Automated tag creation
- Last UpdatedJan 23, 2026
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PI System Management Tools include a feature that enables you to browse performance counters and selectively create the corresponding data points. The following sections describe these options for creating performance monitor tags.
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Launch PI SMT, connect to the desired Data Archive if necessary, and choose IT Points > Performance Counters. The right pane displays the Tag Settings and Build Tags tabs.
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On the Tag Settings tab, select the interface instance for which you want to build points and modify the settings in the Point Details section as required. The tag name substitution table enables you to define a naming convention for the points that you are creating.
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On the Build Tags tab, check the performance counters for which you want to build data tags from the tree in the lower left pane. The right pane lists the points to be created for the selected performance counters.
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To create the tags on the selected server, choose the Create tags on PI Data Archive option. To export tag definitions to a CSV file that you can import later using PI Tag Builder, choose Write tags to CSV file.
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Select Create Tags. PI SMT creates the tags and displays the results.