Search for archived events

You can enter specific point attributes and conditions to search for and retrieve events and associated annotations from the PI archive.

1. In the Servers pane, select one or more Data Archive servers.

2. In the System Management Tools pane, select Data > Archive Editor.

3. In the right pane, from the Server list, select a Data Archive server.

4. In Tagname, enter the point name and press Enter, or click Tag Search and use the Tag Search dialog box to select a point. The point's values appear.

5. Use the remaining fields in the Archive Editor tool to set the values displayed. You can:

   • Define a time, event count or event range

   • Filter search results

   • Define a boundary type

The list refreshes when you select an item in a drop-down list, enter a value in a text field, or click Get Events .

To look at values for other points without clearing the currently displayed values, click New Tab .

Note: When adding values to an archive, you can protect existing event values by specifying the Merge Type. For details, see Protect existing archive values.