Deleting PI tags and compacting archives
Hi we want to remove a redundant site's tags and data from our PI collective. It is over 10,000 Pi tags in scope. Is the best way to bulk delete the tags to do this in a script and use PICONFIG...
View ArticleTrying to do PE equivalent in VBA
Hello, I am trying to formulate a running formulation batch end calculator, which must do all its work in VBA before putting it as a text value in PI. I can do this really easily in Excel and i can get...
View ArticleHow to create performance equation to show crew on 12-hour swing shift?
How to create performance equation to show crew on 12-hour swing shift for 4 crews? Our mill has a 12 hour swing shift with 4 rotating crews (E, F, G, H crews) How could I get this to show the...
View ArticlePI Processbook: How do you 'fit all', prevent 'open in new window', identify...
Hi, I am very new to PI Processbook and I am trying to fix a few of its functionalities. I would like to know how to: 1) Automatically 'fit all' of the content in the display when a button on the page...
View ArticleHow To Loop Through The Values of AF Table Using AFSDK
Greetings to my fellow PI Geeks: I need some help looping through an AF Table. I am not finding answers doing a variety of searches on this topic. In C# I am able to connect to the default AF...
View ArticleTop 25 values
Hi, fokes First post and just started learning. I need to create a formula using all historical data to list the top 25 flow values to date including the time stamp. Not sure if this is best done in...
View ArticleUpdate a new PI tag with actual value
Hello, When you create a tag for the first time its value will show as "Pt Created" until a change in tag value occurs. I have a system where we get the position indication for some breakers (1=Closed,...
View ArticleVBA code to force ProcessBook to open another file
Hi, I am trying to use a code to force processbook to open a file in my server. The users are copying the files from server to their local PC and doing changes on display, and I lose control over...
View ArticleMaximum 5 minute average
I apologize if this question has been asked before. Is there a way in PI Datalink to calculate when the maximum 5 minute rolling average of a tag over the course of a set timeframe? For example,...
View ArticleVBA Code to populate Batchview query
Would like vba example of batchview query to return results to excel. want to be able to group on unit, recipe,product, and view about 10 - 20 other tags. Developing average, std dev, max, min and for...
View ArticleTime integration of calculated value
I am trying to perform an energy balance calculation in Process Book. Given the generation, I want to use a simple calculation to estimate the auxiliary load and than time integrate this value to...
View Article4 tracce nel trend
Good Morning I need to include in trend 4 track and have a chance with Comandbutton to eliminate them. I attach files greetings Pierpaol Attached Files versione n° 2 doppia traccia.PDI 80KB 1...
View ArticleError:UOMs 'cubic foot per second' and 'foot' must belong to the same class.
We have an AF attribute that had UOM as ft3/s. I changed it to ft in the template and checked in the changes. While most of the objects got updated, I see the following error for some of the objects:...
View ArticleXMLDeliveryChannel for Complex Data Type
Hi, I am using XML Delivery Channel dll to transfer PI data from PI System to Webservices. I could able to transfer data for one record in single http request from PI system to webservice...
View ArticleTraceCount in Datalink
Hi all, I am very new here and and very new to Pi, so please forgive my newbie questsions. I have been trying to automate some reports from Datalink and Process Book using VBA and have noticed some...
View ArticleInput from excel file to PI?
Hi, Is there any way to automatic input data from excel files in to PI? We get a file every week with the same setting on email. How much manual work will it demand? -A-
View ArticleHow can I change the "connection type" in PI SDK?
Dear all, My PI Server's version is "PI 3.4.390.18". After the PI SDK has installed in my computer, the default setting of "connection type" is "PI2". The problem is that I can't connect to my PI...
View ArticleI need help for Pirecalc
I must recalculate a tag I have deleted wrong result in the result tag and wrong parameters in the source tag (bad input) with the pipetest the result is correct. I have lauched this but the system...
View Articleediting PI Treeview with attribute parents causes web page to be time out
When I implement PI Webpart, clicking an attribute parents on PI treeview breaks the web part page, and finally the page is to be time out. Many I know what the root reason is?? Please find attached....
View ArticleUse Didjuntions Operators with Point Type Digital
Hi everyone. I´m triying to configure a PE using 3 tags, which are configurated as Digital In Point Type. The problem is that I´m not able to use disjuntions Operators with this kind of Tags in this...
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