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This documentation supports releases of BMC Helix Continuous Optimization up to December 31, 2021. To view the latest version, select the version from the Product version menu.

Working with tags

A tag is a text label associated with a BMC Helix Continuous Optimization entity (system, business driver, domain) that improves search results and applies an additional level of filtering. Tags are used to indicate a particular feature of the object that distinguishes it from other objects. BMC Helix Continuous Optimization provides a set of useful tags; you can also define custom tags for your specific needs.

Tags are grouped by tag type. For example:

  • Environment (example, PRODUCTION or TEST)
  • Attention level (example, BUSINESS_CRITICAL)

Using tagging rules, you can associate multiple tags to an object manually or automatically. For more information about tag types and tagging rules, see Managing-tags. You can also add tags to the required entities using the Generic - Tag CSV file parser ETL. For more information, see Generic-Tag-CSV-file-parser.

Related topics

Collecting-data-for-business-services-applications-and-service-pools

Searching for systems by using tags

You can search for systems with tags "x86" and "VMware" using the search string:

x86 AND VMware

To restrict the search to only tags:

tag:x86 AND tag:VMware

For more information, see Searching-for-entities.


Filtering results of analyses and models by using tags

Using tag-based search conditions in entity filters, you can filter the search results of analyses and models.

For example, you can define a filter to identify systems with tags "x86" and "VMware" and save the search as an entity filter. For more information, see Managing-entity-filters.

Viewing and adding tags

You can view the tags associated with an object from the summary section of the detail page.

Example of a system with multiple tags
workspace_tags.png

To add a new tag:

  1. Click Add tags.
  2. Enter a name for the new tag.
  3. Select a tag type from the list or enter a name to create a new tag type. For example, CPU Family, Virtualization Technology.
  4. Click Add Tag.

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

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