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PISystem.GetObjectCounts Method

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PISystem.GetObjectCounts Method

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Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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Gets the total number of objects by type in the database.

Namespace: OSIsoft.AF
Assembly: OSIsoft.AFSDK (in OSIsoft.AFSDK.dll) Version: 3.1.1.1182

Syntax

public IDictionary<AFIdentity, long> GetObjectCounts(
	AFDatabase database
)

Public Function GetObjectCounts ( 
	database As AFDatabase
) As IDictionary(Of AFIdentity, Long)

Dim instance As PISystem
Dim database As AFDatabase
Dim returnValue As IDictionary(Of AFIdentity, Long)

returnValue = instance.GetObjectCounts(database)

public:
IDictionary<AFIdentity, long long>^ GetObjectCounts(
	AFDatabase^ database
)

member GetObjectCounts : 
        database : AFDatabase -> IDictionary<AFIdentity, int64>

Parameters

database: Type: OSIsoft.AFAFDatabase
The AFDatabase for the object counts to be returned. If , then the object counts for all databases will be returned.

Return Value

Type: IDictionaryAFIdentity, Int64
Returns a dictionary of the object counts using the object type's AFIdentity as the dictionary key.

Remarks

This method will return the total number of objects by type regardless of security settings in the specified database. If no database is specified, then the total number of objects in all databases will be returned. The counts for system-level objects are only returned when there is no database specified.

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