Is there a way to mass replace tag prefixes in Productivity Suite 4.7?

In instances where I am not using a UDI for large blocks of logic due to slight required differences on some areas, it would be really nice to be able to replace just the prefix of all tags in a task. We can already select and replace entire tags, but if I have a task in which every tag that must be unique starts with Zone_X_ with X being a number, I cannot replace only the Zone_X_ section with a different zone number.

 

Am I just blind or is there no way to do this? If there isn't, I feel like this would be a really nice feature for large programs. UDI's can help with identical logic blocks, but it starts to get finicky when some tasks might be very similar but not the same. Not to mention I generally don't love over using UDI's. Though maybe that's just a bias on my part.

 

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I just realized I left out an important part, while you can replace the prefix if the new resulting prefix already exists, there is no option to create any new resulting tags. For example if i have Zone_8_Shutoff_PE, and I duplicate the task to make Zone 9's task, I cannot just select zone 8, and replace all of the tag prefixes because the find/replace feature requires the resulting tag to already exist. It would be nice if it opened up a pop up window that allows you to just create the new resulting tags automatically and then replace them.

 


  • ADC Community_02 (Automationdirect.com)

    Ok got it. Thanks for the additional details. 😊 Unfortunately, this is not supported. I will forward your request to the Productivity Management team for their review.

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  • ADC Community_02 (Automationdirect.com)

    So I create 10 tags as zone 1 xxxxx, I also created 10 tags zone 2 xxxx. If I type in to search for zone 1 it finds all 10 instances. If I enter to replace with zone 2 it replaces all 10 instances. Is that what you are looking for?

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  • EmeraldSplash (Customer)

    This is what I am referring to, however I left the main issue out of my original question. This requires that the tags already exist. The issue is that creating the tags beforehand would take the same amount of time as just scrolling through and editing each tag in the ladder. Is there a way to create the tags automatically or open up a quick tag creation window when you click "Replace Selected"? My apologies for not being clearer in my original question.

     

    When you edit a tag in the ladder, if it doesn't exist when you press enter, it pops up a window called "Define Tags". Does a feature like this for tag replacements already exist? Here is a screenshot of that window for ladder edits:imageThis is what happens when you try and replace the prefix resulting in a new tag that does not exist yet: 

     

    Example

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  • ADC Community_02 (Automationdirect.com)

    Ok got it. Thanks for the additional details. 😊 Unfortunately, this is not supported. I will forward your request to the Productivity Management team for their review.

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