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PIServer.GetCsvColumns Method (Type, IList(Object), Boolean)

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PIServer.GetCsvColumns Method (Type, IList(Object), Boolean)

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Last UpdatedNov 18, 2025
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Retrieve a collection containing the required and optional CSV columns for the specified object type and its children. The supported objects include PI Points, PI DigitalStateSets, PI Identities, or PI IdentityMappings.

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

Syntax

public AFCsvColumns GetCsvColumns(
	Type objType,
	IList<Object> objContexts,
	bool useLegacyColumns
)

Public Function GetCsvColumns ( 
	objType As Type,
	objContexts As IList(Of Object),
	useLegacyColumns As Boolean
) As AFCsvColumns

Dim instance As PIServer
Dim objType As Type
Dim objContexts As IList(Of Object)
Dim useLegacyColumns As Boolean
Dim returnValue As AFCsvColumns

returnValue = instance.GetCsvColumns(objType, 
	objContexts, useLegacyColumns)

public:
AFCsvColumns^ GetCsvColumns(
	Type^ objType, 
	IList<Object^>^ objContexts, 
	bool useLegacyColumns
)

member GetCsvColumns : 
        objType : Type * 
        objContexts : IList<Object> * 
        useLegacyColumns : bool -> AFCsvColumns

Parameters

objType: Type: SystemType
The type of AF object whose columns are to be retrieved and returned.
objContexts: Type: System.Collections.GenericIListObject
A list of objects that define the context for the request.
useLegacyColumns: Type: SystemBoolean
Boolean indicating if legacy required columns should be returned. Those columns were used by a previous bulk configuration utility for PI Tags (PI-SMT add-in).

Return Value

Type: AFCsvColumns
A collection of all available CSV columns for the specified object type.

Version Information

AFSDK

Supported in: 3.1.1, 3.1.0, 3.0.2, 3.0.1, 3.0.0, 2.10.11, 2.10.5, 2.10.0, 2.10, 2.9.5, 2.9, 2.8.5, 2.8, 2.7.5, 2.7, 2.6

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