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Tags, Assets and Templates are not only the start of Tatsoft company name, they are also the core components to the real-time data models and the power of FactoryStudio. The FactoryStudio system has a built-in real- time, event driven, in-memory database, that manages the tags, assets and events in the application.
A typical HMI-SCADA system has only basic tag types, such as numeric and messages. As FactoryStudio also targets IT and MES systems, it goes far beyond, supporting real- time entities that match all the SQL types and many .NET Framework entities, including Images and a complete DataTable in a single real-time tag.
FactoryStudio was the first, and up to now the only, real-time system with built-in support for tri-dimensional dynamic arrays, lists and type-safe reference tags with dynamic assignments, creating reusable components on displays, symbols, reports, calculation and at any part of your project.
The built-in tag types allow direct mapping to any SQL database or .NET variables.
Organize your project with categories and assets. An asset is composed of tags and other application objects connected to your process hierarchy. FactoryStudio allows implementation of ISA 95 modeling specifications, which can be essential in large systems.
Templates are user-defined structures, similar to .NET classes, allowing composition and hierarchy. Besides the built-in basic types, real-time tags can be created based on templates that reflect physical assets, which speed up and simplify the application development.
Tags and templates can be imported and automatically synchronized from various data sources including: XML and CSV files, OSIsoftTM PI SystemTM and PI AFTM, RockwellTM ControlLogix program files and OPC servers.
Tag based Security
Refactoring, allows renaming any object, anytime. No more need for global search and replace commands
Intellisense shows auto-fill context sensitive information in all fields. No more typing names
Cross-reference is available to all project elements, not only tags!
Dynamic validation: system validates the fields as you type, preventing configuration errors.
About TAT:
TAT can stand for Tag, Assets and Templates, but it is also a word from the Sanskrit language, related with the physical reality of the Universe. Visit Tatsoft forums to learn other TAT meanings