Setting Up a Parameter for the Value Set Tag Value

You can configure a parameter to set the value of a schedule's value set tag. This topic describes how to define a value set with this parameter.

To define a value set with a parameter for the value set tag value:

1. Open Workbench and in Project Explorer, expand your project > Actions > Schedules, right-click ValueSets, and select Add ValueSet.
2. In the new value set form, enter the value set's name, and then navigate to the Value Set Tags tab and select Click here to add new item.

3. Provide an Alias for the new value set and a (static) Tag Name in the related columns.

   

4. On the Parameters tab, select Click here to add new item, enter the new parameter's name and in the Type column, select Number.

   

5. On the Value Set Values tab, select Click here to add new item to add a new value to be written to the Output tag mapped to the parameter, and enter the value's name in the Name column.

6. In the Output column, click to open the Value Properties dialog. Set up the properties as follows, and then click OK.

   • In Value, enter the parameter name (p1) enclosed by << and >>.
   • In Mode, select Tag.
   • In Type, select VT R8 (the float type tag).

   

7. Click Apply to save the parameterized value set. It is now ready to be utilized in a schedule.

What's Next?

Using a Parameterized Value Set in a Schedule