AFElement.GetAttributeValues Method (PISystem, IList(AFAttributeValueQueryID), Object, Boolean, WindowsIdentity)
- Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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- PI System
- AF SDK 2024 R2
- Developer
This method gets a collection of AFValue objects for the specified attributes.
The collection will be the same length and in the same order as the objectIds collection.
Namespace: OSIsoft.AF.Asset
Assembly: OSIsoft.AFSDK (in OSIsoft.AFSDK.dll) Version: 3.1.1.1182
Syntax
public static IList<AFValue> GetAttributeValues( PISystem system, IList<AFAttributeValueQueryID> objectIds, Object queryDate = null, bool useSandbox = false, WindowsIdentity userIdentity = null )
Public Shared Function GetAttributeValues ( system As PISystem, objectIds As IList(Of AFAttributeValueQueryID), Optional queryDate As Object = Nothing, Optional useSandbox As Boolean = false, Optional userIdentity As WindowsIdentity = Nothing ) As IList(Of AFValue) Dim system As PISystem Dim objectIds As IList(Of AFAttributeValueQueryID) Dim queryDate As Object Dim useSandbox As Boolean Dim userIdentity As WindowsIdentity Dim returnValue As IList(Of AFValue) returnValue = AFElement.GetAttributeValues(system, objectIds, queryDate, useSandbox, userIdentity)
public: static IList<AFValue^>^ GetAttributeValues( PISystem^ system, IList<AFAttributeValueQueryID>^ objectIds, Object^ queryDate = nullptr, bool useSandbox = false, WindowsIdentity^ userIdentity = nullptr )
static member GetAttributeValues : system : PISystem * objectIds : IList<AFAttributeValueQueryID> * ?queryDate : Object * ?useSandbox : bool * ?userIdentity : WindowsIdentity (* Defaults: let _queryDate = defaultArg queryDate null let _useSandbox = defaultArg useSandbox false let _userIdentity = defaultArg userIdentity null *) -> IList<AFValue>
Parameters
- system
- Type: OSIsoft.AFPISystem
The PISystem to search for the desired objects. - objectIds
- Type: System.Collections.GenericIListAFAttributeValueQueryID
The list of AFAttributeValueQueryID to be found. If , then this method does nothing. - queryDate (Optional)
- Type: SystemObject
The query date used to load the objects. Specify or AFTime.MaxValue for most recent versions of the objects. The value may be an AFTime, DateTime, PITime, String, or numeric. A DateTime (or a DATE will be treated as UTC time if its Kind property is set to Unspecified. Because DATE values from COM or VB6 clients are marshalled as Unspecified, these client applications must convert to UTC prior to marshalling. An integer numeric represents the number of ticks (100-nanosecond intervals) since January 1, 0001. A floating point numeric represents the number of seconds since January 1, 1970 UTC. A String is interpreted as local time, unless it contains a time zone indicator such as a trailing "Z" or "GMT". Strings will be interpreted with the AFTime.Parse Overload methods so that relative formats with intervals ("*", "T+3h", etc.) are also supported. Relative time intervals are based on AFTime.Now. - useSandbox (Optional)
- Type: SystemBoolean
Specify whether to search for values in the sandbox. If set to false, only values in permanent storage will be returned. - userIdentity (Optional)
- Type: System.Security.PrincipalWindowsIdentity
The WindowsIdentity of the user for the security rights to be checked. Only domain accounts or local accounts on the PI AF Server are supported by this method.
Return Value
Type: IListAFValueReturns all AFValue objects found for the specified attributes.
Remarks
The returned collection will be the same length and order as the specified objectIds. If the attribute is not found,
the value at that index will be null. If useSandbox is false and the attribute is dynamic, it will still be evaluated
based on the sandbox value.