# PI Asset Framework Data Overview

You can use Statistica to define data, to bring in through the PI Asset Framework. It is available on the Statistica ribbon menu and as a node. PI Asset framework Data can also utilize the PI Event Frames Data output to drive the associated PI Asset data retrieval for downstream root cause analysis and other analytics.

PI Asset Framework Data is accessible in two modes:

- PI Asset Framework interactive module
- PI Asset Framework workspace node

The interactive module allows you to store the current selections on the dialog as a named query to the query list. It also allows you to choose a Statistica spreadsheet containing the serialized version of the asset query.

The workspace node has two modes of operation:

- No input spreadsheet with serialized queries attached: In this mode, clicking OK serializes the saved queries in the queries list to the node. The node is run, a downstream document is generated. If there are no saved queries in the queries list, the node serializes the current selection on the dialog box.
- Input spreadsheet with serialized queries attached: In this mode, all the query selection options are disabled. The node does not serialize any selection user makes. Once the node is run, queries in the attached input spreadsheet are used to return the results spreadsheet as downstream document.

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