Area

The Area section identifies a plant areaA large application can be visualized as a series of discrete sections or areas. Areas can be defined geographically (where parts of the plant are separated by vast distances) or logically (as discrete processes or individual tasks)., number, or name. If you use a prefix that identifies tags within a particular area, you can easily duplicate CitectSCADA functions within the area. For example, if you have three boilers with the same controls on each boiler, you can configure the tags for boiler number one, and copy the tags to boilers two and three. You then only need to change the area section in the tag names to the area of the second and third boiler. The remainder of the tags remain unchanged, for example:

If you do not need this facility, you can omit the Area section of the Tag Name to reduce the number of characters in the tag.