Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Machine Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 91)

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 Create and edit HMI tags.
 Create new folders for HMI tags.
 Import tags from a PLC or SLC ™ database.
For more information about using the Tag Browser, see Help.
Show server names
By default, the Folders pane in the Tag Browser shows folders, but not the servers they
belong to. You can show the names of servers that have been set up in the application.
To show server names
 Right-click a blank area of the Folders pane and then select Show Server Names.
In the example on the left, folders are listed alphabetically by name.
In the example on the right, there are two data servers, named KEPServer and
RSLinxServer. Folders of data server tags are listed under the data server, to which they
belong. Below the data servers, the application is listed as an HMI server, with folders of
HMI tags under the application name.
Browse for off-line tags
For each RSLinx Enterprise device shortcut, or each RSLinx Classic OPC topic in your
application, an Offline and an Online folder is shown in the Tag Browser.
The folders list with server
names hidden.
The folders list with server
names shown.