Access a Tag
About this task
Note: By default, maximum one
million tags are retrieved. If the Historian clients
are configured to retrieve more than a million tags,
to retrieve all of them, add the
MaxTagsToRetrieve
registry key
under
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Intellution,
Inc.\iHistorian\Services\DataArchiver\,
and then set the maximum number of tags that you
want to retrieve. Restart the Historian Data
Archiver service for the change to
reflect.Procedure
- Access Historian Administrator.
- Select Tags.
-
Select Search Historian Tag
Database.
The Search Historian Tag Database window appears.
-
Enter values in the available fields to search
for the tag, and then select
OK. You can use the
wildcard character asterisk (*).
A list of tags that meet the search criteria appear in the Tags section.
-
Right-click the Tags
section, and then select one of the following
values:
- View By TagName: Select this option to view only the names of the tags.
- View By Description: Select this option to view only the descriptions of the tags.
- View Tagname and Description: Select this option to view both the names and descriptions of the tags.