Adding a Tag Group to a component

Adding a Tag Group allows you add a predefined collection of tags to a component in a single action. Typically, tags are in a tag group because it is common for each of the tags to be assigned to the same component. The Device Manager and Point Manager views of a driver, and the Edit Tags dialog are the primary methods for adding a tag group to a component. This procedure describes how to use the Edit Tags dialog to add a tag group.

  • 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.
  1. Right-click on the component that you want to tag and select Edit Tags from the popup menu.
  2. In the Edit Tags dialog box, select a dictionary from the option list in the top left corner .
    The top half of the dialog box shows a list of individual tags available from the selected dictionary.
  3. Scroll down to see the list tag groups in the dictionary.
    Tip: To limit the number of tags displayed, use the Search and the Filter fields as needed.
  4. To assign the selected collection of tags, select the desired tag group and click Add Tag.
    The assigned tag group displays as an Ord on the Direct Tags tab (lower half).
  5. To save the added tag assignments. click Save.
Once you save the added tag assignments, the set of tags in the tag group are implied tags on the component.