1. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PI-ProcessBook Brian Bostwick Omicron Consulting Mark Hughes OSI Software, Inc.

2. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference Version 2.0 Last 16 and 32-bit version Currently in 3rd beta release http://www.osisoft.com/products/beta/procbook20b/procbook20b.htm

3. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PB 2.0: File Systems Enhancements 20 user limit PDI files Faster PIW loading

4. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PB 2.0: VBA VBA Licensed from Microsoft Same VBA as Microsoft Office97, Visio, many others Integrated Development Environment

5. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PB 2.0: ActiveX Controls Container features:  Excel < ProcessBook < Visual Basic Events What controls can I embed? How do I distribute displays with controls?

6. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PB 2.0: Logos Designed for Windows NT and Windows 95 VBA Office 97

7. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PB 2.0: Demo PDI Files Save As JPEG Blinking Item Definition in run mode Future Trends Preference for Trend>Multiple Scales

8. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PB 2.0: Demo (cont’d) Composites  Double-click on trend in composites  Controls in composites  Ungroup, regroup Automation Enhancements  Trend Cursors  Composites

9. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PB 2.0: Demo (cont’d) Datasets  Interpolated lines on Datasets  User DSN for PB, File DSN for MSQuery with ODBC 3.0 Browsing in Internet Explorer

10. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference ProcessBook Display Control Demo View-only HTTP, FTP, or file system Displays are live

11. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference window.parent.frames.item(2).pbdcontrol.DisplayURL = ”http://sf1\uc98\columnbottom.pdi"

12. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference Version 2.1 32-bit only User-defined menus, toolbars User-defined properties (demo)

13. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference Futures Microsoft Technology: COM, ActiveX, VBA, Unified Logon Access to more PI Server features User interface enhancements

14. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference PI Server Features PI 3 features/SDK  String tags and other point types  Sub-second time stamps  Annotations Other PI queries - averages, expressions, filters

15. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference UI enhancements Time Range toolbar Direct manipulation of trend scales Batch Context

16. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference Self-contained Viewer Control

17. 1998 PI System Users’ Conference Connections demo Configurable ports Orthogonal lines Automation interface