Use URLs to open displays

You can use a URL to open AVEVA PI Vision displays programmatically from other applications.

You can use the URL to:

• Create a temporary display that shows a single trend populated with specified data items; the URL can also specify a time range for the display.

• Open an existing saved display and, optionally, specify a time range for the display.

• Open the Ad Hoc Workspace showing specific data items during a specific time range, so that users can investigate exceptions.

• Specify kiosk mode to open a display with limited interactivity.

• Configure an existing display to use other assets that share the same PI AF template.

• Set the time zone for a display so that users see data in the time zone you specify, rather than in the time zone of their client machine.

• Hide the toolbar or timebar, or both, in a display.

• Prevent automatic redirection for users of AVEVA PI Vision on mobile devices. Users of a smaller device are automatically redirected to the mobile version of AVEVA PI Vision. However, you can bypass this behavior, such as in cases where you have embedded an AVEVA PI Vision display in your own dashboard.

  Note: A URL must include URL-encoded characters where needed. For example, the plus sign (+) indicates <Space> in HTML. To enter an actual plus sign as part of a URL, it must be encoded as %2B. That means to use the URL syntax &EndTime=+8h, you need to enter the encoded syntax as &EndTime=%2B8h. See the w3schools.com article HTML URL Encoding Reference for more information about URL encoding.