PI DataLink for Microsoft Office 365 online

Support PI DataLink on Microsoft Office 365's web portal, Office Online (accessible via a browser). Note that PI DataLink already supports desktop installations of Office 365.

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AdminTodd Brown (Product Manager, OSIsoft) shared this idea · Jun 8, 2017 · Flag idea as inappropriate… · Admin →

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gakin commented · April 12, 2019 10:20 PM · Flag as inappropriate

We are using PI System on Azure cloud and eagerly want to use PI DataLink on O365 online Excel.
It allows us to get rid of RDS to use PI DataLink.
Already PI ProcessBook has gone and PI Vision is in our hands.
Why not for PI DataLink?
JohannesVeje commented · February 7, 2019 8:42 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Converting DL to an Office Add-in rather than a VSTO add-in would be a great addition.
inform2prabhat commented · November 6, 2018 8:24 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Is it possible to make PI Datalink tab available on MS Excel Online ? This will help to get rid of installation of PI DL in all users laptop.
pegentry commented · April 11, 2018 3:19 PM · Flag as inappropriate

We are Office 365, and datalink works fine.
Craig_Neid commented · February 26, 2018 12:48 PM · Flag as inappropriate

This really needs to happen, I am facing an open revolt (against PI) if PI Datalink goes away. We tried to move to Click 2 Run Office 365 but PI Datalink did not really work so we reverted back to an MSI installation of MS Office for those who need and use PI Datalink. Which is like 40% of all users.
AdminJeremy Roberts (Sr. Product Support Engineer, Visualization, OSIsoft) commented · January 31, 2018 10:54 AM · Flag as inappropriate

Hi Kenneth,
I understand this request to refer specifically to Office Online. On Office(365) for Windows, PI DataLink works fine, as you mentioned. But making DL work in Office Online would require a new major version, as DL would need to be rewritten as an Office Add-in rather than a VSTO add-in. This would also make DL available for other platforms, such as iOS or Mac.

See this link for more details on Office Add-ins:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/overview/office-add-ins
Kenneth Barber commented · January 30, 2018 4:31 PM · Flag as inappropriate

But PI DataLink works fine on Excel for Office 365... I don't get it...
Anonymous commented · June 29, 2017 2:21 PM · Flag as inappropriate

Are the PI Tools (e.g. DataLink) going to be supported on Office 365?