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View Pi Processbook Displays in Pi Vision: Learning Outcomes

PI ProcessBook displays can be imported into PI Vision and viewed through a web browser from any device to provide remote access to plant data without needing PI ProcessBook installed; supported file types are PDI, SVG, and PIW, and administrators specify watched folders that PI Vision monitors for new or updated displays to automatically import; engineers can now access an Element Relative Tank Display on their tablets by browsing to it in PI Vision where they can interact with trends, change the time range, and switch between tank elements.

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View Pi Processbook Displays in Pi Vision: Learning Outcomes

PI ProcessBook displays can be imported into PI Vision and viewed through a web browser from any device to provide remote access to plant data without needing PI ProcessBook installed; supported file types are PDI, SVG, and PIW, and administrators specify watched folders that PI Vision monitors for new or updated displays to automatically import; engineers can now access an Element Relative Tank Display on their tablets by browsing to it in PI Vision where they can interact with trends, change the time range, and switch between tank elements.

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View PI ProcessBook Displays in PI Vision

Learning Outcomes

• Add PB displays to watched folders for PI Vision


• Use a browser to display PB displays in PI Vision.
Having access to the PI ProcessBook displays on any device and at any time can be a valuable
timesaver when communicating with the plant. So far, we have been viewing these displays
from PCs with the PI ProcessBook application installed on them.
You can import PDI, SVG and PIW display files created in PI ProcessBook to PI Vision and view
them using a modern browser, from anywhere and at any time. You can:
• zoom in on a PI ProcessBook display
• adjust the time range of a display with the Time bar
• tap any data value on the PI ProcessBook display to open a full screen “pop-up” trend

• use the feature to transfer all the visible data items on the PI
ProcessBook display to a native PI Vision display that can be used for further analysis

Note: PI Vision does not support Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) scripts or third-party
ActiveX controls when viewing PI ProcessBook displays.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUOW1yVBLnk

Your PI administrator specifies which folders PI Vision uses to monitor PI ProcessBook


displays. When the monitoring service detects a new, modified, or deleted PI ProcessBook file
in these folders, it automatically adds, updates, or deletes it from PI Vision. All PDI, SVG and
PIW files in the directory are automatically imported into PI Vision.

Directed Activity –View PI ProcessBook displays on Your Desktop Web Browser

You are invited to watch what the instructor is doing or perform the same
steps at the same time to explore the different concepts presented in this
chapter or section.

Objectives
• View a PI ProcessBook display in PI Vision

Activity Description
A set of tablets were recently purchased for your process engineers. They find the <your
initials>_ElementRelativeTankDisplay display you built for them extremely helpful, so you want
to make this display accessible from their tablets (which do not have PI ProcessBook).
Approach
Step 1 : Make a copy of your Element Relative Tank Display and name it <your
initials>_ElementRelativeTankDisplay_<your initials>.PDI file and move it to the PI
Vision shared folder.
Step 2 : Check the PI Vision Homepage, under the ProcessBook Displays for PI Vision
folder. Make sure you see your PI ProcessBook display.
Step 3 : Open this display and examine the historical data for the Internal and External
Temperature of Mixing Tank1. Click on the trend to maximize it.
Step 4 : Change the time range of the trend by clicking on the left and right arrows or by
typing the start and end times in their boxes. Click on the 8h button and change the
time range to one day.

Step 5 : Switch to Mixing Tank2 for the display in PI Vision by appending the following to the
end of the URL:
?CurrentElement=\\PISRV1\OSIsoft Plant\Production Area\Production
Line2\Mixing Tank2
Step 6 : Switch to the other two storage tanks.

Step 7 : Use the feature to create a new PI Vision display.

 Quick Check
Can you:

• Add PB displays to watched folders for PI Vision?


• Use a browser to display PB displays in PI Vision?
If you answered NO to these questions, ask your instructor for assistance.

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