Advanced Tags

Advanced Tag options

Tag Properties

Applicable to Abstract Tags only

Tag Properties can be used to add additional context to Abstract Tags in specific situations, primarily for performing complex Dimension-based calculations in Models.

Tag Properties are best understood by seeing example use cases, such as using repeated Dimensions in a Variable.

Tag Properties can be added from the Advanced step of the Tag dialog.

Auto-create Tag Links

Applicable to Abstract Tags only

When creating an Abstract Tag, you may want to simultaneously create a Concrete equivalent, and link it to parents of the Abstract Tag, as demonstrated in the example below

Auto-create Example

Let's say we currently have two Tags, an Abstract Tag called Fruit (a piece of), and a Concrete parent of Fruit called Fruits, which represents the general concept of all fruit.

Now let's say I want to add a new Abstract Tag called Apple, which will have Fruit (a piece of) as an Abstract parent (an Apple is a piece of Fruit).

I might simply add the new Tag, with the parent relationship and end up with the below.

However, if I later want to create a Concrete Tag to represent the general concept of Apples, I should also edit the Apple Tag (Apple relates to Apples), and link the new Apples Tag to Fruits (Apples relates to Fruits).

Auto-create Tag Links automates this step so that you don't need to think about it.

To achieve this, you would do the following when adding the Apple Tag:

1. Add Fruit (a piece of) as an Is A relationship in the relationships step

2. In the Advanced step, set Auto create abstract tag links? to Yes

3. In Create parent or pick existing?, select Create new (assuming there is no pre-existing Apples Tag)

4. The Edit name for parent text box should be pre-populated with "Apples" - this is the name for the Concrete parent that it will create

5. Click Finish.

This will produce the following result:

Apple is now linked to Apples and also to Fruit (a piece of), and the auto-created Apples Tag is linked to Fruits.

It's up to you to decide how much detail to create in your Tags, depending on what you use them for.

In some situations, it's good to keep Tags as organised as possible, as in the example above, in which case this function is useful for consistency, and a timesaver.

In other situations, this level of organisation is overkill. Auto-create Tag Links? is set to No by default, so if needed, you can create an Abstract Tag simply by entering a Name, choosing a Namespace and pressing Finish.