Siemens SIMATIC S7-1200 Manual page 28

Getting started
Selecting a PLC tag for an HMI element
After you create the element on your screen, use the properties of the element to select
assign a PLC tag to the element. Clicking the button by the "Connections" field displays the
PLC tags of the CPU.
You can also drag and drop PLC tags from the Project tree to the HMI screen. Display the
PLC tags in the "Details" view of the project tree and then drag the tag to the HMI screen.
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