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• Step 2 - Initialization
  • The following steps need to be executed after the initial configuration, any time the configuration changes or whenever the Export Distribution service restarts.
    • Verify if the tags are already existing in the PI Archive. 
      • For each configured tag, the following query must be executed.
      • GET https://mypiwebapiendpoint/piwebapi/search/query?q=name:tagname&scope=pi:mypiarchive

      • If the tag already exists, the reply will look like:

        { "TotalHits": 1, "Links": { "Next": "https://mypiwebapiendpoint/piwebapi/search/query?q=name%3Atagname&scope=pi%3Amypiarchive&count=10&start=10", "First": "https://mypiwebapiendpoint/piwebapi/search/query?q=name%3Atagname&scope=pi%3Amypiarchive&count=10", "Last": "https://mypiwebapiendpoint/piwebapi/search/query?q=name%3Atagname&scope=pi%3Amypiarchive&count=10&start=0" }, "Errors": [], "Items": [ { "Name": "tagname", "Description": "Some Description", "MatchedFields": [ { "Field": "name" } ], "ItemType": "pipoint", "AFCategories": [], "UniqueID": "\\\\{044de274-8d72-4cb6-839b-9e415e793dd8}\\?3", "WebId": "P0dOJNBHKNtkyDm55BXnk92AAwAAAAU1JWR0RZUExNT1NJRDAzXENEVDE1OA", "UoM": "deg. c", "DataType": "float32", "Links": { "Self": "https://mypiwebapiendpoint:443/piwebapi/points/P0dOJNBHKNtkyDm55BXnk92AAwAAAAU1JWR0RZUExNT1NJRDAzXENEVDE1OA" }, "Score": 13.62607 } ] }

        
        In this case the WebId of the tag must be read and stored in EdgeX in order to be used in further iterations. If the tag does not exist, the reply will look something like:

      • { "Links": { "Next": "https://mypiwebapiendpoint/piwebapi/search/query?q=name%3ACDT15&scope=pi%3Asrvgdyplmosid03pi%3Amypiarchive&count=10&start=10", "First": "https://mypiwebapiendpoint/piwebapi/search/query?q=name%3ACDT15&scope=pi%3Asrvgdyplmosid03pi%3Amypiarchive&count=10", "Last": "https://mypiwebapiendpoint/piwebapi/search/query?q=name%3ACDT15&scope=pi%3Asrvgdyplmosid03pi%3Amypiarchive&count=10&start=0" }, "Errors": [], "Items": [] }

        
        

      • In this case the tag will have to be created with the following command

      • POST https://mypiwebapiendpoint/piwebapi/dataservers/{webId}/points where WebId is riferred to the target dataserver. The payload of the POST request should look like the following:

      • { "Name": "PointNamedeployment001.deviceABC.measurement005", "Descriptor": "Some description as per EdgeX Metadata", "PointClass": "classic", "PointType": "Float32", "EngineeringUnits": "", }

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Possible improvements for the next version (Delhi Release):

• Ability to send data to multiple PI Nodes concurrently (up to 3) for High Availability in the Cloud
• Possibility to perform data backfill (From StartTimestamp to EndTimestamp) - this may require an architectural change in Export Services
• Manage conflicts with overlapping tag names between different EdgeX deployments
• Support Kerberos authentication (Will need to specify in the configuration Keytab, Kdc, Principal and Realm)
  
  

Possible improvements for the long term:

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To be updated.

Current status

Waiting for Go Export Client & Distribution to support HTTPS REST which is mandatory for this export services to work