Create the reactor templates

Before you create reactor templates, decide which PI AF server and which PI AF database will store the templates.

In PI AF, templates provide a structure that you can use to create objects. You can use PI Builder to create templates. Follow this procedure to create an element template for a reactor and an attribute template to store temperature for reactors.

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

2. In the Connections group, select a database:

   1. From the Asset Server list, select the PI AF server that stores your database.

   2. From the Database list, select your database.

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 Element Template.

   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 Attribute Template object type, select the DefaultUOM and DataReference check boxes.

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

4. In the second row of the worksheet, in the Name column, type Reactor Template.

5. In the third row, fill in the following values to specify an attribute template:

   Column	Value
   Selected(x)	x
   Parent	Reactor Template
   Name	Temperature Attribute
   Object Type	AttributeTemplate
   AttributeDefaultUOM	degC
   AttributeDataReference	PI Point

   The worksheet should look like this:

   

   The AttributeDefaultUOM and AttributeDataReference column headers might not be in the same worksheet columns as they appear in the illustration.

6. Publish the data to PI AF:

   1. Click Publish to open the Publish Options window.

   2. From the Edit Mode list, select Create Only (you could also select Create and Edit).

   3. Click OK.

      PI Builder creates the template in the database. The Publish Selected Objects window shows the operations completed. PI Builder automatically checks in the changes.

   4. Click Close.

      If desired, you can view the template in PI System Explorer.