1. The PI Point Builder And the PI System Management Tools Gerhard Matzen

2. Agenda What are…... the tasks of the PI System Manager? …the PI System Management Tools (PI-SMT)?...the strengths and limitations of PI-SMT? How does the Point Builder fit in? Existing PI-SMT Tools Point Builder Demo Future of PI-SMT

3. PI System Management Daily Health Check PI Point Management Digital Set Management Starting and Stopping PI Managing Archives Managing Security Managing Interfaces Tuning the PI System PI-SMT Command- Line Utilities

4. What are the PI-SMT Tools? General Description Graphical applications designed for remote administration of PI Systems. Currently Released PI-SMT Tools PI Health Check PI Tag Configurator Soon PI Point Builder

5. PI Health Check

6. PI Tag Configurator

7. Tag Search

8. Tag Search Results

9. Import Tags

10. Voilà

11. Tools of the Trade PI Health Check (Released) PI Tag Configurator (Released) PI Point Builder (Soon)

12. Why Point Builder?

13. Comparisons PI Tag Configurator Create a slew of points at one time No digital set editor PIConfig, PIDiff Can build points on PI 2 and PI 3 PI Point Builder Create a few points at a time Digital set editor PI-SDK Can build points on PI 3 only

14. New Dialogs Digital Set Search New Tag Search PI Property Sheet

16. Demo

17. Attribute Categorization Location1 Exdesc Descriptor SquareRoot PointType Location2 Point Class Classic Categories Admin Archive Compression Digital Display Misc Overview Security

18. Point Class Classic 35 Base Attributes 50 Classic Attributes All Point Classes Contain the Base Attributes Additional Attributes for PI 2 Compatibility

20. Demo

27. What About Templates? Template Tags VS Save As

28. Future Work Wizards in Point Builder Integrate Point Builder with Module Database New PI-SMT Tools Archive maintenance

29. Questions?