/// <summary>
/// Create any non-existing PI points based on a list of point definitions on a given PI Data Archive
/// </summary>
/// <param name="targetPI"></param>
/// <param name="pointDefinitions"></param>
private static void CreatePIPoints(PIServer targetPI, IDictionary<string, IDictionary<string, object>> pointDefinitions)
{
IEnumerable<string> pointNames = pointDefinitions.Keys;
// See what points exist
var resolvedPoints = new HashSet<string>(PIPoint.FindPIPoints(targetPI, pointNames)
.Select(pt => pt.Name));
// Filter out existing points
var pointsToCreate = pointDefinitions
.Where(p => !resolvedPoints.Contains(p.Key))
.ToDictionary(p => p.Key, p => p.Value);
// Create any points with default PI point attributes
IEnumerable<string> pointsWithDefaultAttributes = pointsToCreate
.Where(p => p.Value == null)
.Select(p => p.Key)
.ToList();
targetPI.CreatePIPoints(pointsWithDefaultAttributes);
// Create other PI points
foreach (var pt in pointsWithDefaultAttributes)
{
pointsToCreate.Remove(pt);
}
targetPI.CreatePIPoints(pointsToCreate);
}
public void Run()
{
PIServers piServers = new PIServers();
PIServer piServer = piServers["<AFSERVER>"];
// Use PICommonPointAttributes so we don't have to remember the strings for point attributes.
string floatpoint = "sample_floatpoint";
Dictionary <string, object> floatpoint_attributes = new Dictionary <string, object>();
floatpoint_attributes.Add(PICommonPointAttributes.PointClassName, "classic");
floatpoint_attributes.Add(PICommonPointAttributes.Descriptor, "Hello floating world");
floatpoint_attributes.Add(PICommonPointAttributes.PointType, "float32");
string digitalpoint = "sample_digitalpoint";
Dictionary <string, object> digitalpoint_attributes = new Dictionary <string, object>();
digitalpoint_attributes.Add(PICommonPointAttributes.PointClassName, "classic");
digitalpoint_attributes.Add(PICommonPointAttributes.Descriptor, "Hello digital world");
digitalpoint_attributes.Add(PICommonPointAttributes.PointType, "digital");
digitalpoint_attributes.Add(PICommonPointAttributes.DigitalSetName, "modes");
Dictionary <string, IDictionary <string, object> > pointDict = new Dictionary <string, IDictionary <string, object> >();
pointDict.Add(floatpoint, floatpoint_attributes);
pointDict.Add(digitalpoint, digitalpoint_attributes);
AFListResults <string, PIPoint> results = piServer.CreatePIPoints(pointDict);
}
private static IList <PIPoint> GetOrCreatePIPoints(PIServer dataArchive, IEnumerable <string> inputTagNames, string prefix)
{
// Build a set of output tag names by sticking the prefix on each input tag name.
var outputTagNames = inputTagNames.Select(name => $"{prefix}{name}");
// Let's see if the output tags already exist. Part of the exercise is to notify the end-user.
// It'd be nice to have this as a List instead of IList so we can later use AddRange.
var outputTags = GetPIPoints(dataArchive, outputTagNames).ToList();
foreach (var tag in outputTags)
{
Console.WriteLine($"Tag '{tag}' already exists.");
}
// Let's not think in terms of All Or None, as in either all are missing or none are.
// Where's the fun in that? Instead we challenge outselves to check to see if any
// individual names are missing and only create that subset.
var missingTagNames = outputTagNames.Except(outputTags.Select(tag => tag.Name));
if (missingTagNames.Count() == 0)
{
// None were missing so we can return now.
return(outputTags);
}
// We have at least one, if not all, to create.
// When we fetch the input tag, e.g. "New York_Temperature", we want to also fetch its point attributes.
// Since all known inputs are "classic", we will work with that.
