PI-ProcessBook/PI-ActiveView Applications

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PI-ProcessBook/PI-ActiveView Applications

• Dave Draper, Chris Schifferli

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Topics

• ActiveX Controls in ProcessBook
• VBA Scripting in ProcessBook
• ProcessBook Add-ins
• ProcessBook Displays in PI-ActiveView

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PI-ProcessBook

• PI-ProcessBook is a PC tool for displaying plant
  information stored in the PI Data Archive and
  other sources

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PI-ProcessBook

• Automation Server - write programs using VBA to
  automate or control objects in a ProcessBook
  display

Private Sub Display_BeforeClose(bCancelDefault As
Boolean) ThisDisplay.Close (False) End
Sub Private Sub Display_Open()
BatchSearch End Sub
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PI-ProcessBook

• ActiveX Control Container - enables the user to
  apply objects in displays that are not part the
  PI-ProcessBook application

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PI-ProcessBook Add-in

• Custom Data Sets that provides data from sources
  outside the PI Data Archive to the PI-ProcessBook
  application
• Data can be integrated with PI Data in displays

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PI-ProcessBook Add-in

• Created in Visual Basic
• Included in ProcessBook through the Add-in
  Manager under Tools
• Datasets are setup through Data Sets under Tools
• The data set information can then be displayed on
  trends
  

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PI-ProcessBook Add-in

• The interface to custom data sets is provided at
  PI-ProcessBooks application level.

ProcessBook Application
VBA Script or Add-in
Display
Datasets Collection
Trend
Dataset1
DatasetProvider1
Value
Dataset2
DatasetProvider2
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PI-ActiveView

• Used to create and view HTML pages that contain
  PI-ProcessBook displays
• Provides an easy path for displaying
  PI-ProcessBook displays in a Web environment

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PI-ActiveView Usage

• Publishing PI-ProcessBook displays on an Internet
  or Intranet
• Building multi-media presentations
• Casual user viewing

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Using Front Page