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OPERATIONS

ENGINEERING

MANAGEMENT

FINANCE

The best business decisions are made with real-time

information. The PI System from OSIsoft delivers that

critical data throughout the enterprise. This means better

decision making—and higher prots. Harness the power

of real-time information to prot from the power of PI.

The Power of PIReal-Time Information Throughout The Enterprise


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“Employing real-time performance

management using OSIsoft’s

infrastructure has now become a

global initiative, both as an oper-

ational improvement solution and

for the enterprise value of its

architecture. The power of hav-

ing real-time data so pervasive

within the organization is a great

advantage. Making real-time and

historical data available to everyemployee and providing the envi-

ronment to make best use of

that data is a perfect t with our

rule of high degree of empower-

ment of our local management.”

Robert Fretz, Head of Process

Automation & Manufacturing

Execution Systems (MES),

Roche Pharmaceuticals

The PI System is the core of anenterprise-wide real-time information

infrastructure. It transforms real-time

data into operations intelligence and

integrates production information with

enterprise business systems. With over

10,000 PI installations, organizations

in more than 107 countries—from

Fortune 500 corporations to individual

companies—achieve signicant gains

in productivity, product quality

and reliability.

PI captures raw production data in

real-time from virtually any source and,through a suite of user-congurable

reporting, analysis, and web software

tools, displays current and past operat-

ing conditions on desktops—anywhere

and anytime—throughout the enter-

prise and beyond. It stores this valu-

able information online for decades

at its original resolution, making it

instantly available for deep and broad

analysis, trending, and benchmarking

for continuous process improvement.

PI offers a window into your produc-tion process. Once you use it, you can’t

imagine being without it. PI gives you

the strategic advantage of running your

operations using real-time and historical

information that’s reliable, complete, and

correlated with pertinent data. Imagine

the power of having real-time data—avail-

able 24/7 wherever you are—that displays

all aspects of your operations at the unit,

facility, and enterprise level.

That’s the power of PI.

The Power of PIHow the PI System from OSIsoft helps you transform data into

information, and information into power

Having accurate information when you need it is a must for making

sound business decisions. The PI System (PI) from OSIsoft can give

anyone in the enterprise instant access to critical, real-time data

in a format that can be readily understood and applied. With PI,

data becomes information—powerful information that helps man-

agers and operators make decisions that increase protability and

move the enterprise ahead. That’s the power of PI.


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PI becomes an integral part of your

organization, with immediate return

on investment (ROI) and unending

value—year after year. Highly scalable,

easy-to-install, and without the major

expenditure and uncertain return associ-

ated with monolithic application projects,

PI enables you to leverage your most

powerful corporate asset—real-time

and historical operations information.

Consolidation: The PI System

closes the information gap

The PI System provides operators,

engineers, and management with direct

access to one integrated source of infor-

mation. It bridges the information gaps

between process control, operations,

and business management systems.

PI takes inaccessible real-time processdata—data locked away in various silos

from manual and automatic inputs—and

captures it in one exible, customizable

data hub where users can transform data

into information.

Whatever your industry, you’ll benet

from having all of the information and

insight you need to navigate and micro-

adjust through the dynamics of today’s

erratic business world, and achieve your

key performance objectives. That’s the

power of PI.

ROI: The PI System delivers rapid

return on investment

The PI System delivers immediate results

and exponential growth in value to your

business. PI works reliably out of the box

and can be installed in just days. There is

no need to modify your current systems

when you add PI to your IT infrastructure.

Every year for the past three decades,

OSIsoft has been expanding PI’s library

of standard interfaces that enable you

to link to hundreds of different business,

control, and automation systems. And,

using COM Connector technology, you

can connect to any supported legacy.

The PI System’s powerful server applica-

tions and intuitive client tools mean that

PI is easy to use and simple to deploy.

From the outset, PI begins providing

everyone in the enterprise with the

accurate, timely information necessary

to manage critical situations related

to production, maintenance, cost and

quality control. With real-time informa-

tion, you avoid costly losses and inef-

ciencies. You can streamline, automate

and improve your enterprise-wide

operations. That’s the power of PI.

Security: The PI System

protects your data

Reliable security is just one of the

many advantages when you choose the

PI System as your information infrastruc-

ture. PI has built-in security that pro-

tects your data—assuring that the right

data gets into the right hands. Point-by-

point security means that every single

data point available in the PI System is

checked for proper user access permis-

sions as the PI System’s Security is fullyintegrated with your enterprise’s direc-

tory service. It not only secures your

data, it helps you meet security and

compliance requirements. That’s the

power of PI.

“Minimal training, up and

running in days with no sig-

nicant impact on produc-

tion during installation.”

“Immediate results, fast payback,

and low cost of ownership.”

“An infrastructure that works,that’s reliable, and integrates

with all of my business systems.”

“A focused, stable software

development company commit-

ted to the long haul, the leader

of the pack for nearly 30 years.”

“We can trust PI security.

Our valuable, condential,

competitive data stays in

the right hands.”

Chief Executive

Ofcers“I don’t know of any other software that can positively impact every

important business driver—environmental, safety, quality, and return

on investment.” Dwight Stoffel, ATOFINA Chemicals, Inc.


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Focus. Flexibility. Leadership.

OSIsoft

Our development team is dedicated

to customer satisfaction and the con-

tinued success of the PI System. They

deliver rst-to-market technology. Our

commitment to research, development,collaboration with other innovative

companies, plus follow-the-sun prod-

uct support, means PI will continue to

set the standard well into the future.

