Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 209)

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Creating tags in a third-party application
You can use a third-party spreadsheet editor such as Microsoft Excel to create tags, and
then import them into FactoryTalk View using the Tag Import and Export Wizard. For
details, see page 10-25.
When you import tags, they can be merged with tags already in the HMI server’s tag
database. This means that any tags in the database with the same name are updated with
the new information.
Creating tags in other FactoryTalk View editors
Any editor that uses tags has access to the tag database.
To create tags in the Tag Browser
1. To open the Tag Browser, click Tags or the Browse button, whichever is available.
2. In the Tag Browser, open the folder in which you want to create the tag, right-click a
blank area of the Contents pane, and then select New HMI Tag.
For details about creating tags in the Tag Browser, click Help in the browser.
Importing and exporting tags
You can also import PLC or SLC databases into FactoryTalk View using the Tag Import
and Export Wizard. The Tag Import and Export Wizard must be run on the same computer
as the HMI server.
Opening the Tag Import and Export Wizard
To open the wizard, use one of these methods:
 In FactoryTalk View Studio, from the Tools menu, select Tag Import and Export
Wizard.
 Select Start > All Programs > Rockwell Software > FactoryTalk View > Tools >
Tag Import and Export Wizard.
For details about options in the Tag Import and Export Wizard, click Help.
Importing tags from a PLC database
To import tags selectively from a PLC database into the FactoryTalk View HMI tag
database, use the Import PLC Tags dialog box.
Tags imported in this way are copied into the database—they are not shared with the
source database. This means changes to tags in FactoryTalk View do not affect the
database from which they have been imported and vice versa.