1. PI Data Access via OLE DB/SQL
PI OLEDB
PI Data Access via OLE DB/SQL
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2. Agenda Functional Overview Web Service for PI OLEDB MS Linked Server
Real-time Performance Management for the
Enterprise
Agenda
Functional Overview
Web Service for PI OLEDB
MS Linked Server
Oracle Generic Connectivity
Be aware
Future Development
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3. What Tasks? PI OLEDB PI OLEDB Copy Data between PI and RDBMS Link Data
Link RDBMS data into PI
Link PI data into RDBMS
Display PI and RDBMS data together
ProcessBook
Excel
Other Clients, e.g. SQL Tools, Report Writer,...
PI OLEDB
PI OLEDB
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4. PI OLEDB 2.0 OLE DB Data Provider – SQL Read/Write Access to
Archive, Module DB , Batch , User DB, Tag DB, Dig. States
Read Access to
Log File , PE Functions, Aggregation
Explicit support for
ADO, ADO.NET , Data Controls
MS SQL Server - Linked Server
Oracle Generic Connectivity
MS Data Analysis Services (OLAP)
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5. Explore PI OLEDB : Demo
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6. Web Service for PI OLEDB
PI Servers
FIREWALL
WEB SERVICE
Microsoft IIS
PI OLEDB
Web Client
MS .NET Framework
SOAP
XML
HTML
Port 80
INTERNET / INTRANET
Web Browser
VB Script
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7. Web Service - Demo
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8. SQL Server – Linked Server
MS SQL Server 2000
OLEDB / ODBC
MS Access 2000
Views
MS Query
Local Tables
ODBC Clients
OLE DB for Oracle
PI OLEDB
RDBMS NET Relational database non real-time data product, equipment, specification, safety, etc.
PI SERVER PI SYSTEM REAL-TIME DATA MANUAL / PROCESS / CALCULATED
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9. Linked Server - Demo
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10. Oracle – Generic Connectivity
Oracle 8i (8.1.6+), 9i
OLEDB / ODBC
SQL Plus
Views
Oracle Forms
Local Tables
ODBC Clients
OLE DB for SQL Server
PI OLEDB
RDBMS NET Relational database non real-time data product, equipment, specification, safety, etc.
PI SERVER PI SYSTEM Real-time data manual / process / calculated
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11. Oracle Generic Connectivity
Edit 3 text files
tnsnames.ora
listener.ora
initpioledb.ora
Define database link
CREATE PUBLIC DATABASE LINK PI3 USING 'PIOLEDB';
Map Oracle users to PI users
CREATE DATABASE LINK PI3 CONNECT TO “piadmin" IDENTIFIED BY “password";
Repeat per user
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12. Generic Connectivity - Demo
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13. Be aware (1): Use Optional Connection Pooling In Linked Server
Connection Pooling=True;
SQL Server 2000 Cannot Write To Remote VARIANT Columns
Our batch tables for example use variants  use pass through
Current Version Can Be Used With ASP.NET
Aspcompat=true
VS.NET Database Designer Wizard Puts Brackets
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article
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14. Be aware (2): Older Oracle ODBC drivers cannot access remote databases
Use Oracle ODBC driver and above
Oracle Cannot Set OLE DB Query Timeout
Use global Command Timeout Property (in UDL file)
Oracle Heterogenious Queries Switch Off Two-Phase Commit
dbms_hs.create_class_init ('xxx', '2PC', 'SS', 'F');
Tag Search Queries With Escape Character Other Than ‘\‘ Are Local
„... WHERE tag like ‘tag\_1*‘ ESCAPE ‘\‘ ...“
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15. Future OLE DB Has Not Reached Its Peak Bug Fix Version - Q2/2003
Continued tests for integration scenarios, e.g. OLAP
Bug Fix Version - Q2/2003
Module DB XML Import/Export Utility (ADO.NET Example)
Next Major Version - Beta Q4/2003
Move to „free threading“
Support for .NET Web Service
Support for Application Framework
New SQL Engine
Prepare ground for .NET Managed Provider
PI ODBC?
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16. RtPM Pyramid Act Visualize Distribute Analyze Assign Context Gather
Without Action, there is no Benefit
People Need Pictures, Graphs, Trends
Visualize
Get the Information to People Who Need It
Distribute
Aggregation, Reconciliation, Calculation, Cases
Analyze
Execs Look for Equipment, Plants, Products, not Tags
Assign Context
Gather
Data Collection from Inside and Outside the Corporation
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