OSIsoft has the exibility to adopt

emerging technologies. This keeps the

PI System aligned with current advances

across multiple disciplines. Our vision-

ary leaders are conversant with indus-

try, technology, and market demands.

They understand which technologies

are right for PI and continue to uncover

more ways customers use PI today sothat development can address future

environments and customer require-

ments. This enables OSIsoft to incor-

porate the best technology into the

PI System and keep our customers on

the cutting edge with tools that match

their real-world business needs.

OSIsoft delivers PI System’s unique

real-time information infrastructure

and capabilities on top of standard

Microsoft technology. OSIsoft devel-

opment adopts strategic software

technology like Microsoft’s .NET andSAP’s NetWeaver, and provides the

bridge between real-time operations

and enterprise business systems.

This stable strategy, together with our

commitment to customers, guarantees

that an investment in PI will return long-

term value.

If you’re in business today, you need

the power of the PI System.

A leading software industry analyst

talks about OSIsoft as a successful

software company:

“…Successful software vendors sharea few common characteristics. Hereis my short list:

“Focus. Companies that are not clearabout what business they are in aredestined for failure. System integra-tors, consultants, and non-softwarecompanies have rarely built successful software businesses because theytry to be different things for differentclients. Successful software compa-nies have a laser-like focus on meet-ing a specic market need and, more

signicantly, on being protable.

“Flexibility. Focus does not imply a lackof responsiveness to change. Successfulsoftware vendors recognize that marketconditions and technology change. Theyalso acknowledge mistakes and knowthat they need to make adjustmentsto get back on track.

“Leadership. Whether born or made, allsuccessful software companies are runby strong leaders. Good leaders keepemployee energies focused on a common

goal. They create a sense of commitmentand belonging in employees. And theytreat employees with integrity.

“Microsoft, OSIsoft, SAP, and SAS are just some of the solid software rms

that share these traits…”

Founder & CEO, OSIsoft

“If you are going to buy software,

buy it from a successful software

company. That will ensure that

you are buying the best. Above all,

OSIsoft continues to grow techno-

logically and nancially, offering

even more value to customers by

reinvesting a large percentage of

sales revenues back into productdevelopment and upgrades.”

Dr. J. Patrick Kennedy

Founder and CEO

OSIsoft

“The dollar savings to Dow

Corning in the rst two years

of PI implementation were

more than $5 million.”

Barry MacGregor

Global PI System Manager

Dow Corning Corporation

OSIsoft has a reputation not only as an industry leader but, as

the industry dener. From the beginning, we have focused on one

core business—delivering real-time data to every decision maker

in the enterprise, from operations staff to the boardroom.


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A well-designed, reliable infrastructure is transparent to the user.

It just works, all the time.

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Manage

Chief OperationsOfcers

“PI represents the only software

infrastructure of its kind on the

market today.”

“PI integrates with systems we

may already have in place and

ones we may add in the future

throughout the enterprise.”

“We can get data from different

sources, including control systems,

relational databases, and busi-

ness systems, even if they’re not

part of the PI System.”

“Our complete compilation of data

stored at its original resolution

for decades. That is a tremen-

dous asset for planning, analysis,

and operations management.”

PI Server

The PI Server is the core of the PI System.

It’s the engine that acquires and deliv-

ers data—in real-time—throughout the

PI System and your entire information

infrastructure, providing open and

instant access to all data sources. This

unique data infrastructure—specically

designed for processing and storing real-

time data—has been rened during 30

years of development and experience in

real-world use by thousands of custom-

ers in virtually every process industry.

The PI Server can store all your critical

operating data. This data can then be

stored online for years in a single reposi-

tory, affording you the real-time and

historical information necessary to under-

stand your operations. Its time-series

database scales effortlessly. It can store

vast amounts of operations data online

for years at resolutions down to micro-

seconds—without degradation—for instant

access from one week to decades past.The PI Server storage algorithm ensures

that the real-time and historical data you

retrieve represents accurate information

by showing precise values—not derived

values that are, at best, approximations.

Systems Connectivity

The PI Server links real-time operations

with business systems and seamlessly

delivers integrated information to users

in operations, engineering, administra-

tion, and management. The PI Server

can connect to virtually any external

data source, including distributed control

systems, SCADA, energy management sys-

tems, distribution management systems,

lab, or other information systems; and to

numerous disparate data sources: Oracle,

Microsoft SQL Server, proprietary and

legacy data systems.

High Availability

The PI System infrastructure includesa powerful high availability (HA) option

that allows PI to be set up as a system of

collectives where real-time data collec-

tion, historical data, and metadata can

be replicated across multiple servers.

High availability provides redundancy for

data collection, storage, and data access

assisting the continuous operations of

mission-critical processes in the event

of local disasters, hardware or network-

ing failures, as well as planned mainte-

nance and upgrades.

Enterprise-wide

The PI–PI Interface allows multiple

PI Systems to be linked as one central

system for enterprise-wide operating

data. Data transfer can be accomplished

either on the destination server by “pull-

ing” the data, or on the source server by

“pushing” the data. PI System functional-

ity includes data caching, event queu-

ing, and change notication queuing.

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“The PI System will give us the

ability to map out congura-

tions and linkages that span

our enterprise for a clear view

of how everything, from equip-

ment to applications, prod-

ucts, and even personnel, is

organized and connected.”

