1. Working with Oracle Management Cloud
  2. Manage Entities Using the Administration Console
  3. Create and Set Tags for Entities

Create and Set Tags for Entities

Setting tags for entities allows you to logically organize the entities according to the properties you’ve defined. A tag is a key-value pair that can be assigned to an entity. Tags offer enhanced categorizing, searching, and grouping capabilities of the entities with which they are associated. You can perform complex query operations and define concise rules for triggering alerts, and for automation and orchestration.

Define a Tag

Rules for defining tags:

  • A tag key and value can be a maximum of 128 characters.

  • A tag key and value is case insensitive.

  • A tag value is optional.

  • A tag key can have multiple values. For example, you can define a tag as follows:

    • Key: Location, Value: New York

    • Key: Location, Value: London

    • Key: Location, Value: Bangalore

To define a tag:

  1. Select Administration in the Management Cloud navigation menu.

  2. Select Entity Configuration in the Administration navigation menu, then click Tags.

  3. To create a new tag, click New Key.

  4. On the Create New Key page, enter the Key and Value (optional) for the tag. For example, you can enter the Key as Location and Value as New York.

  5. Click the Associate Entities drop-down list to select one or more entities with which this tag is to be associated. Click Save to save the tag and return to the previous page.

Define New Values for a Tag

  1. On the Tags page, select a key-value pair and click New Value or click the link in the Value column.

  2. On the Edit page, you can define a new value for the selected key. You can also associate new entities for the tag.

  3. Click Save to save the changes. You can define multiple values for a key and have several unique key-value pairs.

Perform a Search Operation

You can search for a tag based on the tag key. On the Tags page, enter the name of the key in the Search field and click the Search icon. All the tags that meet the Search criteria are displayed in the table.

Delete a Tag

  1. Select the tag key and click the Delete icon.

  2. You will see a confirmation message prompting you to delete the tag and all the associated values. For example, if you select the location key, all the values defined such as New York, London, or Bangalore will be deleted. This operation will remove the tag (key and all its values) from all the assigned entities.

To delete a specific key-value pair, select it from the list and click the Delete icon. The selected tag will be removed from the assigned entities.