Create PI points using different methods

The following examples provide step-by-step instructions for creating PI points using different tools.

Create PI points using PI Builder

1. Open Microsoft Excel with PI Builder add-in installed.

2. Select Insert PI Points from the PI Builder menu.

3. Enter the required attributes for each PI Point:

   • Tag Name: Unique identifier for the point.

   • Point Type: Data type (for example, Float32, Digital, String).

   • Point Source: Source of data input.

4. Click Publish to send the data to the PI Server.

5. Verify that the PI Points have been created using PI SMT or PI Builder’s Query feature.

For more information, see PI Builder, Create PI points, and PI System Management Tools.

Create PI Points using PowerShell tools for the PI System

6. Open PowerShell and import the PI module:

   Import-Module PISystem

7. Establish a connection to the PI Server:

   $piServer = Get-PIDataArchiveConnection -PIDataArchiveServer "YourPIServer"

8. Create a new PI Point:

   New-PIPoint -Server $piServer -PointName "MyNewPoint" -PointType Float32 -PointSource "C"

9. Verify that the point was created:

   Get-PIPoint -Server $piServer -PointName "MyNewPoint"

For more information, see PI PowerShell.

Create PI points using the piconfig utility

10. Open a command-line interface in PI Server.

11. Start piconfig:

    piconfig

12. Enter the following commands:

    @table pipoint

    @mode create

    Tag, pointtype, pointsource, descriptor

    MyNewPoint, Float32, C, "Temperature Sensor"

    @ends

13. Exit piconfig and verify the new point in PI SMT.

For more information, see Introduction to the piconfig utility.