“When congurations change,

PI will record every detail so

we can review them later.”

“The PI System will help us

keep track of the valuable

parameters associated with

anything in the enterprise.”

Operations VPs

Asset-centric access to operations information

PI AF Server

• Identify components or elements that

make up a process

•Associate data—be it real-time or

relational data—with these elements

• Organize elements into logical/physical

groups (e.g., asset templates)

• Specify relationships or organizational

structures, such as hierarchical or

connectivity models

•Apply calculations, rules, or solvers

• Determine how results are displayed

Once dened, individual assets can

be organized and regrouped to drive

meaningful analyses and enable richpresentation of data. The PI AF asset

conguration can be driven programmati-

cally or by the PI System Explorer. The

PI System Explorer allows all congura-

tions to be accomplished by an end-user

tool. The building blocks of PI AF are

templates, which enforce structure and

standards in organizing the data. This

simplies management and propagation

of changes over time. PI AF captures

the evolution of your assets and struc-

tures over time so that real-time infor-

mation is always presented in context.

PI AF Server enables assets

to be dened in a standard

manner, associated with data,

organized for viewing in logical

groups, apply the necessary

calculations and display results

in a uniform fashion.

PI AF Server—a component of the PI Server—enables organiza-

tions to dene consistent representations of their assets and use

these assets in simple or complex analyses that yield critical and

actionable information. An intuitive user interface allows applica-

tion designers to:


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“We decreased batch cycle

time and now produce 10 per-

cent more batches per week.

PI Batch also helped us reduce

the number of process alarms

and associated review times by

80 percent. We have decreased

time to market because fewer

pages of documentation arerequired to review for a release

and have moved towards full

electronic batch reporting

which almost completely elimi-

nated compliance complaints.”

Robert Fretz

Head of Process Automation

& Manufacturing Execution

Systems (MES)

Roche Pharmaceuticals

Production Managers

Event-centric access to operations information.

Track and analyze repeatable, sequenced processing steps and stages

PI Batch

With PI Batch, users can identify what

made a process repeatable and what

caused a signicant event.

These events can be displayed for inter-

pretation based on state transitions from

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)

and legacy control systems, or by col-

lecting S95 models from Manufacturing

Execution Systems and S88 models from

Batch Execution Systems. PI can seam-

lessly integrate all these data sources for

a complete history of any process order.

Track and analyze critical

operational events

PI Batch is widely used to identify andtrack critical events. Users can increase

efciency by performing correlation anal-

ysis on events to determine root cause.

Typical applications tracked include shift

reports, downtime tracking, paper reels,

steel coils, product and grade changes,

turbine startups, lab runs, and events in

discrete manufacturing In the chemical

and pharmaceutical industries, where

adhering to batch recipes is critical to

ensuring optimal product quality, PI

Batch is used extensively to track and

analyze batches. PI Batch helps produc-

tion companies establish “golden” (stan-

dard) batches that are used to compare

cycle times and to discover problems—

even as the batch is executing—by using

batch-to-batch comparisons.

Visualize batch processing and

critical operational events

PI Batch is used in conjunction with

PI BatchView, a presentation tool for

viewing and comparing events collected

by PI Batch and stored in the PI System.

The PI System visualization and reporting

products provide methods to view critical

event frames via reports, tables, charts,

and trends. PI Batch data can easily be

combined with other PI System data for

a comprehensive, real-time view into

batch operations.

PI Batch enables users to identify

what made a process repeatable

and what caused a signicant

event. They can reduce cycle

times and process variabil-

ity, nd bottlenecks and make

better product. Compliance

reporting can be automated,

based on 21 CFR Part 11.

Most processes have repeatable time segments or stages. Iden-

tifying these process stages and measuring their repeatability is

the purpose of PI Batch. It provides the ability to track and store

batch data and process-based events in the PI System for real-

time and historical access.


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“The PI System can connect

to just about everything.”

“PI has over 450 different inter-

faces that reliably acquire and

combine data from disparate

systems into a single, coordi-

nated information system.”

“PI Interfaces will let us keep

our legacy equipment online

as long as we want.”

“OSIsoft’s ongoing interface

development will assure

us of optimal connectivity

for the long run.”

Process ControlGroups

Capture data from virtually all major industrial automation systems

PI Interfaces

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A library of over 450 standard interfaces

provides connectivity to most distributed

control systems, SCADA systems, energy

management systems, distribution man-

agement systems, PLCs, lab information

systems, and other business systems—some manufactured as far back as 1980.

OSIsoft’s team of interface developers

continuously builds new PI Interface prod-

ucts and enhances PI’s existing interfaces.

Standard interface products include

connectivity to all major industrial auto-

mation systems: Emerson, ABB, General

Electric, Honeywell, Rockwell, Invensys,

Siemens, and Yokogawa.

OSIsoft supports multiple OPC industry

standards: OPC DA, OPC HDA, OPC A&E,

and HDA COM connector. OSIsoft has

interface products compatible with DAS

(1.0a and 2.0) compliant servers, DNP,

ICCP, SQL, ODBC, DDE, Modbus, ASCII,

text and OLEDB. (See the complete

list of PI System interfaces at

http://interfaces.osisoft.com.)

The PI System supports congurations

with no single point of failure, giving you

the reliability to drive business-critical

functions. Its fault-tolerant technology

keeps collecting data even if PI System

availability is interrupted. The interface

will hold and automatically transmit the

data back to PI once the connection has

been re-established.

