Work with Tags

Search for Tags

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Procedure

  1. To view all tags:
    1. Select on the Tags Editor.
    2. Select the + Search icon (on the right) to display the Tags Search display.
    3. Select on without entering any keywords in the search field.
    Your Historian tag names appear in alphanumeric order. If there are more tags available than can be displayed on one page, pagination options show at the bottom of the display.
  2. To view specific tags:
    1. Select on the Tags Editor.
    2. Select the + Search icon (on the right) to display the Tags Search display.
    3. Enter any string of text that will help limit the search results. You can also use wildcards * and ?
      This will help you to filter the search query more precisely. If wildcard characters are not used, then the search will result in all the tags containing the given search string.
      Note: Supported wildcard characters in search are * and ?
      Example for using wildcard characters in search strings:
      Search String Result
      W* All tags starting with letter W
      *e All tags ending with letter e
      W*e All tags starting and ending with W and e respectively
      Tag? All four letter named tags, where the last letter can be anything
      W*0000? All tag names staring with W and ending with 0000 followed by any single letter
    The relevant tag names appear in alpha-numeric order. If there are more tags available than can be displayed on one page, pagination options show at the bottom of the display.

Access the Details of Specific Tags

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Selecting Tag provides a list of the active tags, or tags you have dragged into a display, Selecting on the Information icon to the right of any tag provides information about an active tag.
Important: Selecting on the Delete icon removes the tag from the Tag list with NO warning or confirmation messages.
Note: Do not add or update the following spare configurations as the data may get corrupted or over written:
  • The Spare 1 field for OSI PI Distributor. OSI PI distributor reads data from the Historian tag displayed in the Tag Source Address field and sends it to the OSI PI tag name displayed in the Spare 1 field.
  • The Spare 5 field for Server to Server Collector and Server to Server Distributor as it is only used for internal purposes.

Procedure

  1. Access the tags in the Analysis section.
  2. Select on the Information icon to the right of the tag.
    A blue circle appears to the left of the Tag name if you have used the tag in a display. In the following example, the NewProperty1 tag is used in an analysis element so it has a blue dot in front of it.

    This information includes the Name, Tag, Source, and UoM as follows:

    • Name: Historian tag name
    • Description: Historian tag description
    • Source: Source Address from the Collector
    • UoM: EGU Description from Historian