The “Station Slot Path” property in some export tag types can accept a manually-typed path. In other words, if you type in a slot path value in one of these export tags, upon a Join if the corresponding containers (folders, archive folders, point folders) do not exist, they are dynamically created in the Supervisor station. This occurs regardless of whether they exist (or not) in the JACE station’s “profile.bog” file.
This differs from the initial AX-3.5 implementation of export tags, where a “Station Slot Path” property had to be reflected
in the JACE’s “profile.bog” file—otherwise, the Join failed to export that item.
This “dynamic folder” creation results vary, depending on export tag type.
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PxViewTag: creates ordinary folder
(BFolder) containers, by default.
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PointTag: creates Niagara Point Folder
containers.
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HistoryImportTag and SystemHistoryImportTag: creates History Archive
containers.
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ComponentTag: creates ordinary folder
(BFolder) containers.
In the case of the PxViewTag and ComponentTag (which create ordinary folders), you are free to specify any slot path in the
Station Slot Path property, starting with slot:
For example slot:Bldg_A/Floor_1
Create two levels of folders directly under the NiagaraStation that represents this JACE station (assuming these folders do not already exist).
In the case of the PointTag and HistoryImportTag or SystemHistoryImportTag, you must retain the leading NiagaraStation “device
extension name” (points or histories), for things to work correctly.
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For example, for a PointTag:
slot:points/Bldg_A/Floor_1Upon a Join creates a Niagara proxy point (under the Points extension of the NiagaraStation representing this JACE) in the second of two levels of Niagara point folders.
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Or for a HistoryImportTag or SystemHistoryImportTag:
slot:histories/Bldg_A/Floor_1Upon a Join creates a Niagara history import descriptor (under the Histories extension of the NiagaraStation representing this JACE) in the second of two levels of history archive folders.
You can also use special “BFormat” values within manually-typed Station Slot Paths. See BFormat options in Station Slot Paths.