Learn about edits to avoid in PI MDB

Avoid making the following changes in PI MDB:

• Creating a PI property or alias name that contains any of the following characters:

  • ; { } [ ] \

    Note: The above characters are not valid in PI AF. PI AF Link uses replacement characters when it creates the objects in AF (for more information, see Replacement characters). In some rare cases, it is possible to name objects in PI MDB such that the substitution of the replacement character would create a naming conflict in PI AF (for more information, see Substitution errors). It is safest to avoid illegal characters in new PI MDB object names.

• Creating a PI property name that ends in the replacement suffix (for more information, see Replacement suffix). In some rare cases, it is possible to name objects in PI MDB such that the substitution of the replacement suffix would create a naming conflict in PI AF (see Suffix errors). It is safest to avoid using the replacement suffix in new PI MDB object names.