Reuse displays for assets built from the same AF template

You can configure an existing display to use other assets that share the same AF template. To do this, specify the assets to show in a display by appending ?Asset to the URL, followed by the path of the new asset.

1. Obtain the paths of the assets you want to use to replace the existing assets on the display.

   You can find these paths in PI Vision search results, or in PI System Explorer.

2. Specify the related assets by updating the existing display URL. Append the string ?Asset followed by the path of the new asset. Separate multiple asset paths with a semicolon (;).

Example

In the following example, a PI Vision display named BoilerFanInformation contains two table symbols—one shows information about a boiler, and the other shows information about a fan.

The boiler asset on the display was built from an AF element template of type Boiler, and the fan asset was built from an AF element template of type Fan.

An engineer wants to use this display to show information about a different boiler and fan, which were built from the same templates. The original BoilerFanInformation display has the URL: http://webServer/PIVision/Displays/15914/BoilerFanInformation

To see information about a different boiler and fan on this display, perform these steps:

3. In PI System Explorer, identify the paths to the AF assets of interest.

4. Append the following string to the "BoilerFanInformation" display URL:

   ?Asset=\\AFServer1\DB1\CrackingProcess\Equipment\Boiler309;\\AFServer1\DB1\
   Cracking Process\Equipment\Fan486

   This creates the URL:

   http://webServer/PIVision/Displays/15914/BoilerFanInformation?Asset=\\AFServer1\DB1\
   CrackingProcess\Equipment\Boiler309;\\AFServer1\DB1\
   Cracking Process\Equipment\Fan486

   The tables on the display now show Boiler asset information for Boiler309 and Fan asset information for Fan486.

   Note: You do not have to specify an asset for each template, for example, you could have specified only a fan in the URL, and not specify a boiler.