PI Interfaces use standard, proven

technology that assures consistentperformance and easy installation and

conguration, regardless of the computer

platform or target data source. Major

capabilities of PI Interfaces include high

availability, automated failover, and

distributed data collection and data

buffering during communication failure.

PI Interfaces can be congured to col-

lect data from remote sources, perform

startup/shutdown, messaging, auto point

synching with data sources, and provide

data and communication failure indica-

tions, making this infrastructure as

exible as your business needs it to be.

Industrial users with multiple-generation

or multiple-vendor control systems are

using PI to consolidate data from all of

their manufacturing operations into a sin-

gle, coordinated information system. One

PI System can support multiple interfaces

operating 24/7 at very high data rates.

Standard OSIsoft PI Interface products provide real-time, fault-

tolerant, high-speed links from virtually all industrial automated

real-time data sources to the PI System.


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“We develop applications that

extend PI’s functionality, with

tools that our own advanced in-

house users can use to tailor PI

to meet our specic or changing

business needs, without using

expensive consultants.”

“We get access to the same programming tools that OSIsoft

uses to develop the PI System.

We also use VBA to add custom

behavior to PI ProcessBook and

PI DataLink. This is by far the

richest development environ-

ment of any software prod-

uct suite in the manufacturing

and process industries.”

ApplicationsSpecialists

Adapt to changing business needs

Data Access and Integration

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PI SDK (Software Development Kit) is

a set of programming tools that provide

access to PI servers and related subsys-

tems. It comes with an ActiveX in-process

server, an ActiveX control, and supportingcode libraries, as well as online documen-

tation, example code, and support les.

AF and AN SDKs, like the PI SDK are

programming tools that provide object-

oriented Microsoft .NET assemblies and

controls for structured access to AF and

PI Notications.

The PI JDBC driver transforms the PI

System into a relational database that

accepts and processes SQL commands.

It allows access to its vast content in an

organized and familiar format that canbe accessed from Java-based systems

such as SAP NetWeaver.

PI OLEDB Provider gives a relational

view of the PI Server, the PI Point

Database, and other conguration

data. The PI OLEDB data provider uses

Microsoft’s OLEDB data access tech-nology together with the PI Server’s

underlying PI SQL subsystem to sup-

port relational database queries.

PI OPC DA/HDA Server, is a standards-

based tool based on the OLE for Process

Control (OPC) standard. This tool exposes

PI to Data Access (DA) and Historical Data

Access (HAD) clients.

Web Services is a set of web service calls

into the PI System so data elements can

be retrieved by web service calls. These

calls provide fundamental access to time-based data by providing the path and

time for data retrieval.

The PI System allows customers to use valuable PI System data

in their own applications and exchange information with enter-

prise systems. OSIsoft offers these products to facilitate this

data exchange and integration:


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“We can centralize our analyses,

perform complex calculations

across multiple data sources, and

leverage calculations by applying

them to other assets or data.”

“PI ACE uses existing Visual

Basic libraries, functions, proj-

ects and resources, so we don’thave to stop and learn a whole

new language. It’s intuitive.”

Chief TechnologyOfcers

Transform valuable operations data and events into

actionable information

Analyze

PI Advanced Computing Engine:

easily create and leverage

complex calculations

PI Analytics includes OSIsoft’s powerful

Advanced Computing Engine—a managed

interface to PI data within the Microsoft

Visual Studio environment for application

development. With minimal effort, users

can write simple or complex equations,making PI ACE modules easy to write

and deploy.

With PI ACE and PI ACE Manager, users

can create complex calculations, such

as inventory calculations, energy usage,

productivity analysis, data transfer pro-

grams, and almost any other application

that must run reliably without user inter-

vention. Calculations can be scheduled

across the enterprise from just one

PI ACE Manager.

Work can be leveraged by writing asingle set of calculations and applying

them to multiple units or processes,

thus signicantly reducing develop-

ment time and maintenance costs. All

calculations are executed automatically

via various exible scheduling options,

including clock, natural, event, equa-

tion ordering, and graceful degradation

under resource limitations. All results

are written to the PI System making

them available to all visualization tools.

Because PI ACE works in the Microsoft

Visual Basic and .NET environments,

data can be easily exposed to external

applications or web services.

PI ACE supports the High Availability

capabilities of the PI Server infrastructure.

PI Real-Time Statistical Quality

Control (SQC)The PI Real-Time SQC component makes

it easy to apply the Western Electric

Pattern Tests to all of your process

or laboratory data collected by the

PI System. PI Real-Time SQC runs on a

real-time basis, storing the test results

and a record of SQC control limits back

into your PI System. When used in con-

junction with PI ACE and PI AF, you can

implement a powerful product-based

SQC program that runs unattended;

recording information around the clock.

The results of the PI Real-Time SQCcomponent are available for viewing

and analysis in PI ProcessBook via the

PI SQC Add-In. PI ProcessBook displays

can be customized to provide added

value such as pareto analysis and

operator comment entry on SQC Charts

that use real-time SQC information.

PI Analytics constitute a family of server-based analysis products

designed to transform operations data and events into operational

intelligence. They allow users to get information they need with-

out having to perform complex calculations on the client side.

