Topic 16.1.1: InTouch Batch Tag Browsing and Referencing

  • InTouch Batch Tag Browsing and Referencing
    • InTouch client applications frequently use InBatch information. The InBatch data is accessed through tags.
    • These tags typically exist in the InTouch Tagname Dictionary and are used in the appropriate scripts and animation links. As a result, the InTouch application can have a large number of batch tags.
    • As an alternative to maintaining the batch tags in the InTouch Tagname Dictionary, you can remotely reference them within the InTouch application.
    • You can browse all InBatch tags from InTouch and do not need define them in the local Tagname Dictionary. The result is smaller and more easily managed InBatch client applications.
  • Overview
    • Equipment tags and batch function tags are the two general categories of InBatch tags. The equipment tags refer to the phase control and status tags and to the phase formula parameter tags.
    • The batch function tags provide access to the InBatch Management System hooks.To use any of these tags in an InTouch client application, the tag must be accessible to the application.
    • The following three methods are available for making these tags available in the InTouch application:
      • Manually define the tags in InTouch.
      • Use the Tag Linker to export a .csv file that is imported into InTouch using the DBLOAD utility.
      • Use the InTouch browsing capability to reference the batch tags without having to create the tags in the InTouch Tagname dictionary.
    • This section describes the steps that are required to enable you to browse InBatch tags from InTouch and to remotely reference the tags in InTouch without having to maintain the tags in the tagname dictionary.
    • There are only two required steps:
      • Define the batch tag sources in InTouch.
      • Use the batch tags in the InTouch application.
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