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Problem Note 65940: You might receive the message "ERROR: PI Point not found" when you query a PI tag name that contains a special character such as an ampersand (&)
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When you query a PI tag name or element that contains a special character, such as an ampersand (&), you might receive the following error:
ERROR: PI Point not found
This error occurs only when you run SAS/ACCESS® Interface to PI System in Linux operating environments. It does not occur if you run SAS/ACCESS Interface to PI system in Microsoft Windows operating environments.
Click the Hot Fix tab in this note to access the hot fix for this issue.
After you install the hot fix, you are able to query a tag name or an element name that contains special characters, such as an ampersand (&), a number sign (# ), or a colon (:) .
Operating System and Release Information
| Product Family | Product | System | Product Release | SAS Release | ||
| Reported | Fixed* | Reported | Fixed* | |||
| SAS System | SAS/ACCESS Interface to the PI System | 64-bit Enabled AIX | 9.43 | 9.43 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 |
| 64-bit Enabled Solaris | 9.43 | 9.43 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| HP-UX IPF | 9.43 | 9.43 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Linux for x64 | 9.43 | 9.43 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||
| Solaris for x64 | 9.43 | 9.43 | 9.4 TS1M5 | 9.4 TS1M5 | ||