You can create global tags that can be used for objects across the board in your system. When you explicitly create a tag, you can define the tag type as Free-form or Restricted, depending on its usage. A free-from tag can contain any value(s), but you can still apply a regular expression to restrict the value(s) a free-form tag would accept. When you create a restricted tag, you must define a specific value or a set of values that the restricted tag would accept.
To create a global tag, complete the following:
- From the Cloud Services Portal, click Administration > Tags.
- Click Add Tag, and complete the following:
- Key: Enter the name of the tag. This is also the key with which you associate the tag value(s).
- Type: From the drop-down menu, select one of the following:
- Free-form: A free-form tag can contain any values. You can restrict a free-form tag to accept a specific type of values by defining a regular expression and specifying a value or a set of values based on the regular expression.
Restricted: When you select this, the tag is limited to a specific value or a set of values that you define in the VALUES section.
Note
Global Search supports only restricted tags.
Regex: This is applicable only when you create a free-form tag. Depending on the restrictions you want to apply to this tag, enter the regular expression to restrict the values this tag would accept. For example, if you only allow numbers for this tag, you can enter [0-9]* to define "numbers only" for the tag. When you apply this tag to objects, you can enter only numbers for the values.
Regex Description: Enter the information about the regular expression (if any) you have defined for the tag.
- VALUE(S): When you create a restricted tag, you must add a value or a set of values that the tag would accept. Click Add and enter the value in the VALUE field. For a set of values, click Add again for each value you want to add.
- Click Save & Close to add the tag.
For more information about tags, see the following: