, I feel that it is still a better name than "PIFD". You get my vote.