Real Time Snapshot Support

PI System Connector: Need real time snapshot data support for the PI System connector.

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AdminTodd Brown (Product Manager, OSIsoft) shared this idea · November 09, 2017 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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AdminAllison Muraski (Admin, OSIsoft) responded · May 24, 2021

Final testing for PI System Connector with configurable snapshot support is underway. We look forward to announcing General Availability for real time snapshot support in our next update.

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AdminAllison Muraski (Admin, OSIsoft) responded · March 23, 2021

PI System Connector with configurable snapshot support is coming soon! In order to provide you with the latest and most secure PI Connector, the timeframe for this release is being extended to May. Be assured that we are working diligently to provide you with much anticipated features as quickly as possible.

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AdminAllison Muraski (Admin, OSIsoft) responded · December 10, 2020

The issue identified with PI System Connector 2.3.0.1 has been resolved, and PI System Connector 2.3.1.1 is now available with snapshot support for PI Points that have compression disabled/off.

We are still on track for a follow up release in Q1 2021 that will expand upon the snapshot support introduced in 2.3.1.1 by adding configuration options and snapshot support for compressed PI Points.

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AdminAllison Muraski (Admin, OSIsoft) responded · October 07, 2020

Update: PI System Connector 2.3.0.1 is not available at this time due to an issue identified with this version. We are working quickly to provide an updated version that resolves this issue.

Original Post: I’m really excited to announce that PI System Connector 2.3.0.1 is now available with snapshot support for PI Points that have compression disabled/off (on the source system). I cannot wait to hear your feedback on this latest version. Head over to https://my.osisoft.com/ to learn more about 2.3.0.1.

We will be keeping this feedback item alive as we continue to work on the next release of PI System Connector. The next release is expected in early 2021, and will expand upon the snapshot support introduced in 2.3.0.1 by adding configuration options and snapshot support for compressed PI Points.

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AdminAllison Muraski (Admin, OSIsoft) responded · September 09, 2020

I know a lot of you are really excited about snapshot support for PI System Connector, so I wanted to offer you an update on our release plans.

Q4 2020 – You can expect to see a PI System Connector release introducing snapshot support for PI Points with the compression attribute set to zero (on the source system).

Early 2021 – You can expect to see a PI System Connector release that will expand on the Q4 release by adding snapshot configuration options and snapshot support for PI Points with the compression attribute not set to zero (on the source system).

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AdminAllison Muraski (Admin, OSIsoft) responded · August 24, 2020

The next release of the PI System Connector will support sending snapshot values for PI Points with the compression attribute set to zero. This release is expected before the end of the year.

In addition to this the basic functionality of this initial release, we are currently evaluating expanding snapshot support for compressed PI Points in a subsequent release.

Please continue to follow this item for updates on PI System Connector snapshot support.

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AdminAllison Muraski (Admin, OSIsoft) responded · June 17, 2020

We will soon be moving forward with the addition of Snapshot support for PI System Connector. I look forward to continuing to update you once we move from planning to active development work on this enhancement.

In the meantime, please continue to share your comments regarding Snapshot support for PI System Connector here.

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Abbas Saboowala responded · February 25, 2019

This item is under technical review. Currently, support for collecting Snapshot data can be achieved via PI to PI interface and should be considered for achieving this specific functionality.

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sahilp commented · June 30, 2021 05:35 · Flag as inappropriate

Hi Allison,

Are there any updates on the timeline?

Thanks,
Sahil

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ajgelhau commented · June 25, 2021 14:18 · Flag as inappropriate

Eagerly awaiting this, hopefully it greatly simplifies and streamlines our current PItoPI landscape. Thanks for the updates Allison!

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Balu (Balasubramaniam) Karthikeyan commented · May 25, 2021 14:13 · Flag as inappropriate

That is a great news! Thank you Allison for sharing the update.

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sahilp commented · May 11, 2021 05:04 · Flag as inappropriate

Hi,

Is the timeframe for the new release still within May, or is there a risk that it will be extended?

Thanks,
Sahil

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FranzK commented · May 03, 2021 04:56 · Flag as inappropriate

Hi Alison,

do you already have further information? Is there already a release date available?

thanks and best regards
Franz

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FranzK commented · March 09, 2021 04:51 · Flag as inappropriate

Hi Alison,

do you already have a release date for the follow up version? Do you have more details to the implemented snapshot-support? e.g. about the configuration options?

thanks and best regards
Franz

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mbailey commented · October 23, 2020 14:49 · Flag as inappropriate

Why can't I see or find the download. The latest I see is 2.2.0.1. Is it not released yet?

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jtorres commented · October 09, 2020 10:45 · Flag as inappropriate

Best news I read on this Friday afternoon (European time)!!! Thanks Allison for this great announcement. :)

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VikramThakur commented · August 24, 2020 15:01 · Flag as inappropriate

We’re all very excited for this! Really going to help us accelerate integration.

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Abu Salam commented · June 18, 2020 06:55 · Flag as inappropriate

Hi Allison, this is awesome news! Thank you for sharing. Like everyone, eager to know an estimated timeline for the release date with this feature.

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Ricaltmann commented · June 18, 2020 02:03 · Flag as inappropriate

Hi Allison, these are good news. Can you give us a timeline perspective? We are eager for this feature.

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Hachem commented · May 26, 2020 09:43 · Flag as inappropriate

This is really important in our infrastructure. Is there an update on the status of this enhancement request?

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phsutterRoche commented · April 21, 2020 04:57 · Flag as inappropriate

Can we get any official statement if this will be implemented at all? It is in "Research / Evaluating" now for more than ONE year...

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Joel Poissonnier commented · March 06, 2020 08:35 · Flag as inappropriate

This snapshot support is important for our company to decide and move from Pi2Pi to SC. We are using global applications with Umetrics and some OEE tools requiring snapshot. The SC will bring a lot of value but keeping the 2 tools working together is not envisioned.

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frommg commented · March 04, 2020 04:43 · Flag as inappropriate

We need the support as well for a lot of analysis and decision making projects. We have already got a lot of requests from our customer.

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Roger Palmen commented · March 04, 2020 03:05 · Flag as inappropriate

Now we need to support multiple tools to sync systems: PI2PI and System connector. Moving to a single tool will reduce overall ownership cost.

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cmartineau commented · February 27, 2020 07:57 · Flag as inappropriate

Without snapshot support, none of my customers will consider using the tool. Snapshots are required for all Analysis and decision making

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Abu Salam commented · February 27, 2020 05:10 · Flag as inappropriate

Using a historian and it's related tools, it is obvious to get the data real-time. I had no idea System Connector does not support this and it's always a value behind. We are having so much issues especially with Digital, manual entry PI points where OSIsoft recommended to use both Connector and PI to PI. I VOTE!

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FranzK commented · February 27, 2020 03:33 · Flag as inappropriate

This topic is already under Research/Evaluating. Is there a new status? It's really important to get this support. Use of additional tools like PI Cloud connect, PItoPI interface,... is not straightforward and not in scope of best practice for an state of the art IT Architecture.

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drhe commented · November 08, 2019 14:17 · Flag as inappropriate

It is misleading to brand this product a "PI System Connector" without support for snapshot since it is one of the most fundamental subsystems.

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