Tags are keywords that you can use to categorize data elements, instances of entities, and projects. Tags help you filter and search for data elements that are associated with specific Oracle Communications applications. Tags also help you control project visibility in a workspace.
A set of predefined tags is delivered with Design Studio. For example, you can tag a data element as a Characteristic, which means it is relevant to Design Studio for Inventory and Design Studio for Network Integrity data models. Or, you can tag a data element as Control Data to identify the data element as data that OSM requires to perform orchestration.
If a data element changes frequently, you can associate the data element with the Changeable tag. For example, customers often upgrade services for higher download speeds. You can tag the DownloadSpeed data element with the Changeable tag and track the data element's history for auditing purposes.
You can also create your own tags, and you can use these tags to search for and filter data elements. For example, you can search for tagged data elements using the Dictionary view Filter menu.
You can create your own tags and associate your tags to configuration items that you add to Service, Place, Logical Device, Logical Device Account, and Network entity Configuration specifications. Associating tags with configuration items that you add to Configuration specifications enables UIM users to search for tags using the Tags Search page. At run time, the tag is visible (on the Configuration Summary page) for all instances of entities that were created from the Configuration specification. These tags are also visible in the getConfiguration and getConfigurationDifferences web service operations, which are included in the Service Fulfillment web service. The getConfiguration web service operation response contains the tag information from the request. See "Associating Tags with Configuration Items" for more information.
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You can create your own tags that you can use to search for and filter data elements and to control project visibility in a workspace.
To create tags:
From the Studio menu, select New, then select Model, and then select Tag.
The Tag wizard appears.
In the Project field, select a project in which to save the tag.
You can create tags in Model projects only.
Enter a name for the new tag.
(Optional) Select a location for the tag.
By default, Design Studio saves the entity to the root level of the project folder. You can enter a folder name in the Folder field or select a location different from the default if you want to create additional subfolders. To select a different location:
Click the Folder field Browse button.
Navigate to the directory in which to save the entity.
Click OK.
Click Finish.
The Tag editor opens.
Enter a description for the new tag.
(Optional) In Build Directives area, click Add.
A dialog box appears that includes the Run-time Classification tag, which is a system-provided tag that you can associate with the new tag. Associating your new tag with the Run-time Classification tag ensures that you can use the new tag to group configuration items in Design Studio and to enable UIM users to search for configuration specifications using tags. See "Associating Tags with Configuration Items" for more information.
Click Save.
Use the Tag editor to define descriptions and annotations for your tags, and to associate your tags with system-delivered Inventory run-time tags.
| Field | Use |
|---|---|
| Description | Enter a description of the tag.
Note: The description that you enter here appears in the UIM run-time application Tag Summary page. See "Associating Tags with Configuration Items" for more information. |
| Runtime Directives | Annotate the tag with information relevant to solution modelers. |
| Build Directives | Click Add to associate your tag with the system-delivered Run-time Classification tag. Associating your tag with the Run-time Classification tag ensures that you can use the new tag to group configuration items in Design Studio and to enable UIM users to search for configuration specifications using tags. See "Associating Tags with Configuration Items" for more information.
Click Remove to delete the association. |