This page
allows you to create new and manage existing tags. Each category can contain
multiple tags. We recommend that you follow a standard naming convention within
your organization to help you to track the tags easily.
You can
promote your products to a wider audience by creating different types of tags.
Microsoft Tag supports the following tag types:
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URL - URL tags navigate your potential
customers to a web site specified by you, for example, your product web site.
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Free Text - Your potential customers
receive a free text ad promoting your product. This text can contain more
information about your product, or details of a promotional offer or scheme, or
anything else that you want your potential customers to know.
·
vCard - Your potential customers receive your
electronic business card.
·
Dialer - Your potential customers listen to
a dialer advertisement promoting your product.
From this
screen you can:
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View
Tags
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Create
Tags
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Edit
Tags
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Manage
Tags
View tags
You can
select a category from the Category list and view the tags for that
category. The tags appear in a table. By default, this table displays records
of the existing tags for the "Main" category.
Create
tags
You can
create a tag by clicking the Create a Tag link. Since a category is an
organized set of tags, you need to create a category before you can create a
tag. If you have not created any category, you can create tags in the
"Main" category.
The fields
on this page change according to the Tag Type you select.
To create a
tag:
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Enter
the tag details: Select the Tag Type for the selected category and enter
the Tag Title, Tag Notes, Start Date, and End Date.
Enter the other fields specific to the selected tag type. For details on
creating each tag type, see the help of that tag type.
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Reset:
If you want to clear the details you have entered, click Reset. All the
fields are reset to their default values.
Edit a tag
Click the Edit
icon to edit a tag. The Manage Tags page changes according to the tag type you
are editing. All the fields in the Edit a Tag section are similar to the fields
in the Create a Tag section. The only difference is that the fields are set to
the values you had entered while creating the tag.
To edit a
tag:
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Edit
the details: Edit the Tag Notes, Start Date, and End Date.
Enter the other fields specific to the selected tag type. For details on
editing each tag type, see the help for that tag type.
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If
you want to clear the details you have entered, click Reset. All the
fields are reset to their default values.
NOTE: Once
a tag is created, you cannot edit the tag type.
Manage a Tag
You can manage the tags
from the table individually or all together by selecting the check box
associated with each tag. To select all the tags displayed, select the check
box in the heading row of the table.
From this section you
can:
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Select
rows per page: You can select the number of tags you want to view per page from
the Show [n] tags per page list box. Options available are 10 or
25 tags per page.
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Filter the tags: You can filter tags based on
Title, Type, Note, Status, Start Date, or End
Date. Select a parameter in the Filter tags by list box and click
Go. Depending on your selection, the next field gets updated.
o For Title, Type and Note,
the with text box appears. In the with text box, type
alpha-numeric text that appears anywhere in the title, type or note of the tags
you want to filter, and click Go.
NOTE: The with text box is NOT case-sensitive.
o For Status, you can select Active,
Paused, Blocked, or Frozen from the adjacent list box, and
click Go. Depending on your selection, only the active, paused, blocked
or frozen tags get listed in the table.
o For Start Date or End Date,
you can specify a date range by using the date picker icons for the From
and To text boxes. Select the desired dates, and click Go. Tags
with their Start Date or End Date within the specified date range get filtered.
o You can clear all the filters by clicking
the Reset button. After resetting, the table displays the tags without
applying any filters.
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View
basic details: You can view the Title, Type, Notes, Status, Start Date, and End
Date of each tag.
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Generate
a report: Click the Report icon to generate Individual Tag report for the selected tag.
Select the From and To dates from the date pickers, and click Go.
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Change
the status: Select a tag (or multiple tags), and select Activate or Pause
from the Change Status menu on the Actions button. NOTE:
The Actions button is enabled only when you choose a tag by selecting
its check box.
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Delete
a tag: Click the Delete icon, to delete a tag. Alternatively, you can
select multiple tags and click the Actions button. From the drop-down
menu on the Actions button, click Delete. The system prompts you
to confirm this action. Click OK to delete the selected tags or click
Cancel.
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Render
a barcode: Render a barcode for the selected tag by clicking the Render
icon. Select the file format for the barcode image, such as pdf, wmf or xps, in
the Render Type list box. Specify the barcode size in the range of 0.75
to 120.0 inches. Select the format you want the barcode, and click on the
Render button.
The barcode
opens in the chosen format. Save this barcode on the machine or print the
barcode.
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Navigate
through the pages: Click the First arrow, Previous arrow, Next arrow, and Last
arrow to navigate through the pages.
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