Add points using the Add Individual Points page

To add points using the Add Individual Points page
  1. Click
    Manage Points
    , and then click
    Add Individual Points
    .
    The
    Add Individual Points
     page appears.
  2. In the
    Tag File
     list, select a tag attribute file. The default is
    FTHMETagDefault.xml
    .
    The tag attribute file defines the attributes of the points to be created.
    To view the content of the file, click Discover tags next to the list.
    Rule files are managed through the
    Rule Editor
    . For details, see Use the rule editor.
  3. In the
    Scan Rate
     list, do either of the following:
    • If you want to set a global scan rate, select a value in seconds.
      The scan rate defines how frequently the data is collected.
      Points with invalid scan rates will not be created.
      For tags, the maximum number of events per second is 2500. For the data collection rates slower than 500 ms, use the Polled and Advised tags.
      The valid scan rates are the following:
      For this scan type
      Use this scan rate
      • Advised
      • Polled
      Equal to or greater than 0.5 seconds.
      • High-speed
      Equal to or greater than 0.01 seconds, and equal to or less than 0.5 seconds.
    • If you use multiple tag attribute files that define different scan rates and you want to use these scan rates rather than a global one, select
      default
      .
  4. Under
    Folders
    , expand the tree, and then select the controller from which you want to use tags.
    The controller's tags are displayed under
    Contents
    .
    To refresh the list of controllers, click
    Refresh
    .
  5. (optional) To further filter the tag search results, filter the tags using the
    Tag Filter
     box under
    Folders
    :
    • In the
      Tag Filter
      box, type a tag name or a part of a tag name with *, and then press
      Enter
      .
      The tags that are displayed under
      Contents
       are filtered using the filter criteria that you have specified in the
      Tag Filter
       box.
      To display all the tags again with no filter applied, type * in the
      Tag Filter
       box, and then press
      Enter
      .
  6. Under
    Contents
    , select the tags that you want to use to create points.
    To select all the tags, select the
    All/None
     checkbox under
    Contents
    .
  7. Click
    Add Tag(s) to List
    .
    The tags that you have selected are listed in the
    Selected Tags
     table.
  8. Click
    Create
    , and confirm the action in the message box that appears.
    The points are created.
    The following information is displayed:
    • The number of points that were created based on the tags that you have selected.
    • The number of points that were not created because of either of the following reasons:
    • The total number of points in the module, including the newly created ones.
The points that have not been created are listed in the
Points Not Created
 table, along with an explanation for the point creation failure.
Once you finalize the data point creation, restart the data collection by clicking
Restart Data Collection
. The process may take several minutes.
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