Define Process Class Tags

Each process class may have tags associated with it. You must use the Edit Process Tags dialog box to enter all the tags that are associated with a process phase or that are common to all of the units within the process class.

Enter the following information for a process tag:

• Phase Name (optional, 16 characters maximum)

• Parameter Name (optional, 16 characters maximum)

• Element Name (required, 5 characters maximum)

• Description (optional, 120 characters maximum)

• Data Class (required: Analog, Discrete, String, or Enumeration)

• Access Mode (required: Either Read-Only or Read/Write)

• Attribute (optional, 16 characters maximum: select from available InTouch dot fields)

  Note: For every process tag that is created, unit tags are automatically generated for each unit assigned to the class. These unit tags, not the process tags, are associated to data points in the control system. However, the process class tags are available for assignment to formula parameters and to the recipe builder through the transition logic expression builder.

To edit a process class tag

1. On the Processes tab, select a Process Class.

2. Click Tags.

   The Edit Process Tags dialog box appears.

   All tags previously assigned to the Process Class are listed.

   

3. Type or edit the Phase Name, Parameter Name, or Element Name, Description, as described earlier in this section.

4. Select a Data Class and an Access mode.

5. Click Add if you are creating a new tag or click Change if you are modifying an existing tag.

6. Click Close.