Tag Property Value Types

The following table lists the current set of tag properties that are exposed, and indicates whether they are numeric or string. Use ihuGetNumericTagPropertyByIndex and ihuGetNumericTagPropertyByTagname to retrieve numeric properties, and ihuGetStringTagPropertyByIndex and ihuGetStringTagPropertyByTagname to retrieve string properties.

Table 1. Tag Property Value Types
PropertyValue Type
ihuTagPropTagnameString
ihuTagPropDescriptionString
ihuTagPropEngineeringUnitsString
ihuTagPropCommentString
ihuTagPropDataTypeNumeric
ihuTagPropFixedStringLengthNumeric
ihuTagPropInterfaceNameString
ihuTagPropSourceAddressString
ihuTagPropCollectionTypeNumeric
ihuTagPropCollectionIntervalNumeric
ihuTagPropCollectionOffsetNumeric
ihuTagPropLoadBalancingNumeric
ihuTagProptime stampTypeNumeric
ihuTagPropHighEngineeringUnitsNumeric
ihuTagPropLowEngineeringUnitsNumeric
ihuTagPropInputScalingNumeric
ihuTagPropHighScaleNumeric
ihuTagPropLowScaleNumeric
ihuTagPropCollectorCompressionNumeric
ihuTagPropCollectorDeadbandPercentRangeNumeric
ihuTagPropArchiveCompressionNumeric
ihuTagPropArchiveDeadbandPercentRangeNumeric
ihuTagPropSpare1String
ihuTagPropSpare2String
ihuTagPropSpare3String
ihuTagPropSpare4String
ihuTagPropSpare5String
ihuTagPropReadSecurityGroupString
ihuTagPropWriteSecurityGroupString
ihuTagPropAdministratorSecurityGroupString
ihuTagPropLastModified (not currently implemented)String
ihuTagPropLastModifiedUserString
ihuTagPropInterfaceTypeNumeric
ihuTagPropStoreMillisecondsNumeric
ihuTagPropUTCBiasNumeric
ihuTagPropNumberOfCalculationDependenciesNumeric
ihuTagPropCalculationDependencies (only the first dependency is returned)String
ihuTagPropAverageCollectionTimeNumeric
ihuTagPropCollectionDisabledNumeric
ihuTagPropArchiveCompressionTimeoutNumeric
ihuTagPropCollectorCompressionTimeoutNumeric
ihuTagPropDataDensity
Note: Tag data density categories are minimum (1), medium (4), and maximum (7).
Numeric
ihuTagPropNumberOfElements
Note: If the NumberOfElements value is -1, the tag is an array tag.
Numeric