These products include:

• PI Advanced Computing Engine (ACE)

• PI Real-Time Statistical Quality Control (SQC)

• PI Alarm• PI Performance Equations (PI PE)

• PI Totalizer


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“Using the sophisticated sched-

uling capabilities of PI ACE, our

performance monitoring mod-

els can now run more promptly

when their inputs change, and

don’t run repeatedly when they

are not needed. The overall sys-

tem is much more efcient. The

other main advantage is that PI ACE allows Visual Basic code to

run as a Microsoft NT Service,

ensuring that it will always be

running, even if the server is

rebooted. With PI ACE, you get

the ease of Visual Basic devel-

opment combined with the

robustness of the PI System.”

Process Engineer

PI Alarm

PI Alarm keeps a constant eye on pro-

cess conditions when you can’t, help-

ing you to spend your time controlling

situations, rather than xing problems.

PI Alarm allows users to track, manage,

and acknowledge alarm conditions

caused by processes that exceed user-

specied parameters. It can monitor

anything that is routed through thePI Server, such as temperatures, ow

rates, or product quality. Users view

alarm data through PI AlarmView, which

is PI Alarm’s graphical display interface.

Alarms can be triggered by the dura-

tion of an event or deviation from

norm. Alarm conditions are historized

together with an acknowledgement.

PI Performance Equations

PI Performance Equations are used to

build real-time calculations, which are

scheduled by time or event; creating

Performance Equations is a simple con-

guration experience. They are widely

used for validating raw data, deriving

values that are a function of other tag

values, performing logical operations,

and calculating aggregates. Calculations

can include unit performance, unit

status, summaries, conversions, and

totalizations from archived values.

PI SteamTables

PI SteamTables are an extension to the

PI Performance Equations that provides

a complete set of functions for deriving

the thermodynamic and transport

properties of steam and water, based

on ASME steam tables.

PI Totalizer

PI Totalizer tags calculate totals, aver-ages, and other aggregates from real-

time inputs. Totalizers can be started

and reset based on time and event, and

ensure the highest precision in the calcu-

lation of ow volumes and other criti-

cal variables used to monitor product

transfers or production performance.

PI Totalizer also reduces the server load

to recalculate variables for each request.

PI Totals are the most precise way to

represent production summary data.


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“When we have an operational

excursion, our PI Notications

can alert a single recipient, a

group of contacts, or an escala-

tion team—whichever is required.

“We can audit alert histories

to set thresholds so we are

not overwhelmed with unnec-essary notications.”

Plant Managers

Deliver events to people anywhere from the plant to the boardroom

Notify

PI Notications: Congure custom

alerts based on any data source

Congure custom alerts and notications

with a standard interface and based on

any data source with PI Notications.

PI Notications can alert a single recipi-

ent, a group of contacts, or an entire

escalation team that reects the organi-

zation’s chain of command. It leverages

the generic data access and template-driven capabilities of PI AF so you can

set alert and notication parameters

to redeploy to similar assets across

the enterprise. It stores notications

and alert events for later access during

excursion auditing, reporting, or alert

threshold tuning. Notication delivery

can be programmatically extended to

seamlessly integrate messaging with

third-party applications such as work-

ow, ERP, and asset maintenance sys-

tems. PI Notications links to OSIsoft’s

powerful visualization tools including

PI WebParts, PI ProcessBook and PI

DataLink—use for on-demand visualiza-

tion of anomalous system behavior.

Out of Band Alerting noties interested

parties when an operational excursion

occurs, without constant supervision

of your process control environment.

Escalation Management matches notica-

tion delivery to the chain of command.

Excursion Auditing reports on operational

excursions, notication delivery, and

actions taken when your process exhibits

anomalous behavior.

Disparate Data Triggering brings together

all your operational data by leveraging

the exibility of PI AF’s generic datasourcing functionality. Use this data to

trigger custom alarms and notications.

Cross-System Messaging supports pro-

grammatically extending notication to

third party applications—workow, ERP,

and asset maintenance systems.

On Demand Visualization links noti-

cation to OSIsoft’s powerful visualiza-

tion tools—PI WebParts, ProcessBook,

DataLink, and RtReports—for on-demand

visualization of anomalous behavior.

Left: Example of Notication

alert conguration using PI

Notication platform.

Right: Example of an OCS

alert using PI Notications.

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“PI ProcessBook is our window into

the process.”

“We can all see the process as it

happens. We can share real-time

information and build the screens

that allow us to see what’s impor-

tant to us.”

“It’s portable. I can check my part

of the process from anywhere I

can connect.”

“I can jump into the process from

any place to troubleshoot, watch

what I need to, manage alarms,

and check production and equip-

ment status.”

“I can save displays in scal-

able vector graphics (SVG)

format so others can use

them on the Internet.”

Knowledge Workers

Dynamic enterprise visibility for sound decisions

Visualize

PI ProcessBook

PI ProcessBook is the PI System’s

main graphical user interface. It brings

together and organizes information

in the proper context so that deci-

sions can be made quickly and com-

petently. PI ProcessBook transforms

every employee into a “knowledge

worker” who has more insight from

valuable data at his or her ngertips

to use in continuous process improve-ment every day, and ultimately,

affect the bottom line every year.

PI ProcessBook is an easy-to-use desktop

tool for displaying operations informa-

tion stored in PI and other data sources,

such as relational databases. You can

create and display real-time and his-

torical data, including customizable

equipment schematics and trends, for

quick evaluation by the entire workforce.

