Excel Add-ins New Features and Uses

What are the add-ins? PI-Datalink – Reads (and writes) data PI-SMT – Create and edit tags PI-BatchView – Search for batches and aliases

What do they look like? PI-Datalink Used for shift reports, data analysis, lab input, and other rich applications.

PI-SMT (System Manager’s Tools) Create and edit PI tags locally or remotely using a spreadsheet.

PI-BatchView Search for production runs using batch ids, product names, or equipment names.

PI-Datalink 1.8 New Features “Time Filtered” Function enables a time total on any performance equation. Local Digital State Caching speeds data queries Additional support for extended value type

PI-SMT Demo You can now select multiple attributes at a time.

PI-SMT Using the PI Networking Subsystem (PINS) you can use PI-SMT from a remote client computer. This requires NT and Office 97 or later. We will eventually support Windows 98 and Windows 2000. The PINS is installed automatically as an auto-starting service. It uses few resources. This also allows remote PIConfig sessions.

You can import tags using tag lists from the tag search.

PI-BatchView Demo The module database allows easy creation of aliases that will be used by the BatchView add-in. The filtering of batches is context sensitive when it comes to aliases and the units they are defined in.

Other Very Useful Things The BatchView ActiveX control is sometimes a more flexible way to build reports in Excel… …and it’s not that much harder to use. You can use Excel’s VBA to launch ProcessBook display OLE objects within Excel.

Any Questions?

Thank You! Nick D’Orazio Nick@osisoft.com Jeff Hopper Jeff@osisoft.com