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Provide DataLink functionality in a Google Sheets add-on

A significant number of companies are moving from the Microsoft Office suite to "G Suite" (Google). This move takes customers from MS Excel to Google Sheets, and they would like to retain PI DataLink as a functional add-on.

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  • santiap1 commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'm working with a client with 50k points and they are moving to G Suite in the next year. They do not want to install PI datalink, but still want to manage bulk tag uploads with relative ease. Is there another alternative until OSIsoft builds this solution that they can use other than custom PowerShell or .NET UI's?

  • El mokhtari yakhlef commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Nous avons basculer depuis debut 2019 vers google Sheets. Nous abondonnerons la fin de l'année 2020 excel de chez microsoft. Nous souhaiterons suivre l'evolution de Pi datalink avec Google Sheet

  • Sylvain Francois DUBOIS commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    In our company of about 30,000 employees, we are using Google Suite. We would definitely appreciate such PI evolution. At least, an online Microsoft Office could be a B plan for part for our thousand of PI users.
     
    Like many of your customers, Microsoft Excel thick clients is going to die since we are moving to more modern technologies using light clients (tablette, chromebook, light notebook, ...).
     
    PI Vision is a good direction, but it doesn't cover (yet?) such needs.

  • Wojciech Zatorski commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Our company also quickly switches from MS Excel to Gsuite. Are you already working on datalink for Google sheets?
    Greetings

  • Prabhakara Vinta commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Our company globally transitioned from Microsoft Office to G Suite. OSI Soft's PI is our OT data historian. We have several users that want OT data via Google Sheet.

    Thank you.

  • Craig Davis commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I've had this request from a customer several times now, (again today) because they're moving to Google Sheets

  • Duncan Murdoch commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    In response to Todd Brown, "There hasn't been any progress to date. ..."
    Having Pi DataLink as an add-on would be very beneficial as we have moved to Google Sheets in place of Microsoft Excel. It would be appreciated if Pi Datalink could me made into an add-on for Sheets. Thank you.

  • Duncan Murdoch commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    In response to John Messinger, "One of our customers, Snowy Hydro, were ..."
    Snowy Hydro is still looking to have Pi DataLink as a functional add-on for Google Sheets.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    My company has just transitioned over to google sheets.  Most excel products have been removed.  It would be great to have a google sheet add-on.  Please let me know if there are any dates that this add-on may be available.

  • messingerj commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    One of our customers, Snowy Hydro, were looking for this functionality about 2 years ago.

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