With one click, users go from build to

view mode. Premier drawing tools and

the ability to incorporate trends based

on real-time data give users an incredibly

rich and robust view of operations. It’s

easy to zoom in on one particular spike

on a trend display or a range of individual

points—just drag the mouse. Point attri-

butes “pop up” as you hover over thelines of your trend, providing quick infor-

mation related to each data point. Easily

change data on a PI ProcessBook display

using built-in tag search. Scroll backward

and forward in time with the click of a

button. Instantly, data is pulled from PI or

other databases to give you yet another

set of information. Use years of online

data to put today’s issues in the context

OSIsoft offers a range of visualization tools to meet every user

need. Maybe you’re a casual data user who needs a point mea-

surement from the eld in PI ActiveView; or a power user who

needs to integrate and analyze data from multiple sources using

PI WebParts; or the heavy engineering and operations user who

needs to design graphics and congure analysis on demand in

PI ProcessBook; or a user who needs to analyze data in Microsoft

Excel using PI DataLink. Whatever and wherever the need for

information, there’s a product of choice from OSIsoft.

PI ProcessBook enables you to dis-

play data from every area of your

business and operations. Business

metrics are easy to calculate,

trend, and analyze. Displays can

be linked for immediate drill-

down, helping identify and solve

production issues quickly.

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“We now have a secure way to

leverage our PI ProcessBook

display content on the web.

This gives off-site managers

and workers the ability to stay

on top of all areas of their pro-

duction via the web, but with

the same rich displays of infor-

mation and interactivity thatworkers in the ofce have.”

Operations Manager

of similar issues from the past, such as

comparing shifts, or looking at operating

conditions days, months, or years ago.

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications

(VBA) provides a powerful development

environment. PI ProcessBook also builds

internet process displays for PI WebParts.

PI DataLink

For over 25 years, PI DataLink has proved

to be one of the most powerful, efcient,

and popular OSIsoft software packages.

It leverages the power and depth of

PI data and automates the retrieval of

data into Microsoft Excel, the most used,

most familiar spreadsheet application.

PI DataLink doesn’t just copy data—

it transfers calculations. PI DataLink

brings the power of the PI Server’s

calculations directly into a spreadsheet

format with sub-second speed! And,

because PI DataLink is so closely tied toyour spreadsheet, any calculations you

perform using a DataLink formula give

you the power of exible, “perpetual”

reporting; meaning that you can reuse

the same calculation by simply chang-

ing the desired date and time. Instantly,

your spreadsheet is lled with new

data. Reporting has never been easier!

You’ll benet from tremendous time

savings by automating reporting tasks

using PI DataLink and VBA macros. This

automation also decreases the chance

for costly errors. Retrieval functions

work with the tags you choose and return

stored, interpolated, and aggregated

values. PI DataLink is also instrumen-

tal in successful compliance report-

ing. Reports can be printed, distributed

by email, or published on the web.

Now, publishing a consistent view of

calculations is even easier by combining

Microsoft Excel Services and PI DataLink.

With this technology, one copy of a

spreadsheet can be published and

accessed by many users over the web.

This is a reliable, efcient method to

publish standard or custom reports to a

wide audience while maintaining control

over distribution.

Left: DataLink in Excel.

Right: DataLink in a Microsoft

SharePoint environment using

Excel Services.


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“Field data collected using PI

Manual Logger helps identify con-

trols that are out of calibration

and defective. System-generated

notications that results from the

data provides signicant savings.”

MaintenanceSupervisor

PI Manual Logger

Not all data is automatically collected

from sensor-based systems. The instru-

mentation might not have been auto-

mated, tests might be performed

manually, or some information might be

sourced from bar codes. This information

may still be key to the complete picture

of operations and required for problem

diagnosis or reporting in conjunctionwith the data collected automatically.

Manual Logger is OSIsoft’s product that

facilitates manual data entry into the

PI System from your PC or from a hand-

held device. With a handheld device,

data can be easily, securely, and reliably

recorded from the eld or off-site equip-

ment onto PCs, other mobile devices,

or wirelessly directly to PI.

For example, users can scan a barcode

to identify a tag, enter data from the

Manual Logger handheld device, includingcomments, and then wirelessly upload

the data to PI. When data is entered and

uploaded to the PI Server, it is instantly

available throughout the enterprise.

Manual Logger users walk through a

“tour” that allows them to easily schedule

data collection, check for values that vio-

late specied limits, and determine on-

the-y if a tag is due for collection. This

process emulates operator rounds

by gathering data as a tour, or group of

tags, in any order and control is in place

to have an approval process before

committing data to PI storage.

PI ActiveView

PI ActiveView technology allows the

familiar and rich interaction capabilities

of PI ProcessBook to be available on theweb or any other ActiveX control con-

tainer. It enables PI ProcessBook displays

to be leveraged across the company in a

read-only environment—and with all their

embedded Visual Basic scripting—with

full user interaction while maintaining

the displays integrity.

Often users take advantage of the script-

ing capability within PI ProcessBook

to design custom features and applica-

tion richness to their displays. Using

PI ActiveView, this level of richness

can be made available on the web.

The PI ActiveView control is loaded

on the desktop, which supports the

functionality required to display the

complete depth of PI ProcessBook

screens, even their embedded coding.

Left: PI Manual Logger enables

operators to input data directly

into the PI System.

Right: PI ActiveView supports

read-only viewing of PI data

from remote locations.


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“The PI WebParts portal environ-

ment can be used to securely

publish our production data to

the internet. We can personalize

our pages, view PI ProcessBook

displays, create tables and

trends, or include other infor-

mation and share worldwide.”

