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In the context of this platform, the term "tag" refer refers to real-time variables and their associated historical data.
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A typical HMI-SCADA system has only basic tag types, such as numeric and message tags. As the platform targets IT and MES systems, it goes far beyond basic tag types and supports real-time entities that match every SQL type and many .NET Framework entities, including Images images and a complete DataTable in a single real-time tag.
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The platform was the one and only real-time system with built-in support for tridimensional three-dimensional dynamic arrays, lists, and type-safe reference tags with dynamic assignments. This creates reusable components on displays, symbols, reports, calculations, and in any part of your project.
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The Tags in the projects can be organized in a tree structure, allowing to group the grouping of variables that are related in the same folder , and creating an a hierarchical representation of the process. The term asset also refers also to the physical equipments equipment in the production environment, that . This equipment will relate with a group of Tags, or a Template, that represents the real-time state of that equipment.
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Templates are user defined data structures, also known as UDTs (User Data Types).
Typically, the equipments equipment on the field will have various variables for realtime real-time monitoring. Instead of creating one Tag to each variable, it is possible to create a Template with those variables, then create one Tag with that Template type.
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