Assigning a tag to an object

When used in policies, tags and tag groups help to determine the placement of user-requested services within the cloud.

For a suggested tagging strategy, see Tagging-recommendations-and-examples. To create or manage tag groups and tags from the Service Blueprint workspace, see Managing-blueprint-tags.

This topic contains the following sections:

Before you begin

Before you can assign a tag to an object, you must create tag groups and tags, as described in Creating and using tags and tag groups.

To assign a policy tag to an object

Beginning with release 4.0, BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management provides two user interfaces for assigning tags, depending on the type of taggable object you are editing. The two interfaces are described below:

For this style of Tags option , take the following steps:
1. When creating or editing a taggable object, click the tag icon .
  The Tag Details dialog box is displayed, and the table lists the tag groups and tags that are currently associated to the object that you are tagging.
2. From the menu next to Tag Group, select a tag group.
3. From the menu next to Tag, select a tag.
4. Click Add.
  The selected tag group and tag are added to the table.
5. Click Save.
  The tag is assigned to the object from which you launched the Tag Details dialog box. The tag name followed by the tag group in brackets is added to the Tags field for the object (for example: SLA[Gold]).
For this style of Tags option , take the following steps:

1. When creating or editing a taggable object, click or click in the Add tag field.
  A list of tags appears.
2. Select the tag you want to apply.
  
  The tag appears in the Tags field.

Note

For information about adding tags to service blueprints, see Creating-copying-or-editing-a-service-blueprint and Managing-blueprint-tags.

To remove a tag assigned to an object

Beginning with release 4.0, BMC Cloud Lifecycle Management provides two user interfaces for removing tags, depending on the type of taggable object you are editing. The two interfaces are described below:

For this style of Tags option , click the X beside the tag's name.
For this style of Tags option , take the following steps:
1. While editing a taggable object, click the Tag icon .
  The Tags dialog box opens.
2. Under Assigned Tags, select a tag and click De-select Tag .
3. Click Save.

Assigning a tag to an object

Before you begin

To assign a policy tag to an object

To remove a tag assigned to an object

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