AVEVA PI System (formerly OSIsoft PI)

Connect Foundry to Aveva PI System (formerly known as OSIsoft PI Server) to read data.

Supported capabilities

Interfacing

This connector leverages the PI Web API ↗.

Setup

1. Open the Data Connection application and select + New Source in the upper right corner of the screen.
2. Select AVEVA PI from the available connector types.
3. Choose to use a direct connection over the Internet or to connect through an intermediary agent.
4. Follow the additional configuration prompts to continue the setup of your connector using the information in the sections below.

Learn more about setting up a connector in Foundry.

Authentication

You can authenticate to PI System in the following ways:

1. Username and password: Provide a username and password. We recommend the use of service credentials rather than individual user credentials.
2. Kerberos: Provide the Kerberos configuration. (Only available if connecting through an intermediary agent)

Networking

The connector (for instance, the agent when connecting through an agent) needs to have access to the Web API of the PI server. This is usually a connection over HTTPS (default port 443) to the provided URL.

Data model

Since the PI System connector works through the web API, it follows the concepts of streams and values ↗, unifying the data retrieval from attributes with a data reference and PI points. Each row in the target dataset will be a value with metadata (name, path, web ID, and so on) from the associated stream.

Additionally, the PI System connector's use of the web API means that the value of an attribute backed by static input (as opposed to backed by tag data) cannot be retrieve through streaming or bulk retrieval with temporal value target, but can be retrieved via a latest value bulk sync.