Working with General Tag Administration

The General page of the Tags tab allows you to create, restrict, and delete tags.

Click Save to keep any changes that you have made. If you have made changes but have not yet clicked Save, you can click Cancel to restore the previously-saved settings.

This topic discusses:

Common Actions
Tags Table
Tag Detail

Common Actions

View a table of existing and restricted tags.

This table exists in the Tags area of the page. For details, see Tags Table.

Filter the display of existing and restricted tags by typing a string into the Filter box, then clicking Apply Filter.
Click Clear to display all existing and restricted tags again.
Display a table that includes information about each tag instance by clicking a tag name.

This table appears in the Associations area of the page. For details, see Tag Details.

Create a tag without applying it to an item or person by clicking Add, typing the tag name into the Tag Name box, then clicking Save.
Restrict an existing tag by clicking the tag name, selecting Restricted, then clicking Save.
Restrict a tag that has not yet been created by first creating the tag, clicking the tag name, selecting Restricted, then clicking Save.
Delete a tag, including all of its associations to items and people, by selecting the check box next to the tag name, then clicking Delete.

Tags Table

Following is a description of each column in the Tags table of the General page.

Column	Description
Select	Select the check box next to the name of the tag that you want to delete or restrict.
Tag Name	Displays the name of the tag. Click to display the Tag Details table, which includes information about each instance of the tag.
People Using	Displays the total number of people who have applied the tag.
Items	Displays the total number of items that the tag is applied to.
People Applied To	Displays the total number of people that the tag is applied to.
Restricted	Indicates whether the tag is restricted or not. If a tag is restricted, future attempts by any user to create the tag will fail. Note: If you restrict a tag that has already been created, you must delete the tag to remove all of the tag's previously-applied instances from the system.
Date Created	Displays the date and time when the tag was originally created.
Date Last Applied	Displays the date and time when the tag was most recently applied to an item or person.

Tag Details

Following is a description of each column in the Tag Details table of the General page. This table includes information about each instance of a specific tag. Display this table for a specific tag by clicking the desired tag name in the Tags table.

Column	Description
Name	Displays the name of the item or person that the tag is applied to.
Type	Displays the type of tag: document or person. Note: In this column, a document is actually an item as defined by Pathways.
Tagged By	Displays the name of the person who applied the tag.
Tag Date	Displays the date when the person applied the tag.