Creating a tagged device
You can add Direct Tags to a device (or other station objects) to provide additional semantic information. You may add more than one type of tag to a device
to support multiple hierarchical navigation schemes. You can also use Tag Groups to add a predefined collection of tags to the device in a single add action.
Prerequisites:
- One or more installed tag dictionaries. If necessary, add required tag dictionaries to the TagDictionaryService.
NOTE: If tagging offline, it is possible that no dictionaries are available. In that situation the system searches for tag dictionaries in alternate locations.
This task describes how to use the Edit Tags dialog box to add individual tags or tag groups from an installed tag dictionary.
Perform the following steps:
- Right-click on the device that you want to tag and select Edit Tags from the popup menu.
- In the Edit Tags dialog box, select a dictionary from the option list in the top left corner
. TIP: In the Search field, you can use a shortcut to designate the dictionary. Type hs: for Haystack, n: forThe top half of the dialog box shows a list of tags available from the selected dictionary. - Use the filter fields as needed to limit the number of tags displayed. For example:
- Type in the Search field
to filter by tag name. Tags are filtered immediately as you type.
- Select an option from the option list
to filter based on validity options (Show All,Valid Only, orBest Only).
- Type in the Search field
- Add any number of tags to suit your needs (for example, n:device, hs:geoState, my:bldgRef) using either of the following methods:
- To add an individual tag from a tag dictionary, select one or more tags in the Tag Dictionary (upper) pane and click Add Tag to assign the selected tag(s) to the device.
- To add a predefined collection of tags from a tag dictionary, in the Tag Dictionary (upper) pane in the dialog, scroll down to Tag Groups and select a tag group, and click Add Tag to assign the selected collection of tags at once.
NOTE: Adding a tag group adds a relation between the component and the tag group definition. The tags in the group are implied on the component. If you change the tags in the group, the revised set of tags are implied on the component.
The assigned individual tags and added tag groups are listed on the Direct Tags tab in the lower half of the dialog. - Edit any tag value fields, as appropriate, and click the Save button to save the added tag assignments.
- Optional: For tags that have Ord type values such as
hs:siteRef, refer to the following steps as an example of how to add a link to your tag.- Click the option list arrow located to the right of the tag value field.
- Select the appropriate link type from the options menu.
- Browse to the desired link and select it.
- Select the
Handleoption and click OK.
The device is now tagged.