Siemens SIMATIC PCS 7 OSx Operator's Manual page 70

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OSx Station Basics
Long-List Display Tool: Using the Tag Filter You can use the Tag
Filter dialog box to locate the tag that you need. The tag filter is not case
sensitive. To locate a tag or tags using the tag filter, follow the steps below.
1. Click the toggle button at the bottom of the selection list. The
Filter...
Tag Filter dialog box appears
2. To begin a search, select
or
Ascending Descending
3. Type the appropriate text (up to 30 characters) in the field at the
bottom of the box, and press
For example, to see all the tags that have the letters HT in the name,
sorted in descending order by tag name, select
and then type ht in the search field and click
contains only tag names with the letters ht
sorted in descending alphabetical order (Z to A) by tag name.
4. To filter the resulting list, choose
search criteria in the Tag Filter dialog box. You can continue this
progressive filtering, using different search criteria each time.
For example, to filter the ht list in
display tag appears, click the
_HT_DISPLAY
bottom of the ht selection list. When the Tag Filter dialog box
appears, select
Description
(Figure 1-20), and click
5. To return to the original selection list, click the
the bottom of the selection list, then select the
bottom of the Tag Filter dialog box
Remember that the filter settings remain in effect until you click
Always click
Reset
are accessing the complete tag list.
To exit the Tag Filter dialog box without filtering the current selection
list, select the
Cance
NOTE: The Tag Filter dialog box times out after one minute. The selection
list times out after one minute, and the screen returns to the original
selection list.
(Figure 1-19).
, , or
Name Type Description
.
. The filter process begins.
Enter
again, then enter the second
Filter...
Figure 1-19
, then type display in the search field
. The filter process begins.
OK
(Figure
before beginning a new search to ensure that you
l button at the bottom of the Tag Filter dialog box.
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, then select
select
Name, Descending
. The resulting list
OK
(Figure 1-19). The list is
so that only the
toggle button at the
Filter...
toggle button at
Filter...
button at the
Reset
1-21).
,
.
Reset