View point attributes – Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk Historian SE ProcessBook 3.2 User Guide User Manual

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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.

4. Click column headers in the search results panel to sort the results.

Ctrl-click or Shift-click to select multiple tags.

For more information on FactoryTalk Historian tags click the Help button

from any Tag Search dialog box in FactoryTalk Historian ProcessBook to

launch the

PI SDK Controls and Dialogs

user help.

View Point Attributes

The configuration information for a FactoryTalk Historian point is stored
as a list of attributes. You can display this list of properties for any
dynamic symbol. See FactoryTalk Historian Point Attributes (page 341)
for a complete list of attributes and their descriptions.

The Point Attributes dialog box displays the attributes and snapshot
values of FactoryTalk Historian points.

1. Using either the Run mode or Build mode pointer, click a dynamic

symbol.

2. On the standard toolbar click

, or

click the Pt. Attr. (Point Attributes) button if you are in the Tag
Search
dialog box, or

in Run mode, click Tools > Point Attributes.

The Point Attributes dialog box appears.

You can also view Point Attributes in the

Details Window

(page 191).

The tag for which the properties are displayed is shown in the Point Name
drop-down list at the top of the dialog box. If a trend has several tags,

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