Delete unused tags

You can delete unused tags from an InTouch application after updating the use count. You can delete tags one at a time from the Tagname Dictionary, or you can delete several tags at one time.

The tag count is not automatically updated when a window containing tags is deleted from an application or tags are changed in link scripts. InTouch regards the tags as being in use and prevents them from being deleted.

Note: Deleting a single tag from the Tagname Dictionary: If the Delete button is disabled for a unused tag in an Industrial Graphic reference, run Update Use Counts to enable the Delete button.

The tag count must be updated to remove unused tags from the total before you can delete unused tags. For more information about updating tag counts, see Determine tag counts.

Caution:Tags that are only alarmed have no use count and can be accidentally deleted. To ensure that alarmed only tags are included in the use count, you need to use them in a window or QuickScript.

Delete multiple unused tags

1. Close WindowViewer if it is running.

2. Open an InTouch application in WindowMaker.

3. On the Home menu, in the Tags group, select Delete Unused Tags.

   The Delete Unused Tags dialog box appears with a list of unused tags.

   The status bar at the bottom of the dialog box lists the Number of records, Number of Local tags, Number of selected tags, Total number of tags and the Tag license count.

   

4. Use the filter () option to refine the list of unused tags. Select the filter option and enter a search term.

   The tags matching the criteria are displayed.

5. Select the column headings to sort the columns.

6. Select the tags you want to delete. To select all tags for the current filter criteria, select Select All.

   Note: The status bar displays the number of tags that have been selected (for example: No. of records: 1 of 14). The tag selection is maintained even if the column criteria is changed. The “Selected Tags” value will reflect the total number of tags that user has selected, independent of filter criteria. To view the entire list of selected tags, clear all the filter criteria.

7. Select Clear, to clear the tag selection for the current filter.

8. Select the Include all graphics from Graphic Toolbox checkbox to only see tags that are not used in any graphics or windows. These tags are safe to delete as they are not referenced in graphics or windows that contains graphics.

   For example: 10 tags are configured in the tag dictionary, 4 are referenced in graphics in the graphic toolbox (but not embedded on any windows), 4 tags are referenced on graphics placed on windows. By default, 6 tags (2 unused tags + 4 tags from the graphics in the graphic toolbox not embedded on any window) will be displayed. If the checkbox is selected, then only the 2 unused tags are displayed.

9. Select Delete, to delete all tag selections independent of the filter criteria.

   A confirmation message appears. The message will specify the number of tags that will be deleted.

10. Select OK to confirm.