Create tag with valueChange event logic in it through scripting

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I would like to create a memory tag which has some code in valueChanged event through scripting. I know we can use system.tag.addTag function to create a tag automatically. But I was not able to figure out if we can use same function to add code in tag events. Creating UDT instance could be one possibility but I want to check this possibility.

  • Does anyone tried this before or has any idea, please share.
  • Also can we create UDT definition through function?

I am using Ignition v7.9.16.
Thanks in advance.

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This is possible, though poorly documented.

You will need to do something like this:

from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.sqltags.model import TagProp
from com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.sqltags.model.scripts import BasicTagEventScripts

newProp = BasicTagEventScripts()
#newProp.set(eventID,code,enabled)
newProp.set('valueChanged',"	x=1 \n	if x==1:\n		print 'This Worked'",True)
system.tag.addTag(parentPath='',name='TestTagMemory',tagType='Memory',dataType='Int2',attributes={TagProp.EventScripts:newProp})
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Thanks a lot @lrose. This is very helpful.

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@lrose Can we also create UDT through scripting?

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I believe that you can use addTag to create a UDT instance tag, but I don’t believe you can use it to build a UDT definition. I haven’t tried to create a UDT from scripting.

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Ok. Thanks for you reply.