How to make a registered tag list
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A registered tag list is a list of tag codes that can be used in the PTAGIS Query Builder to limit a query to just the tags in which you are interested. You must be logged in to your PTAGIS Web Portal account to create and use a registered tag list. Using registered tag lists allow you to:
- narrow down the area of interest for data intensive queries, such as those using Interrogation Details
- maintain lists of tag groups of interest on the PTAGIS Web Portal for future use and reuse
- efficiently query the PTAGIS database
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Make a Registered Tag List
There are two methods for creating a registered tag list:
- use a report file generated by a query of the database
- use a text file uploaded to the PTAGIS Web Portal
Make a Registered Tag List from Query Results
1. Build and run a query that will return a set of tagged fish in which you are interested.
2. Go to My Report Files and select the file created by your query and click the Register Tags button.
3. You will see a message confirming that the file was successfully processed and that the tags are now registered.
Make a Registered Tag List from Text File
If you have tag data in an Excel spreadsheet or Access database that contains a group of tags in which you are interested, you can use it to create a registered tag list by uploading it to the PTAGIS Web Portal.
1. Save the tag data as a Comma Separated Value (CSV) text file. It may contain data in addition to the tag codes, PTAGIS will find and import only valid tag codes, but each tag code needs to be on a separate line and the file name cannot contain spaces.
2. Go to My Files on the PTAGIS website and click the Upload button. Browse to the text file and click the Submit button. You should see a message that says "Successfully uploaded the file "my_tags.csv". Click OK to go back to My Files.
3. Select the file you just uploaded and click the Register Tags button.
4. You should see a confirmation message.
View Registered Tag Lists
Go to My Registered Tags to see and work with the tag lists you have created.
How to work with Registered Tag Lists
Use Registered Tag List as a Filter in a Query
1. Start the query builder and select the desired Data Source and Fields.
2. In the Filter Selection step of the query builder, click the Change button for the Field Name 'Tag ID' to open the Filter Modification for Tag ID window.
3. Click the radio button to select '2. Registered Tag List.' Then select the file (or files, you can use more than one list) in the second window and click OK.
4. In the query builder, the Restriction for Tag ID will now show that you are using a registered tag list.
5. Finish building your query and run it as normal. You can use additional filters if you wish to further constrain your query.