// But we don't need the Tag (Name) since we must use brand new names to create the output tags.
var classicAttrs = GetPointAttributes(dataArchive, "classic").Except(ExcludedPointAttributes).ToArray();
// Simultaneously find tags and load the point attributes.
// Note the points we want to find are those input tags where we do not have an existing output tag.
var inputTags = GetPIPoints(dataArchive,
missingTagNames.Select(name => name.Substring(prefix.Length)),
classicAttrs);
// Prep a dictionary of tag definitions
var definitions = new Dictionary <string, IDictionary <string, object> >();
foreach (var tag in inputTags)
{
definitions[$"{prefix}{tag.Name}"] = tag.GetAttributes(classicAttrs);
}
// Make a bulk call to create all missing tags in one call.
var createdPoints = dataArchive.CreatePIPoints(definitions);
// Add the new tags to our output list.
outputTags.AddRange(createdPoints.Results);
return(outputTags);
}
public void CreateAllPIPoints(List <string> newPIPointNames)
{
if (newPIPointNames.Count > 0)
{
List <string> filteredNewPIPointNames = newPIPointNames.Where(p => allPIPointNames.Contains(p) == false).ToList();
if (filteredNewPIPointNames.Count > 0)
{
IDictionary <string, object> attributes = new Dictionary <string, object>();
attributes.Add("pointtype", "int32");
AFListResults <string, PIPoint> results = piServer.CreatePIPoints(filteredNewPIPointNames.AsEnumerable(), attributes);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Create any non-existing PI points based on a list of point definitions on a given PI Data Archive
/// </summary>
/// <param name="targetPI"></param>
/// <param name="pointDefinitions"></param>
private static void CreatePIPoints(PIServer targetPI, IDictionary <string, IDictionary <string, object> > pointDefinitions)
{
IEnumerable <string> pointNames = pointDefinitions.Keys;
// See what points exist
var resolvedPoints = new HashSet <string>(PIPoint.FindPIPoints(targetPI, pointNames)
.Select(pt => pt.Name));
// Filter out existing points
var pointsToCreate = pointDefinitions
.Where(p => !resolvedPoints.Contains(p.Key))
.ToDictionary(p => p.Key, p => p.Value);
// Create any points with default PI point attributes
IEnumerable <string> pointsWithDefaultAttributes = pointsToCreate
.Where(p => p.Value == null)
.Select(p => p.Key)
.ToList();
var results = targetPI.CreatePIPoints(pointsWithDefaultAttributes);
if (results.Errors.Count > 0)
{
throw new AggregateException(results.Errors.Values);
}
// Create other PI points
foreach (var pt in pointsWithDefaultAttributes)
{
pointsToCreate.Remove(pt);
}
results = targetPI.CreatePIPoints(pointsToCreate);
if (results.Errors.Count > 0)
{
throw new AggregateException(results.Errors.Values);
}
}
private IList <PIPoint> CreatePoints(PIServer server)
{
var tagNames = GeneratePointNames(NameSuffix, NumStart, NumEnd);
Logger.Info("Creating the PI Points on the server");
var result = server.CreatePIPoints(tagNames, GetPointAttributes());
if (result != null && result.HasErrors)
{
result.Errors.ToList().ForEach(e => Logger.Error("Error with: " + e.Key, e.Value));
}
Logger.Info("operation completed.");
// if results are not nul returns the results, otherwise, returns null
return(result?.Results);
}
private IList<PIPoint> CreatePoints(PIServer server)
{
var tagNames = GeneratePointNames(NameSuffix, NumStart, NumEnd);
Logger.Info("Creating the PI Points on the server");
var result = server.CreatePIPoints(tagNames, GetPointAttributes());
if (result != null && result.HasErrors)
result.Errors.ToList().ForEach(e => Logger.Error("Error with: " + e.Key, e.Value));
Logger.Info("operation completed.");
// if results are not nul returns the results, otherwise, returns null
return result?.Results;
}