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Background documentationTag Query Parameters

 

The following table lists parameters that are specific to tag queries.

Parameter

Data Type

Description

TagList

List

List of tags.

Each entry represents a tag to query; the first entry corresponds to TagName.1. TagList takes priority over TagName.n parameters.

TagName

String or string list

Tag in the data source.

Used in URL-based queries.

TagName.1 - TagName.128

String

Tag in the data source.

Used by applets to query the server and by URL-based queries.

TagValue.1 - TagValue.128

String

Value for the corresponding tag, which is written to the data source.

Resolution

Integer

Number of seconds between each data retrieval for a History query.

TotalizerFactor

Floating point

Conversion factor applied to the totalizer statistic method.

Mask Expression

Wildcard Character

Description

Example

%

Any string of zero or more characters.

WHERE title LIKEKE %computer% finds all book titles with the word computer anywhere in the book title.

_(underscore)

Any single character

WHERE au_fname LIKE_ean finds all four-letter first names that end with ean (Dean, Sean, and so on).

[ ]

Any single character within the specified range ([a-f]) or set ([abcdef]).

WHERE au_lname LIKE [C-P]arsen finds author last names ending with arsen and beginning with any single character between C and P, for example Carsen, Larsen, Karsen, and so on.

[^]

Any single character not within the specified range ([^a-f]) or set ([^abcdef]).

WHERE au_lname LIKE de[^l]% all author last names beginning with de and where the following letter is not l.

See also:

Query Parameters

Tag Query