1. Excel Add-ins
New Features and Uses

2. What are the add-ins? PI-Datalink – Reads (and writes) data
PI-SMT – Create and edit tags
PI-BatchView – Search for batches and aliases

3. What do they look like? PI-Datalink
Used for shift reports, data analysis, lab input, and other rich applications.

4. PI-SMT (System Manager’s Tools)
Create and edit PI tags locally or remotely using a spreadsheet.

5. PI-BatchView
Search for production runs using batch ids, product names, or equipment names.

6. PI-Datalink 1.8 New Features
“Time Filtered” Function enables a time total on any performance equation.
Local Digital State Caching speeds data queries
Additional support for extended value type

7. PI-SMT Demo
You can now select multiple attributes at a time.

8. PI-SMT
Using the PI Networking Subsystem (PINS) you can use PI-SMT from a remote client computer.
This requires NT and Office 97 or later.
We will eventually support Windows 98 and Windows 2000.
The PINS is installed automatically as an auto-starting service. It uses few resources.
This also allows remote PIConfig sessions.

9. You can import tags using tag lists from the tag search.

10. PI-BatchView Demo
The module database allows easy creation of aliases that will be used by the BatchView add-in.
The filtering of batches is context sensitive when it comes to aliases and the units they are defined in.

11. Other Very Useful Things
The BatchView ActiveX control is sometimes a more flexible way to build reports in Excel…
…and it’s not that much harder to use.
You can use Excel’s VBA to launch ProcessBook display OLE objects within Excel.

12. Any Questions?

13. Thank You!
Nick D’Orazio
Jeff Hopper