Viewing the tags table

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The tags table is displayed on the Tags tab in the Process Control section of the application web interface. The table provides the general parameters of tags and of the devices associated with the tags.

When viewing the tags table, you can use the following functions:

• Configure the display and order of columns in the tags table

  To configure the list of columns displayed in the table:

  1. On the Tags tab, in the Process Control section, click the Customize table link to open the window for configuring how the table is displayed.
  2. Select the check boxes opposite the settings that you want to view in the table. You must select at least one setting.
  3. If you want to change the order in which columns are displayed, select the name of the column that needs to be moved to the left or right in the table and use the buttons containing an image of the up or down arrows.

  The selected columns will be displayed in the tags table in the order you specified.

• Filtering based on table columns

  You can filter the tags table based on the values of the Device group, Device, Protocol, Tag name, Unit of measure, Favorite and Tag ID columns.

  To filter tags by the Device, Tag name, Unit of measure or Tag ID column:

  1. On the Tags tab in the Process Control section, click the filtering icon in the relevant column of the table.

     The filtering window opens.

  2. In the Including and Excluding fields, enter the values for tags that you want to include in the filter and/or exclude from the filter.
  3. If you want to apply multiple filter conditions combined by the logical operator OR, in the filter window of the selected column click the Add condition button and enter the condition in the opened field.
  4. If you want to delete one of the created filter conditions, in the filter window of the selected column click the icon.
  5. Click OK.

  To filter tags by the Device group column:

  1. On the Tags tab, in the Process Control section, click the filtering icon in the Device group column.

     The filtering window opens.

  2. Click the icon in the right part of the field for indicating the device group.

     The Select group in tree window appears.

  3. In the device group tree, select the relevant group and click the Select button.

     The path to the selected group will appear in the field in the filter window.

  4. If you want to apply multiple filter conditions combined by the logical operator OR, in the filter window click the Add condition (OR) button and specify a different group in the opened field.
  5. If you want to delete one of the created filter conditions, in the filter window click the icon.
  6. Click OK.

  To filter tags by the Protocol column:

  1. On the Tags tab, in the Process Control section, click the filtering icon in the Protocol column.

     The filtering window opens.

  2. In the Protocols field, choose the relevant protocol from the supported application-layer protocols. To do so, start entering the name of the protocol and select the relevant protocol from the drop-down list (the list of suitable protocols is automatically expanded when the value in the Protocols field is changed).

     You can sort the opened list of protocols by clicking the Sort link.

  3. If you want add another protocol, click the Add protocol button and specify the other protocol in the opened field.
  4. If you want to delete one of the specified protocols, click the icon in the filter window. You can also delete all specified protocols by clicking the Default filter link in the filter window.
  5. Click OK.

  To filter tags by the Favorite column:

  1. On the Tags tab, in the Process Control section, click the filtering icon in the Favorite column.

     To filter by the Favorite column, you can also use the Favorites drop-down list in the toolbar.

     The filtering window opens.

  2. Select one of the following options:
     • Favorites only – to display only tags with Yes indicated in the Favorite column.
     • No favorites – to display only tags with No indicated in the Favorite column.
  3. Click OK.
• Searching tags

  To find the relevant tags:

  On the Tags tab, in the Process Control section, enter your search query into the Search tags field. The search is initiated as you enter characters.

  The tags table will display the tags that meet the search criteria.

  The search is performed on the Device group, Device, Protocol, Tag name, Unit of measure, Favorite, Description, Tag address and Tag ID columns.

• Resetting the defined filter and search settings

  To reset the defined filter and search settings in the tags table:

  In the toolbar on the Tags tab in the Process Control section, click the Default filter button (this button is displayed if search or filter settings are defined).

• Sorting tags

  You can sort the tags table based on the values of the Device group, Device, Protocol, Tag name, Unit of measure, Favorite and Origin columns.

  To sort tags:

  1. On the Tags tab in the Process Control section, click the header of the column by which you want to sort.
  2. If you need to sort the table based on multiple columns, press the SHIFT key and hold it down while clicking the headers of the columns by which you want to sort.

  The table will be sorted by the selected column. When sorting by multiple columns, the rows of the table are sorted according to the sequence of column selection. Next to the headers of columns used for sorting, you will see icons displaying the current sorting order: in ascending order or descending order of values.

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