LiveView Placeholders

Placeholders provide the data—device names and tag names—to a LiveView template. The placeholders are the identifiers that are added when setting up the template, but are replaced with the name of the selected device or the tag value when the template is viewed.

To use this feature:

1. In LiveView Template Editor, click the Placeholder sub-tab .
2. Place the cursor in a cell. Note that the Insert Location displays the cell number for the placeholder you are setting.
3. From the drop-down field in the top left corner of the page, choose one of the following:
   • Tag Value: Select the tag group, such as Alarm, Current, Energy. Beneath the tag group, select the specific tag you want. The list is filtered to include only the most common tags that belong to the group you selected. To view all the tags available in this tag group, check Show Advanced.
   • Device Name: The list of devices is filtered to include only devices for which this template's data is available. To display the device name in this cell of the template, select Device Name. You will choose the actual device during runtime.
4. Insert Location: This offers a second way of inserting the placeholder location. After choosing the device or tag, type the cell number for the placeholder cell.
5. Insert: Click to add the selected placeholder to the specified cell.
6. Continue adding placeholders as needed.