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4. If you are using a network distributed application, identify the HMI servers of the

search in Find Where (all servers are selected by default):

a. Click the browse button (

) next to Find where.

b. From the Find where dialog box, select the specific HMI servers to be searched,

and then click OK to close the Find where dialog box.

5. Click Search to show all the found items in a spreadsheet form.

6. You can double click any of the found items to open it with the appropriate editor.

To find tags with Tag Browser

In the Tag Browser, select the folder where you want to search for tags, and then select the
tags you need. You can select a single tag or multiple tags, depending on where you
opened the Tag Browser.

For example, you can select multiple tags when you open the browser from the Data Log
Models editor.

The tag or tags you select can be from a data server or an HMI server. The currently
selected tag is shown under Selected Tag, in the lower part of the Tag Browser. If multiple
servers use the same tag name, the server name is shown with the tag name

Selecting folders instead of individual tags

You can also select folders in the Tag Browser, for example, to select structure tags for
faceplate objects.

When you select a folder, you select all the member elements in the folder. Instead of a tag
name, the folder name is shown under Selected Tag, as shown in the next illustration:

If you are able to select multiple tags, their names are shown under the label Selected Tags.