About Developer Technologies

Developer Technologies are designed to support implementation of custom applications on top of the PI System, as well as integration of PI System data with other applications and business systems such as Microsoft Office or SQL Server, Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs), Web portals, and maintenance systems, to name just a few.

Developer Technologies cover a wide range of use cases in various environments, programming languages, operating systems and infrastructures. Products include:

• SQL-based data access (PI OLEDB Provider, PI OLEDB Enterprise, PI JDBC Driver and PI ODBC Driver)

• Service-oriented architecture (PI Web API)

• Programmatic access (PI SDK and PI AF SDK)

Licensing for the Developer Technologies is divided into development and runtime licenses. Developers and integrators obtain development licenses for most Developer Technologies products through their individual membership in the PI Developers Club. For details, see PI Developers Club FAQ.

The PI System Access (PSA) runtime license enables end users to access PI System data, including time series data in PI Data Archive and asset metadata in PI AF Server, using any of the Developer Technologies. For more information or questions, contact your Account Manager. In case of technical issues with the PSA license, contact OSIsoft Technical Support.