Are you trying to find all the tags on a display by using the graphic as a datasource,

or are you trying to use the Primary Control parameter for a module from the control database as your datasource?

The latter is much easier, but it requires that the modules were configured accurately to begin

- Detailed description:

1. Select the top level of the Database in DV Explorer.  Select file-->export-->user defined

2. Select Search Results.  Pick Search Results and Next.

3. In the find dialog Select  Control Module from the Type field and select find. (If you need to see primary display for anything other than control modules, change this search criteria).

4. Highlight the entire list (click the first entry, and press ctrl+shift+end) and press select.  This will take a few minutes.

5. From the Format Source  dialog, Select Create.  Specify a new .fmt file name. Select next.

6. In the Select Field dialog, Select  Module for the Object Type.  In the Field Names picker select module name and primary_display.  Click Next, and Next again.

7. From the export target dialog, select a new file to create. Select next and export.

8.  The output file will populate.  Open the new file in excel or access for post processing.

If you are trying to datamine the graphic for tag references, that's a bit trickier.  I've seen all sorts of  macros and routines  for this purpose.   Essentially, you need to build a vba routine that iterates through every object in a graphic, looks at the Source property of the object, then dumps the property value to a text file or something like that.

In reply to Youssef.El-Bahtimy:

Hi

In few weeks, I'll commercialize a tool to reference all the tags (and attributes) used in iFix displays (DeltaV or Provox Tags), and performing a quick tag search within.

Some bugs to resolve and english program localization to complete.

I'll give you more informations when ready.

Jack

In reply to Youssef.El-Bahtimy:

1st Thank You for the response Youssef,

To Clarify: I was needing to open a graphic (iFix Display) and get a listing ,preferably a .txt file, of all the tags used in the graphic. This was for the purpose of adding a "primary Controller" tag to the properties of the tag for later reference and usage.

While I have completed the task it was done in a piece-wise fashion and had there been more than 12 or so graphics this would have taken far longer.

I'm kind of shocked that DeltaV doesn't have something similar to a .DMP file like Foxboro graphics editors or an established method of listing which display a tag is used in such as a" Point by Graphic" like TDC 3000  

In reply to AdrianOffield:

Hi Jonathan / Adrian,

As frustrating DeltaV can be, it also has flexibility, & is easy to understand. With open code VBA structure, ANY tool can be available, if you want to spend some efforts into it.

If you want to compare without bias, it can surely do lots of more things better than Foxboro or Yokogawa HMI interface.

Any way, I don't think it is the purpose of this forum to bring out our frustrations..... :-)

As you had already mentioned, if you are quite new to DeltaV Operate usage, wish you best of luck to get to know the system more. In case of any help needed, this forum is always available... :-)

In reply to Chris:

Thank You VERY much Chris.

While I have already completed the work which led to this thread question THIS [ community.emerson.com/.../2113.aspx ] does exactly what I was looking to do.

While the format requires a bit of treatment to be useful I would always rather have an excess of information to treat than a lack of available solutions. Once the CrossReference quick report completes you can save in multiple different formats allowing you to treat the data however is needed. Having this I can easily write a VBA to parse and separate to get the info needed and I'm  an amateur at best with VBA scripting.

I certainly will be using this in the future and I hope this provides a solution to others in this thread as well.

In reply to Chris: