View implied tags using Edit Tags dialog
Viewing implied tags can be useful when designing a custom tag dictionary to confirm that certain objects are getting the
desired tags, or when designing a NEQL query for a hierarchy definition or search. Implied tags do not appear in an object
Property Sheet or other typical views. One way to view these tags is on the Implied Tags tab in the Edit Dialog box.
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.
Implied tags are automatically assigned to objects by Smart Tag Rules in the installed tag dictionaries.
Perform the following steps:
- Right-click the object whose tags you want to examine and choose Edit Tags from the popup menu.
- To view the Implied Tags, select the Implied Tags tab in the lower pane of the dialog box.
For example, in the following image, you can see five tags that are implied based on the dictionary rules for a Component object:
The first four tags are implied from the Niagara tag dictionary rules:
- n:name
- n:displayName
- n:type
- n:ordInSession
The final tag is implied based on Haystack tag dictionary rules:
- hs:id