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GetPIPointSource Class

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GetPIPointSource Class

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Last UpdatedDec 15, 2025
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Get a PI PointSource

The Get-PIPointSource cmdlet gets a PI Point Source from a PI Data Archive. This cmdlet returns the pointsource, pointsource description, as well as the number of points associated with that point source.

The connection parameter specifies which connection to a PI Data Archive to use.

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject
  InternalCommand
    Cmdlet
      PSCmdlet
        OSIsoft.PowerShellOSICmdletBase
          OSIsoft.PowerShellGetPIPointSource

Namespace: OSIsoft.PowerShell
Assembly: OSIsoft.PowerShell (in OSIsoft.PowerShell.dll) Version: 2.2.3.0 (2.2.3.952)

Syntax

[CmdletAttribute("Get", "PIPointSource", SupportsShouldProcess = true)]
public class GetPIPointSource : OSICmdletBase

<CmdletAttribute("Get", "PIPointSource", SupportsShouldProcess := true)>
Public Class GetPIPointSource
	Inherits OSICmdletBase

Dim instance As GetPIPointSource

[CmdletAttribute(L"Get", L"PIPointSource", SupportsShouldProcess = true)]
public ref class GetPIPointSource : public OSICmdletBase

[<CmdletAttribute("Get", "PIPointSource", SupportsShouldProcess = true)>]
type GetPIPointSource =  
    class
        inherit OSICmdletBase
    end

The GetPIPointSource type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	GetPIPointSource

Properties

	Name	Description
	Connection	Connection to a PI Data Archive to use
	Name	Name of the PI PointSource to get

Examples

Get-PIPointSource -Name "OPC" -Connection $con

Where:

$con = Connect-PIDataArchive -PIDataArchiveMachineName "PISRV1"

Gets the PointSource "OPC" and the number of PI Points associated with that point source from the "PISRV1" PI Data Archive server.

Examples

Get-PIPointSource -Name "*" -Connection $con

Where:

$con = Connect-PIDataArchive -PIDataArchiveMachineName "PISRV1"

Gets all PointSources and the number of PI Points associated with each point source from the "PISRV1" PI Data Archive server.

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