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Metadata Properties

The metadata properties provide informational properties for a tag. The values of these fields can be read and modified through scripting, or bound to properties such as range, tooltips, etc.

 

Property

Binding Name

Description

Format

FormatString

How the value should be formatted when converted to a string (only applies to numerical data types)

Eng. Units

EngUnit

The engineering units of the value

Eng. Low

EngLow

The lowest expected value of the tag.

Eng. High

EngHigh

The highest expected value of the tag

Tooltip

Tooltip

The tooltip provides a hint to visual components as to what should be displayed when the user hovers their mouse cursor over the component that is being driven by the value of this tag.

Documentation

Documentation

A freeform text property for information about the tag