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Asset navigation and context

Use context controls when one display must serve several assets or time periods, or when operators need a consistent menu across related displays.

Overview

Use context controls when one display must serve several assets or time periods, or when operators need a consistent menu across related displays.

Choose by use case

What you needSymbolWhy
Filter other compatible symbols by asset propertiesAsset Filter+Applies categorical, hierarchy, and numeric-range selections as shared asset context.
Select an AF asset and update asset-relative symbolsAsset Select+Provides a static or searched asset list and applies the selected asset as display context.
Apply a predefined or operator-selected time rangeDateTime Picker+Provides buttons, calendars, or start and end controls for display time.
Navigate a hierarchy of displays while preserving contextNavigation Menu+Reuses a structured menu and can pass time range and asset context.

Before publishing context controls

  • Confirm that target symbols use asset-relative data sources when they should follow asset context.
  • Verify every configured destination, time expression, and context parameter with operator permissions.

Articles in this category

4 articles
Asset Filter+Asset Filter+ lets an operator select one or more asset categories and applies that selection to compatible Vision Library+ symbols on the same display.Asset Select+Asset Select+ lets an operator choose an AF asset and apply it as display context.DateTime Picker+DateTime Picker+ gives operators buttons or date controls for changing the PI Vision display time range.Navigation Menu+Navigation Menu+ provides reusable links to PI Vision displays, URLs, and asset-context destinations.