Search for a Tag (Basic)

About this task

You can search for tags and perform actions on them.

This topic describes how to perform a basic search of tags. You can also perform an advanced search.

Procedure

  1. Open an Excel worksheet.
  2. Select Historian > Search Tags.
    The Historian Tag Search window appears.
  3. In the Server field, select a server from the drop-down list. If you do not specify a server, the default server is considered.
  4. In the Tag Mask, enter a wildcard character to search for tags (for example, *).
  5. Select Search.
    The Historian Tag Search window is populated with a tag list.
  6. Move tags from the left section to the right section to add them to the search query.
  7. Use the Search Display section to choose whether you want to display tag names or tag description. It also displays the number of tags returned.
  8. Use the Output With to choose whether the output shows the names of the selected tags or the cell computation formulas.
    You can use the Output with Formula to place a dynamic formula in the worksheet instead of just copying the selected tag names. When you do so, the list of tags returned are dynamic based on the tag mask criteria. This is useful when selecting a cell reference for the tag mask as opposed to typing in a tag mask directly in the window.
  9. Use the Output Range field to determine where in the worksheet the output data must appear.
  10. Use the Output Display section to select the type of data to be displayed.
  11. Select OK to apply your choices and initiate the query.
    A list of tags appears based on your search criteria.