Browse a Data Source for New Tags Using the Web Admin Console

About this task

The most common way to add tags to an Historian Database is to browse the data source for new tags.
Note: Performing large tag browses in Historian Administrator may cause your session to time out. Use the browse filter criteria to return a smaller list. In the Non-Web Administrator, if your OPC server supports hierarchical organization of your tags, see Adding Tags for Collectors with Hierarchical Browsing to speed browse sessions.

Before you begin

To browse for new tags, your collector must be running. If it is not running, start the collector.

Procedure

  1. Open the Historian Web Administrator.
  2. Select the Collectors link from the toolbar.
    The Collector page appears.
  3. If you have multiple collectors listed, select a collector from the Collectors list.
  4. To browse for new tags from your data source, go to the Tags page from the Configuration page.
  5. Select Add Tags at the bottom of the page and select Add Tag from Collector.
    The Add Tags from Collector window appears.
  6. Select single or multiple tags, select on Add Selected Tags button.
    See also Add Tags from a Collector Using the Web Admin Console.