PIBatch Index Point (Optional)

The PIBatch Index Point specifies the PI point whose value determines the name of the PIBatch to which the PIUnitBatch generated would belong. A valid PI point for this attribute serves as the source for the PIBatch name. The point does not act as Active Point for the PIBatches, in other words, transitions in this PI point will not trigger start and stop of PIBatches. A PIBatch is started only when a PIUnitBatch is started and ends when all the running PIUnitBatches in that PIBatch end.

If a new PIUnitBatch is added after the PIBatch ends, the end time is updated with the new PIUnitBatch end time. When a PIUnitBatch starts, the value of the PIBatch Index Point is used as name of the PIBatch as one of the search criteria for PIBatches.

If there are no matching PIBatches within the PIBatch Search Time, a new PIBatch is created. If a valid PI point is not specified for this attribute, the PIUnitBatch does not belong to any PIBatch. See PIBatch Search Time for more details on how PIBatches are generated.