Template using UDT param: Can you access UDT tag metadata?

[nminchin]

I'm not entirely sure what your question is.

You can have a UDT or number of UDTs that can be represented by a Template.
I add DeviceParentPath and DeviceName string template parameters, and DeviceTagPath as a string internal parameter.
If you use a single UDTType parameter and link that to a single UDT, you will have a number of limitations:

To UDT or not to UDT. That is the question

at a glance, it’s not possible to see by looking at a component’s properties which UDT instance has been bound to a UDT type property. E.g. in the screenshot below, I have no idea which Tower UDT is bound, I have to click on the binding to find out. It’s also far slower to populate template parameters than simply modifying a parameter string value. I tend to use 2 parameters: DeviceParentPath and DeviceName, then combine these together in an internal parameter DeviceTagPath, which also aids in…