Configure PI tags
- Last UpdatedApr 24, 2025
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PI Tags can be configured through the PI System Management Tools.
About this task
The Advanced Database Editor (ADE) is used to configure AVEVA Enterprise SCADA points for PI. Depending on your software version, either PI-APS or PI-OASyS will be used to push the new PI Tags to the PI Server.
To configure PI tags in PI tools
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In the PI Server node, open the PI System Management Tools.
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Select Points > Point Builder in the System Management Plug-Ins window.
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Right-click in the Point window, and select New Point, or select the New Point icon to create a new PI Tag.
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Configure the point.
The following table show examples of location2 and exdesc for PI tags.
|
Tag |
Location2 |
exdesc |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Analog_1 |
1 |
analog.ana1.curval |
This indicates that curval will be retrieved without any data quality checks. |
|
Analog_2 |
12 |
analog.ana2.curval |
This indicates that curval will be retrieved after a data quality check. |
|
Analog_1_DQ |
6 |
analog.ana1.curval |
This indicates that only the data quality for this point will be retrieved. |
|
Analog_1Pub |
13 |
analog.ana1.curval |
This indicates that curval will be retrieved by the PubSub Engine without any data quality checks. |
|
Status_1 |
12 |
status.status1.cursta |
This indicates that cursta will be retrieved with a data quality check. |
|
Status_1Pub |
13 |
status.status1.cursta |
This indicates that cursta will be retrieved by the PubSub Engine without any data quality checks. |
|
Status_1 |
16 |
status.status1.cursta |
This indicates that cursta will be retrieved by the PubSub Engine without any data quality checks. |
|
Status_1_DQ |
17 |
status.status1.cursta |
This indicates that PubSub will only retrieve the data quality, and not the value, of the status point. |