# Create a new HMI tag folder

Example

Use folders to organize the tags in the Tags database. You can create a new folder in the Tags editor, or in the Tag Browser. Once you have created a folder you can add tags to it. Folders make it easier to plan and maintain the database. For example, you can group together all the tags for similar devices or areas of a plant floor.

## To create a new folder

1. When the Tags editor is open, choose New Folder from the Edit menu.

   or

   In the Tag Browser, right-click the folder of an area or a folder containing an HMI server and then select New HMI Tag Folder from the Context menu. If the server names are not visible, right-click the Folders pane and then select Show Server Names.

2. In the New HMI Tag Folder dialog box, type a name for the folder, then click OK.

   Tip: | In the Tags editor you can use the Duplicate option on the Edit menu to create a copy of a folder and its tags with a new folder name. In the Tag Browser, the New HMI Folder menu item is only available when an area folder, or a folder containing an HMI server is selected. You can nest folders, that is, create a new folder within another folder. Open a folder and then click New Folder. In the Name text box, after the backslash, type the new folder name. Remember that the backslash in a folder name counts as one character in a tag name.

## Option

- Name

  Type the name for the new folder.

## See also

The Folder hierarchy