Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 205)

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Form and spreadsheet
In the upper part of the form, define the basic characteristics of the tag, such as tag name,
type, security, and specifics related to the tag type.
In the lower part of the form, specify the data source (where the tag’s values will come
from).
To define alarm conditions for an analog or a digital tag, select the Alarm check box. To
modify alarms once they have been defined, click the Alarm button.
Query box
Use the query box to select the tags you want to show in the spreadsheet.
This means that you can modify tags in different folders without browsing the folder
hierarchy. You can select a single tag by typing the tag name, or select multiple tags by
typing wildcard characters.
Folder hierarchy
The hierarchy and spreadsheet work together. The hierarchy shows the tag folders, and the
spreadsheet shows the tags within the folders.
A folder icon called root is always present in the hierarchy window, at the top of the folder
hierarchy. This folder contains all the tag folders you and FactoryTalk View create.
If a folder icon has a plus ( + ) sign on it, the folder contains one or more nested folders. If
the folder’s icon is blank, it does not contain any other folders.
When you nest folders, remember that the backslash in a folder name counts as one
character in the tag name.
Creating, modifying, and deleting HMI tags
Use the Tags editor to create, modify, duplicate, and delete HMI tags.
For details about these operations, see the FactoryTalk View Site Edition Help.
This wildcard character Does this
? Matches any single character.
* Matches any number of characters, including the
backslash (\ ) character.
Use this wildcard character by itself, to display all the
tags in the tag database.