PI identities

PI identities are the link between Windows authentication and Data Archive authorization (access permissions). Each PI identity represents a set of access permissions on the Data Archive server. For example, one PI identity might be allowed to create points, while another PI identity could be allowed to read point data but not create new points.

When a mapping exists between a PI identity and a Windows group, all the users in the Windows group are automatically authenticated on the Data Archive server and granted the access permissions defined for that PI identity.