Tag Metadata Properties
The metadata properties provide informational properties for a Tag. The values of these fields can be read and modified through scripting, or bound to properties such as Format, Engineering Units, Engineering Low, Engineering High, Engineering Limits, Tooltip, and Documentation.
Property |
Binding |
Name Description |
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Format String |
FormatString |
How the value should be formatted when converted to a string (only applies to numerical data types). |
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Eng Unit |
EngUnit |
The engineering units of the value. |
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Engineering Limits Low |
EngLow |
The lowest expected value of the tag. |
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Engineering Limits High |
EngHigh |
The highest expected value of the tag. |
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Engineering LimitEnforcement |
EngLimitMode |
Dictates how the engineering range should be enforced on the tag. If not "none", the tag will change to bad quality ("limit exceeded"), when the value exceeds the specified range. |
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Tooltip |
Tooltip |
The tooltip provides a hint to visual components as to what should be displayed when the user hovers their mouse cursor over the component that is being driven by the value of this tag. |
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Documentation |
Documentation |
A freeform text property for information about the tag. |
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