As a user, I want to be able to import/export AF tables using PI Builder, so that I can make changes as needed.

PI Builder should use tables (the kind of table found in the Insert tab on the Ribbon) whenever headers are set up and whenever data is imported from the PI Data Archive or the PI Asset Framework.

Benefits of PI Builder using tables:
• filters are on by default, and they do not use up the 1 filter that is allowed per sheet
• readable formulas that automatically fill the table column
• explicit isolation of PI Builder data from the rest of the sheet
• banded rows are an option

Currently, PI Builder does not support editing or adding of annotation/comment to Event Frame. The suggestion will easily allow users to backfill or edit annotation/comment in bulk.

When editing PI Points, PI Builder does not return any error if one of the headers is wrong or misspelled. Simply, nothing is edited for that header and you  only find out at a later time when looking at the PI point. It would be useful if PI Builder could inform you when one of the headers does not match any PI Point attributes.

Currently, there is no button in PI Builder which allows users to bring in Global Notifications Formats. The button would allow users to read in current Formats and then users would be able to Publish edited formats or newly created formats. This would give users another tool to manage Formats other than using PSE.

Add the option to define the parent element in AF for where the event frames are stored. Currently you can only define "Element Name", this could be the same for several elements.

Would also be nice if you could import (and delete) more than 1000 event frames at the time.

When retrieving all PI points, there should be an option to also include the Snapshot value. Currently, a user must use other means to retrieve all current values and then merge the two together.

If Excel is installed as a Windows Store Application instead of a Desktop Application, the PI AF Client installer doesn't allow PI Builder to be installed. The reason for that is that it can't determine the Excel version through the registry.

PI DataLink faces the same problem, but there you have a workaround by editing the Setup.ini file. See this KCS: "PI DataLink setup kit does not detect Office that has been installed via Windows Store (220739)". This does not appear to exist for PI Builder.

Either a workaround or a genuine solution would be appreciated.

PI Builder cannot write to Attributes that are Data References. It should be able to.

If the "Show simplified configuration strings" option is selected in Settings, this removes GUIDS from the output in Excel.

However, this option also removes the linefeeds in any formatted Analyses. If reloaded then this can corrupt the analyses - especially if comments are used.

Please add an option to remove GUIDS but preserve formatting.

@OSIsoft: Refer to TechSupport case 929964 for information.

The name "PIAFBuilder" still appears in at least 2 places in Excel (see the attached screenshots):
File → Options → Add-ins
Developer tab → COM Add-ins

Please change the name to "PI Builder". "PI AF Builder" was the name of PI Builder before PI AF Builder incorporated the functionality of the PI Tag Configurator.

A PI Server column would be a useful check to confirm which PI Server results are being published to, especially when a PI Admin has a drop down list of many PI Servers/Collectives.

As a user, I want to be able to use PI Builder in a web browswer, so that I can use PI Builder with Office 365.

The current names of objects, columns, and column groups usually use some combination of camel case, abbreviations, and no spaces, which makes them difficult to read. Nobody writes like this outside of programming, and most users of PI Builder are administrators, not developers.

It's not like spaces are never used; they are just not used enough. For example, the UOMClass object has a column group called "UOM Mapping". The ElementTemplate object has a column group called "Attribute Columns".

Please make the names more user-friendly.

Add the ability to save search criteria defined in Find PI Point - similar to Favorites in PI SDK Tag Search dialog.

Extend this to AF searches as well - saving favorites

1) Select some rows from a column with a list of point name on Excel.
2) In PI Builder, Click on a new button (Find PI Points From List...) and then it will fetch all parameters of matching points in the server vs the list.