Copying formulas from one sheet to another is tedious because you must replace the sheet that Datalink forces in with the sheet you paste into even if all referenced cells are all on the same sheet. Please make the behavior similar to how Excel does it - only include the sheet name in formulas if a cell on a sheet that is not on the same sheet as the formula itself is references. Or at least an option to pick.

PI DataLink side panel should be able to parse Implicit Intersection Operator @ so formulas can be edited, when inserted by Microsoft Excel with Office 365,

When I see "Timed Data", I think: "Well of course my data is timed! But what does this button do?".

"Timed Data" retrieves interpolated/archived values at the given timestamps.

Please rename "Timed Data" to better reflect this. I recommend "Data At Timestamps", but if this is too long, "Data At Times", "Data @ Times", or "Given Time" would also suffice.

"Time Filtered" was meant to be interpreted as "Time [Spent] Filtered", but it can easily be misinterpreted as "Time[-]Filtered" (i.e. filtered by time, i.e. Compressed Data).

Please rename "Time Filtered" to "Condition Time" so that the name better reflects the function.

Like in BatchView it should be possible to show All/First/Last x number of Events that meet your search criteria.

It should be possible to select whether you like the Explore Event result shown in column or row

There is no feature to show the total count of events found in the inserted result from Explore Events. This should be a optional feature just like i BatchView

The link redirects to myOSIsoft. The link should be revised so that it does not redirect and possibly so that it leads to a different page instead. Either that or the link can be eliminated entirely.

There are tags that should be kept as Step=On but there is certain cases in which someone should be able to easily bypass the typical interpolating rules (interpolation that follows the step parameter) and allow for a true interpolation between values

The cumbersome workaround is to utilize performance equation functions within the expression field . . . but that's pretty advanced usage

Would like to be able to format any data value based on the questionable attribute.

Use case:

We have a report that uses 15 minute sampled data. The data is in a large table, one month displayed, date on the left hand side, time in 15 min increments across the top. Goal is to have any questionable data be formatted Red so a user can see it quickly.

Being able to format based on other attributes, font, color, etc. would have value as well.

now users can query compressed data according the interval. how about to query according the numbers, which users can set

If you make a mistake or overwrite information while working with PI Datalink information there is no way to undo it without deleting or recalculating the information completely.

Currently, PI System thick clients such as PI DataLink or PI ProcessBook are not tested against virtualized environments, as described in KB01590. However, there are various benefits of virtualizing parts of the PI System, as outlined in the article. As a sysadmin, I would like official support for virtualizing PI System clients using technologies such as App-V or Citrix Virtual Apps (formerly ZenApp) in order to realize these benefits across our company’s technology stack.

https://customers.osisoft.com/s/knowledgearticle?knowledgeArticleUrl=KB01590

If multiple tags are selected for 1 compressed data function, it is difficult to determine which data is associated with the tags.

On behalf of Elizabeth Metzler
elizabeth.metzler@enbridge.com

As a PI DataLink user, I would like for attributes for the Event Frames I am viewing with the Explore or Compare Events functions to update automatically, rather than having to use the Clear Cache button in the Settings window to retrieve new values.

ProcessBook stores tags by their pointid. If you change the name of a tag, It will still show up in ProcessBook. We would like to have the option to store tags in Xcel by the tag number instead of the name.

As an example, we are getting ready to change allot of PI tag names, it would be nice to convert the spreadsheet to save current tags by pointid, then save the file. Change our PI tag names, then reopen the file and reconvert it tag names. When we change PI Tag names, we want the spreadsheets to still function.