Create PI points for reactors

You can use PI Builder to create PI points. Follow this procedure to create PI points that collect data for ten different reactors. These points store data from the PI Random Simulator interface.

1. Open a new Microsoft Excel worksheet and click the PI Builder tab.

2. In the Connections group, from the Data server list, select the Data Archive where you want to create the points.

3. Add the appropriate column headers to your worksheet:

   1. In the Resources group, click Headers to open the Select Object Types and Column Headers window.

   2. From the Object Type list, select PI Point.

   3. Click Clear All to clear selected object types except those in the Required Columns group (you cannot clear the required columns).

   4. Under the General group, select the pointsource and pointtype check boxes.

   5. Under the Classic group, select the location2, location4, and userint1 check boxes.

   6. Click OK to add the selected column headers to the worksheet.

4. In the second row, fill in the following values to specify the point for the first reactor:

   Column	Value
   Selected(x)	x
   Name	Data_React1
   ObjectType	PIPoint
   pointsource	R
   pointtype	Float32
   location2	2
   location4	1
   userint1	7200

5. Prepare the worksheet to define ten points based on the values that you entered:

   1. Select the first four columns in the second row and drag the fill handle across the next nine rows to create ten rows with sequentially named points.

   2. Copy the values from the last four columns in the second row to the next nine the rows.

   

6. Publish the new points to the selected Data Archive:

   1. Click Publish to open the Publish Options window.

   2. From the Edit Mode list, select Create Only.

      With this choice, PI Builder will only create new points. PI Builder will generate an error if any existing points have the same names.

   3. Click OK.

      PI Builder creates the points on Data Archive. The Publish Selected Objects window shows the operations completed.

   4. Click Close.