Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE DataLink 4.2 User Guide - Manual (Page 61)

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Alias Search Provides a logical tree view of a FactoryTalk Historian server through
the FactoryTalk Historian Module Database, which you can use to
select tags by their descriptive aliases.
To search for tags:
1. Click a tab to choose a Basic, Advanced or Alias search.
2. Type the required search criteria and click Search.
Use '*' or '?' as wildcard characters to search for tag names and
attributes. For example, the tag mask Tem* returns all point names that
start with Tem while Tem? returns only points that start with Tem and
end with another single character. All point mask fields are case
insensitive.
You can also click Favorites to access previous searches.
3. Tags returned from a search appear listed in a search results panel.
Select the desired tags in the results panel, and click OK.
Click column headers in the search results panel to sort the results.
Ctrl-click or Shift-click to select multiple tags.
Tag Search Tips
 If multiple tags are selected, the first selected tag name in the list is
copied to the Tag name field for a function reference.
 The current cell is taken as the starting point for a list of tags copied
into a spreadsheet along a single column or row, depending on the
Copy items to sheet setting.
 Choose In a row or In a column from the Tag Search shortcuts on
the PI ribbon menu (2007) to copy the names of multiple tags to the
spreadsheet in a row or column of values, respectively.
 The FactoryTalk Historian server name corresponding to a tag is
appended to the tag name if the Copy PIServer Name setting is
enabled.