Understand symbol collections

A collection allows you to automatically find and see all similar assets on your display. With a collection, you can choose one or more data symbols, including symbols using asset calculations, and instantly view their related assets and attributes, without having to search for each asset separately.

For example, say you have ten pumps in one plant. You can view the flow rate attribute of Pump 1 and then convert its symbol into a collection that automatically finds and shows the flow rate for all ten pumps.

By changing the collection search criteria, you can customize your collection to view only those assets whose parameters fall within a desired range or which are in a specific state. The collection will update automatically as the parameters or state of the assets changes.

Note: You can convert a symbol into a collection only if the symbol contains a PI AF attribute.

Training Video

For more on this topic, watch the following video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8QPrNxCV1k&list=PLMcG1Hs2JbcvWPkSbIbQEJqsTX9Sa1nty