The PI-ProcessBook Family Customizable views of your data - Anywhere you want them
The PI-ProcessBook Family ProcessBook 2.0 ProcessBook 2.1 ProcessBook 2.2ActiveView 2.2 Web Directions... ActiveView 2.1
PI-ProcessBook 2.1 Customizable views of your data - Anywhere you want them
ProcessBook UI Trends easier to design and use Customize your User Interface Demo
VBA & Add-ins Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) 6 Nearly 100 new properties, methods, and events COM add-ins Application context Custom data sets
Calculations in ProcessBook New PI Data Sets Averages and expressions Demo
PI-ProcessBook 2.2 Customizable views of your data - Anywhere you want them Go for it
ProcessBook 2.2 Preview Logarithmic y-axis scale Time-range toolbar ToolTips Enhanced Undo/Redo Polyline
And more… Support for Sub-second timestamps String Tags Open and Save to Microsoft Installer Technology Automation enhancements
PI-ActiveView 2.1 Customizable views of your data - Anywhere you want them Demo
PI Server Any Web Server Internet Explorer PI-ActiveView 2.12 w/VBA 6 HTML PI-API ActiveView shows PI data
No two twins... ProcessBook Design environment Highly customizable Build and debug VBA programs ActiveView View any ProcessBook display in an ActiveX container Enhance interaction with VBA and web scripts
Other goodies Display sizing improved from Beta 4 Batch and SQC Trends On-line documentation Utilities CAB Wizard Create html versions of ProcessBooksProcessBooks Examples
PI-ActiveView 2.2 Customizable views of your data - Anywhere you want them
PI-ActiveView 2.2 All the features of ProcessBook 2.2 Log scales ToolTips Time toolbar Show me!
PI Server Microsoft IIS PI-ActiveView Server w/VBA 6 PI-SDK Navigator or IE PI-ActiveView Applet HTML/JPEG PI-ActiveView Server Demo
PI-ActiveView Server ProcessBook display code executes on server Image of display appears in the browser User interaction (e.g., mouse clicks) are processed by the server
Requirements Java-enabled browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) Microsoft Internet Information Server OSI deliverables ActiveView components VBA 6 Sample ASP pages
Comparison with clients Mouse-over and mouse drag feedback Performance May be better or worse Scalability Administration
XML Approach Generic development environment FrontPage InterDev Non-Microsoft tools Web Server ActiveX Controls Active Server Pages Browser ActiveX Controls or Java applets No ProcessBook PDI files
PI Server Microsoft IIS PI-ActiveView Server PI-SDK Internet Explorer PI-Trend Control Navigator or IE PI-Trend Applet XML Web Components Demo
ProcessBook Foundation ActiveView 2.12 User interface and logic on client High performance, easy development ActiveView Server User interface and logic on server Easy administration, easy development
XML and Components User interface on client Logic on server More flexibility, more development effort High performance and easy administration Accomplishes the same thing as other approaches
Advantages Port 80 (HTTP), no PI-API connection from client Consistent with SQL Server/Site Server and other application environments
Demo using FrontPage Client PI Data Control Trend Control Server PI Data Retrieval Business Object FrontPage Demo Internet Explorer Demo
Internet Explorer Web Server (IIS) Components PI Remote Data Control PI Data Business Object PI-API RDS XML
Web Site Demo Browser-independent Trends, tables, searches Web site product Netscape Demo
Browser Web Server (IIS) Components PI Data Control PI Data Business Object PI-API XML
Web Application Administrator chooses features for users User displays are saved in a database
Keys XML infrastructure provides growth path and openness (evidence is the multiple ways we are using it already) XSL (Extensible Stylesheet Language) Use of standard development environments Choices for partitioning between client and server
Active View AV Server XML- ActiveX XML- Java Browser independent YY Protocol HTTP/ PI-API HTTP Client interactivity GoodOKGood Permanent client components LargeSmall VBAYY Web ServerAnyIIS
Summary Development continuing on ProcessBook, ActiveView New products ActiveView Server Unnamed application (e-ActiveView2000.com?) Web components Schedules and packaging to be determined
The PI-ProcessBook Family Customizable views of your data - Anywhere you want them