Data tag - Returning sequences

[Grzegorz Krzemien]

Hi all,

is there any command/function to return a number from a Data tag's sequence in e.g. worksheet? Or is there a way to link this value to the object e.g. by data manager/record and then return it in a worksheet?

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[Tom W.]

Yes you can tell the Data Tag to send the data to a Record attached to the tagged object:

 

 

Then you can report on the records.

[Grzegorz Krzemien]

@Tom W.

nice one

Thank you!

[Nikolay Zhelyazkov]

You can also use DataTagField worksheet function, which will return the dynamically generated value of the given text object.

[Peter Neufeld.]

Here's a video I did yesterday for an interior designer who was just drawing rectangles and had a user defined Data Tag for naming them. She then wanted that to be listed in a worksheet. After I showed her how to do it via record formats, she then wanted the height and width of the rectangles to also be included. This is why I renamed the record format as you can see in this quick movie.

 

Pushing Data Tag info back into a record in order to display in a worksheet is a very useful feature. This method is also, IMO, an easier way to do this and avoid complex worksheet formulas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

Peter

 

 

 

 

[Tom W.]

44 minutes ago, Peter Neufeld. said:

Here's a video I did yesterday for an interior designer who was just drawing rectangles and had a user defined Data Tag for naming them. She then wanted that to be listed in a worksheet. After I showed her how to do it via record formats, she then wanted the height and width of the rectangles to also be included. This is why I renamed the record format as you can see in this quick movie.

 

Pushing Data Tag info back into a record in order to display in a worksheet is a very useful feature. This method is also, IMO, an easier way to do this and avoid complex worksheet formulas.

 

 

 

 

 

Cheers,

Peter

 

 

 

 

 

I'm interested now to play with the DataTagField function since if I understand it correctly it allows you to report directly on the tag fields (from a worksheet) without the need for a Record, which I'm sure will be useful/preferable in some circumstances...

[Grzegorz Krzemien]

@Peter Neufeld. That's a very interesting feature, I need to dive into this subject more.