Creating a Destination Tag

About this task

Prior to building your formula, you must add a destination tag. This differs from the Calculation Collector in that you can browse the collector and select a tag rather than having to copy a tag or create a tag manually. You can also copy or add a tag manually, if you want.

As with other collectors, Historian creates destination tags with the collector prefix, if there is one, attached to the tagname(s). By default there is no prefix, so that the tagname on the source and destination match. The default configured calculation for the destination tag created is as follows:
Result=CurrentValue("sourcetag")

Procedure

  • Add a destination tag by browsing
    The steps to add a destination tag are the same steps you would follow for other collectors:
    1. Select the collector.
    2. Click Add Tags.
      The Add Multiple Tags from Collector dialog box appears.
    3. Click Browse.
      All available source tags display in the Browse Results section of the dialog box.
    4. Select the tag or tags that you want to add.
    5. Click Add Selected Tags.
  • Add a tag manually. For more information, see Data Collectors General > About Manually Adding New tags.
  • Add a tag by copying. For more information, see Data Collectors General > About Copying Tags.