Chief InformationOfcer

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Multiple applications, one web environment

PI WebParts

PI WebParts for MicrosoftSharePoint Portal

PI WebParts are a set of highly exible,

congurable interfaces that enable the

information worker to customize views

and the enterprise user to architect secu-

rity so that the appropriate information

appears on a user’s display.

The PI WebParts product is used within

the Microsoft SharePoint Server. Users

can investigate real-time information

including time-series, transactional, and

web services information within a famil-iar browser-based environment. Data can

be combined from different sources,

such as real-time maintenance systems,

production planning systems, and nan-

cial systems, in addition to the PI system.

PI WebParts include displays such as

trends, schematics, gauges, and tables

among others, for real-time and historical

data from your plant oor, SCADA, and

other data collected in the PI System.

Use of Microsoft SharePoint portal incooperation with PI DataLink for Excel

Services creates a powerful display,

analysis, and reporting environment

that is web-based.

“OSIsoft has been a staple in allmy plants as a process historian fordecades. Building on that success andreliability, they now have introduced acomplete package with their innovativeapproaches to infrastructure. By lever-aging Microsoft’s SharePoint platformand OSIsoft’s integrated product suite,

we can now get complete visibilityinto all data, regardless of source,which is invaluable to our industry.”

Dr. Paul McKenzieVice PresidentBiologics Pharmaceutical Developmentand Marketed Product Support

Johnson & Johnson/Centocor

Left: Use PI DataLink spread-

sheets with the Excel Web Acces

web part to integrate reports

with PI WebParts pages.

Right: PI DataLink reports

integrate with other SharePoint

and PI WebParts page content,

such as trends, contact lists and

navigational trees.

Portal technology provides the ability to combine multiple appli-

cations into one web environment. This gives the user a single

interface to work from as well as the ability to have disparate

applications appear as a single application and exchange data

between component parts. OSIsoft offers solutions for two of the

leading portals: PI WebParts for the Microsoft Ofce SharePoint

Portal and PI RtPM Business Package for the SAP Enterprise Portal.


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“We made collaboration on energy

usage a corporate wide objective

by using our corporate SAP Portal

and the OSIsoft Business Package

to put detailed energy data on

every desktop. Many small proj-

ects over time resulted in major

utilities savings. We saw immedi-

ate payback and insight into man-aging our business better.”

Manager

The PI RtPM Business Package,

a collection of iViews for the

SAP Enterprise Portal, brings real-

time manufacturing data into the

corporate portal environment.

PI RtPM Business Package

The PI RtPM Business Package is a col-

lection of iViews for the SAP Enterprise

Portal. The OSIsoft Business Package

brings real-time manufacturing data

into the corporate portal environ-

ment so it can be combined with

other portal iViews to create applica-

tions that cross multiple products.

The OSIsoft iViews specialize in the

representation of real-time data with

live updates streaming to the display.

Each iView supports SAP’s eventing

language which makes it possible to

combine the OSIsoft iViews with others

created in SAP’s Visual Composer and

SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio. The

combination of the OSIsoft iViews and

custom-developed iViews using the SAP

toolset makes it easy to use performance

and operational data, such as inventory,

equipment alarms, quality measurements,

and others for real-time decision sup-port and analysis for continuous busi-

ness improvement. The iViews can be

collected into pages and roles to deliver

specic business functionality.

The packaged portal contents includes

displays such as trends, schematics,

gauges, KPI Alerts, tickers, manual entry,

and tables, among others, for real-time

and historical data from your plant oor,

SCADA, and other manufacturing data.

The OSIsoft offering enables business

insight by having tight integration with

the host portal environment and provides

congurable views that every employeehas access to, ensuring a consistent view

of operational data based on role.


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“With PI, we can nally automate

our compliance based on 21 CFR

Part 11.”

Internal Auditor

Standards and Compliance

The PI System supports regulated

environments by monitoring the entire

manufacturing process, including environ-

mental monitoring, security monitoring,

the production process, recipe download,

process proling, and automated batch

reporting, to name a few. The PI System

enforces stringent login security and

secure audit trails for any manual data

change, which ensures processes run as

expected and makes compliance report-

ing easier and more reliable.

Across industries, the risk of

noncompliance is driving investment,

protocol, and product more than ever

before. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX)

means that compliance is not a one-

time event and smart companies are

building compliant processes into the

culture of their organizations. SOX,

however, is just one of many initiatives

that corporations must prioritize.

“As business and IT recognize the overlap- ping requirements of individual compli-ance mandates, leaders are taking stepsto build out a sustainable architecturethat minimizes time and cost while maxi-mizing future reuse. The PI System fromOSIsoft accomplishes all of this very well.”

John Hagerty AMR Research Staff

Virtually every manufacturer must report on one or more regula-

tory requirements. Whether it’s Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), NERC, 21

CFR Part 11 or any other compliance area, the PI System is a sus-

tainable architecture that allows users to achieve a competitive

advantage through complete and efcient compliance.

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SystemsAdministrators

“We control who sees, interprets,

or modies our data in any way.”

“We set our own security stan-

dards for external access to our

PI data for key people on the

road. For our people, PI data is

accessed through a single, secure

logon. PI System security willintegrate with our existing secu-

rity policies and rewalls.”

Protecting vital data

PI System Security

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There are also assurances from le

system security built into the mainoperating system that runs the PI System.

Each data archive used by PI can have

specic permissions that ensure only

the system administrator can change

PI conguration options.

