- Getting Started
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How to Navigate This Course
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Discussion Forum
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Offline Course Videos for Blocked YouTube Users
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Course Workbook
- Training Cloud Environments
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Cloud Environments Instructions
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Cloud Environments Introduction
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Launch Cloud Environment
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How to Access PI Vision in the Training Cloud Environment
- Lesson 1: Introduction to the Course and PI Vision
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Introduction to the Course (2:57)
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Introduction to PI Vision (2:44)
- Lesson 2: PI Vision Overview
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PI Vision Homepage (3:31)
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Knowledge Check: Homepage Components
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Display Editor (5:07)
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PI Vision Display Modes
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Asset Pane & Events Pane
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PI Vision Symbols Explained (3:10)
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PI Vision Symbols - Reference Sheet
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Knowledge Check: Explore the User Interface
- Lesson 3: Use-Case & Create the Overview Display
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Use Case Scenario
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Create an Overview Display [Intro] (1:19)
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Create an Overview Display [Approach] (0:40)
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Try the Exercise - Challenge 1
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Challenge 1 - Solution
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Prepare the Display (2:15)
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Add PI Data (4:18)
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Configure Multi Stating (3:54)
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Knowledge Check
- Lesson 4: Create a Well Pad Drill-in Display
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Create a Well Pad Drill in Display [Intro] (1:57)
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Create a Well Pad Drill in Display [Approach] (0:40)
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Try the Exercise - Challenge 2
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Challenge 2 - Solution
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Prepare the Well Pad Display (4:10)
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Add PI Data for Well Pad Wells (3:17)
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Create a Collection (2:28)
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Knowledge Check
- Lesson 5: Modify an Existing Oil Well Display
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Asset-list Configuration
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Modify an Existing Oil Well Display [Intro] (1:53)
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Modify an Existing Oil Well Display [Approach] (1:06)
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Try the Exercise - Challenge 3
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Challenge 3 - Solution
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Find, Copy and Modernize the Display (2:38)
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Downtime Tracking (4:14)
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Knowledge Check
- Lesson 6: Working with Symbols in PI Vision 2020
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Multiple Time Ranges on Trends (2:20)
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Bar Charts
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Symbol Enhancements
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Try the Exercise – Challenge 4
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Challenge 4 - Solution
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Configuring Trends (3:56)
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Hide Status Message (1:43)
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Create Bar Chart (4:24)
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Knowledge Check
- Lesson 7: PI Vision Calculations
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Introduction to Calculations (4:16)
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Try the Exercise – Challenge 5
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Challenge 5 - Solution
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Use and Edit an Existing Calculation (3:00)
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Create and Use an Asset-based Calculation (2:55)
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Knowledge Check
- Lesson 8: Optional Challenges
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Try the Exercise - Challenge 6 (Optional)
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Challenge 6 (Optional) - Solution
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Try the Exercise - Challenge 7 (Optional)
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Challenge 7 (Optional) - Solution
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Try the Exercise - Challenge 8 (Optional)
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Challenge 8 (Optional) - Solution
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Try the Exercise - Challenge 9 (Optional)
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Challenge 9 (Optional) - Solution
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Manage PI Vision Displays and User settings
- Extra Practice
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New AF Database to explore
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Create a Basic PI Vision Display (5:01)
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Presentation of PI Vision Symbols (7:40)
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Searching for Data
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Example Solution: Monitoring All Vital Measurements (5:23)
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Knowledge Check: Monitoring All Vital Measurements
- Final Exam
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Final Exam
- Course Evaluation
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How did it go?
- Next Steps
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Additional Resources
PI Vision: Basics
Learn the basic features and functions to start building and interacting with PI Vision displays!
This course is designed to teach you the fundamentals of PI Vision. This course is split into 8 lessons that walk through a full use-case using PI Vision, where you will learn about built-in features along the way. The material is self-paced for your convenience. Thus, there are no live components to the course, nor are there required login hours. Please use the video lectures for instruction along with the course exercises to gain hands-on experience working with key concepts.
There are multiple hands-on knowledge checks tailored to apply the knowledge you've learned in the video lectures.
Once you register for a course, you will have access to the course materials 24/7 on this website.
This is a self-paced course. Any questions or assistance needed about the material can be asked in this course's space in the PI Square community.
Study time: 5 hours
By the end of this Course you’ll be able to…
- Understand how to search for important Events, PI Tags, and AF Elements and Attributes using the PI Vision Search Pane
- Familiarization with all key features available in PI Vision 2022
- Understand the importance and use of each of the eight main symbols. Understand how they can be used to work together in order to display data quickly, easily, and efficiently
- Utilize templates in AF to create one display that may be reused with many different assets
- Be able to perform simple PI Vision Administrator tasks
Audience
- Business users who require high-level visibility into production and operations
- Users new to the PI System
- Anyone considering PI Vision as a PI System visualization tool, or considering an upgrade from PI ProcessBook or PI WebParts.
Prerequisites
- A general familiarity and understanding about the PI System: take PI System Basics (Free course!) if you are brand new to the PI System.
- A computer that can access our YouTube content, and pass our connection test.
Course Access: Unlimited access to all content except the Training Cloud Environment (TCE). You have 30 days access to the TCE starting on the day you access module section "Launch Cloud Environment".
After those 30 days you can purchase additional access with one of the two options below:
Software Requirements
The course will walk through a particular use case and will use a few files stored on a Training Cloud Environment. However, learners are encouraged to adapt the exercises and use their own software and data structures as they see fit. This allows each learner to immediately leave the course with something valuable to their enterprise. In order to complete the exercises, you will need the following software:
- PI Vision 2022 (connected to PI Data Archive and Asset Framework)