As a user, I would like to have more customization over the message formats of REST endpoints by being able to use substitution parameters.

Problem:
iIf PI Interface disconnected from PI Server, PI Point will show flat data until connection up not No data or Disconnected

Propose Solution:
Pl Server have ability to change flat data to no data if PI interface disconnected from PI Server. It will make misunderstanding if PI Point show flat data. In example level point from ATG Sensor, flat data could be that level on standby, but reality connection to PI server is lost

I know this has most likely been brought up before, but i'd like to see the option to change the new Pi tag created name in the window that pops up after clicking Map, new Attribute. I don't need the %ID% added to the point name.

There should be a way to monitor if the analysis service is running, other then just checking if its running from services, or that analysis service is not connected on PSE. There are no specific performance monitor counters that monitor such a thing and analyses would not be possible as if the service is off they would not be ran.

When the Step attribute of a PI Point is "on", PI assumes that a value is constant until the next event, which works well in most cases.

For PI Points that track rolling averages, rolling totals, real-time derivatives of totalizer tags with respect to time, etc., it would be more useful to assume that a value is constant up to the previous event. Please add this as an interpolation option for PI Points.

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

Given that the archive file format is proprietary, this suggestion is me shooting in the dark.

Disk compression compresses archive files very well, and my guess is that most of this compression occurs on the digital tags, since the number of possible values that they can take on is limited. In contrast, the number of possible values that a floating-point tag can have is huge, so there is not much opportunity for compression.

Please consider optimizing the storage of digital tags so that their data takes up less space in the archive and can potentially be retrieved faster.

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.

A way to add notes to a PI tag at a certain time, with an indicator that will appear any time that tag is trended during that time period.

For example when a worn pump is replaced we see a step change in motor amperage. It would be nice if a note could be added with an indicator at that time any time that tag is trended to explain why there was a step change.

It would be great to have a new filter in substitution parameters based on an attribute value.

Example:.\Elements[@Template=EquipmentChild][@|Motor Type=Primary]|Attribute_B
where "Motor Type" is an attribute of child element(s).

Thanks

Enable Keyboard shortcut F5 to Refresh PSE Trend Displays

In the PI Builder tab in Excel, if you click on "About", a window similar to the one in "Before AutoFit.png" will appear. There is not enough room for the full Name to show, and the Assembly Version has much more space than it needs. If we AutoFit the Name column, everything can be shown in full (After AutoFit.png). Please make this the default way that the About window appears.

The Tagname field visible length should be increased within Archive Editor in System Management Tools. The full tag name is limited and cannot tell what is listed because the name is cut off. (See screenshot and steps listed below.)

Steps to reproduce:
1. Navigate to PI System Management Tools -> Data -> Archive Editor
2. Search for long tag name
3. Select Multiple tags in the tag search box
4. Click "OK" to confirm selection
5. Select the dropdown icon within the tagname field to list all selected tag names.

No option in PI Builder to declare point type of Base vs Classic.

By allowing for attribute templates to be referenced across element templates allows for increased flexibility in build AF hierarchies without the need for duplicating attribute templates. .

When querying PI Points within PI Builder we see the changedate and creationdate properties show up in the format "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss" which is not the default format that Excel wants for filtering and sorting columns by date/time. However, we do see the proper format for these two properties shown after clicking any cell in the same sheet as the PI Point query and hitting "Retrieve". This yields the format "MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm" which is easier to sort and filter through.