The PI System has the ability to join

the permissions of user accounts or

groups maintained by PI with those

that already exist within your Windows

network. Now, one login can deliver

the right data to those that need it.

Need to make data available to people

outside your enterprise or traveling

employees? OSIsoft’s products integrate

with your existing security policies and

rewalls. You decide who gets to see

which parts of your operations and the

PI System.

Now everyone can help you prot from

operations information without risking

data security.

Manufacturing Control Network:

monitoring IT infrastructuresManufacturing Control Network (MCN)

extends the PI System’s capability to

monitor critical points in your manu-

facturing control network and IT asset

infrastructure, which in turn reduces

the cost and complexity of monitoring

these infrastructures. Specially designed

interfaces facilitate the retrieval of

performance data from a wide range

of applications, operating systems,

devices, and infrastructure components.

MCN detects potential issues, threats

to performance, network problems, and

network bottlenecks within the manu-

facturing IT infrastructure, and alerts

managers to potential issues as they arise

so corrections can be made to maintain

consistently high performance levels.

MCN provides the ability to drill down

into detailed event and performance

data to identify the causes and historical

progression of continuous or intermit-

tent problems, such as memory leaks,

viruses, network failures, and network

bottlenecks. Automatic displays can be

created in minutes with contextual data

that allows users to analyze performance

details and resolve problems.

The PI System has built-in facilities to secure access to your data

throughout the enterprise and beyond. Each point, asset, or event

frame congured in PI is associated with a set of permissions that

allow read, write, and modify access the authentication and ac-

cess control leverages your enterprise directory services. You

choose which user accounts you’d like to apply permissions.


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OSIsoft vCampusSubscriber

vCampus is a great program.

The online resources are quite

valuable to my work, and the

Live! event was a powerful

innovation platform for me.

The ultimate resource for PI developers

OSIsoft vCampus

Facilities of OSIsoft vCampus include:

Library

An online library where users can nd

documentation, white papers, tutorials,

and other PI-based material, including

vCampus-exclusive material on PI devel-

opment topics

Discussion Hall

Topic-centric discussion forums

Auditorium

Where users can view recorded webinars

or register for upcoming webinars (these

are vCampus-exclusive webinars, typically

on PI development/integration topics)

Bloggers’ Place

Blogs by OSIsoft individual users

and teams

Training Center

Anytime/Anywhere training via ve

OSIsoft standard Computer-Based

Training (CBTs) modules

Download Center

Where OSIsoft vCampus subscribers can

download their personal development

PI System and other elements exclusive

to subscribers

The OSIsoft Virtual Campus (vCampus) is a community-oriented

website that provides everything PI users need to develop solu-

tions on the PI System, with a focus on ‘doing it right.’ The

OSIsoft vCampus program provides each subscriber with software

(a personal PI System for development purposes) and an ‘identity’

in the community. It is a gateway to support and resources: public

discussion forums, blogs published by OSIsoft representatives,

technical webinars, a library of PI applications, and more.

Join the OSIsoft vCampus at http://vCampus.osisoft.com

OSIsoft vCampus homepage

and Blogger’s Place


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“Over 10,000 installed PI systems

in over 107 countries are helping

companies prot from the power

of PI. We should be one.”

“The PI System pays for itself

within the rst year with

immediate, measurable,

company-wide benets.”

“A low cost up-front with

a typically high long-term

payback makes PI a high-

value investment.”

“We should align with OSIsoft,

a successful company that will

be there for us with upgrades

and support over the long haul,

actually adding value to our PI

System and our bottom line.”

Decision Makers

Protect Your Investment with Continuous

Product Improvement and Support

Field Service

Installation and training to ensure

a successful PI System installation

From planning to deployment, OSIsoft

Field Service engineers coordinate all

implementation aspects to ensure best-

practices system installation—with mini-

mal disruption to your operations.

Standard service packages include:

• Base PI System installation

• PI Interface installation

• Import of foreign historical data

• PI System upgrades

• PI High Availability upgrades

Training

Skills and knowledge your employees

need to put the PI System to work

right away

Our Field Service group provides on-site,

customized, hands-on training—using your

own data from PI—for groups of up to 12

people. OSIsoft also offers public classes

at training facilities across the world,

private, on-site courses, webinars, self-

paced study materials, computer-based

training, and learning labs (in conjunction

with our annual Users Conference).

OSIsoft Users Conference

See how users nd the value in PI

The annual OSIsoft Users Conference is

an exciting, valuable exchange of ideas

and PI applications that helps you get

the most out of your PI System. Hundreds

of customers from all over the world in

every industry come to share how they

use PI to make their enterprises efcient,

connected, and more protable.

The Software Reliance Program (SRP) preserves your PI System

investment, keeps it running on current, standard technologies,

and helps your enterprise realize its long-term value. With SRP,

you get complete maintenance and continuous improvement for

your PI System within a predictable budget. For the same low

cost, your users benet from immediate access to new features,

updates, and 24/7, follow-the-sun, world-class technical supportin seven languages.

The Software Reliance Program


23/24Inclusive

Discover the Power of the

PI System

Take the next step towards

increasing your enterprise-

wide protabilityVisit our Web site at www.osisoft.com for more information and to

contact your local sales representative, or email [email protected].

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• Perth, Australia

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• Montreal, Canada• Calgary, Canada

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• Frydek-Mistek, Czech Republic

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• Madrid, Spain

OSIsoft Europe GmbH

• Frankfurt, Germany

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• Tokyo, Japan

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