Overview

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for OSIsoft PI System supports data exchange between the PI Data Archive server, PI AF server, and TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™. It offers query capabilities by using RPC and JDBC, and publish capabilities from the PI Data Archive server. It also offers query capabilities using RPC and publish capabilities from the PI AF server.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ is a leading integration platform that can integrate a wide variety of technologies and systems within enterprises and on cloud. TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ includes an Eclipse-based graphical user interface (GUI) provided by TIBCO Business Studio™ for design, testing, and deployment. To familiarize yourself with TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™, see the TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ documentation.

ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ Plug-in for OSIsoft PI Systemplugs into ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks and adds an OSIsoft PI System palette to the palette library of TIBCO Business Studio. For more information, see OSIsoft PI System Palette.

With this plug-in, you can:

• Create new tags on the PI Data Archive server using AF-SDK API.
• Modify the attributes of existing tags using AF-SDK API.
• Retrieve tag definitions using AF-SDK API.
• Retrieve or set tag values, including the latest tag value, the archival tag value, and the historical tag values using AF-SDK API.
• Monitor the changes of the tag values.
• Retrieve metadata such as AFElement objects and their attributes from PI AF Server.
• Monitor the changes of the AFAttribute values.
• Retrieve metadata such as AFEventFrame objects and their attributes from PI AF Server.
• Create new tags on the PI Data Archive server using PI-JDBC queries.
• Modify the attributes of existing tags using PI-JDBC queries.
• Retrieve or set tag values, including the latest tag value, the archival tag value, and the historical tag values using PI-JDBC queries.

For more information about how to use the plug-in, see Getting Started.