Creating a new tag dictionary

Creating a new tag dictionary results in a correctly structured, “empty” tag dictionary, which you can export to a CSV file format for editing.

You have a license to use tags and have installed the TagDictionaryService under the Services folder. You have an online or offline connection to an open Station.
  1. To open the Tag Dictionary Manager view, double-click the TagDictionaryService in the Nav tree or use the right-click menu to open this view.
  2. Click New, in the New window, select Smart Tag Dictionary and click OK.
    A second New window opens.

  3. Enter a Name and Namespace for the dictionary and click OK.

    Name could be your company name or some other unique name to identify the dictionary.

    Namespace should be a short mnemonic to identify the dictionary, similar to the “hs” that stands for Haystack. The shorter, yet meaningful, the better. NEQL predicates require this ID.

    The database table of the Database pane and the TagDictionaryService node in the Nav tree list this custom tag dictionary.
Instead of using the Tag Dictionary Manager’s New button to create a new tag dictionary, you could drag a SmartTagDictionary component from the tagdictionary palette to the TagDictionaryService in the Nav tree. The Tag Dictionary Manager displays the resulting row in {fault} because its Namespace is not defined. To remove the {fault} condition, select the row, click Edit and assign a Namespace.