Using the Tag Selector

With the Tag Selector dialog you can choose the tags whose data you wish to plot in the Historical Data Viewer.  It is launched from the Historical Data Viewer page's tool bar when you click the Tag Selector button.

The title bar of this dialog displays more than just its name.  Look closely at the following example:

Note the phrase: “Currently Editing…” This shows you the name of the pen group currently being modified using the selector.  If you have not yet saved a pen group (See: Saving a Pen Group) then the title will read “Currently Editing <Not Named>”.

 

Below the title is the Tag Selection area, headed by the option to Filter Tags or Create a Query.  The filtering process is the same for both options. 

Use the various Filter By fields to limit the display of tags to only those having matching names, areas, types, etc.   Having filtered the list, you can either select individual tags from that list, or you can save the filter as a query in order to take all matching tags.  A query can be especially useful on systems where new tags are constantly being created.