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Use this procedure to create an alias for automatically created CS tags. When creating CS tags automatically, you can instruct Smart Instrumentation to use CS tag naming conventions or use the shipped predefined naming convention for CS tags. Smart Instrumentation will name new CS tags according to the rules you set only after the Domain Administrator has set the control system tag naming conventions for the current <unit>. If the CS tag naming conventions have not been set, the software uses the following predefined rule for all automatically created CS tags:

INSTRUMENT TYPE + NUMBER + \SUFFIX

After the Domain Administrator defines the control system tag naming conventions for the current <unit>, you can decide whether to use the tag number's instrument type for the CS tag or set an alias for the new CS tags. If you do not set an alias for these CS tags, Smart Instrumentation names them according to the instrument type of the tag numbers with which they are created. Note that the length of the alias text should not exceed the length of the instrument type alias string defined by the Domain Administrator on the Naming Conventions dialog.

  1. Check that your Domain Administrator has set the naming conventions for control system tags that you create in the current <unit>.

  2. Define the instrument type profile for the required tag numbers and enable the automatic creation of CS tags. For more details, see Define an Instrument Type.

  3. In the Instrument Types dialog, highlight the required instrument type.

  4. Select in the CS Tag Instrument Type Alias field for the selected instrument type and enter the CS alias by overtyping the displayed value.

  5. Select OK to accept your settings and close the Instrument Types dialog.

The CS tag alias will be enabled only if the Domain Administrator has selected INST. TYPE ALIAS from the Description list on the Naming Conventions dialog when setting the control system tag naming conventions.