Use Tag Search

Click the Tag Search button to open the Tag Search dialog box.

The Tag Search dialog box provides three types of searches for historical or future PI points:

• Basic Search allows you to create a tag mask by specifying PI point attributes. The mask is used to find a list of PI points on the server with matching attributes.

• Advanced Search provides a query-building interface with access to more point attributes for complex searches.

• Alias Search provides a logical tree view of a Data Archive through the PI Module Database, which you can use to select tags by their descriptive aliases.

  

1. Click a tab to choose a Basic, Advanced or Alias search.

2. Enter the required search criteria and click Search.

   Use * or ? as wildcard characters to search for tag names and attributes. For example, the tag mask Tem* returns all point names that start with Tem while Tem? returns only points that start with Tem and end with another single character. All point mask fields are case insensitive.

   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.

   Click column headers in the search results panel to sort the results. Press Ctrl+click or Shift+click to select multiple tags.