Tags

Tags give facilities added flexibility in how to filter information related to meters, locations and accounts on the AquaCUE Monitor page. For a tag to appear as a Monitor page filter, it must be enabled for the facility by Badger Meter personnel. Some tags can be set using the Tags drop-down menu on each Card on the Monitor page. Others are supported in the Data Exchange specification and are set using Data Exchange files.

In addition, tags can be either Location-based or Meter-based.

  • Location tags apply to all of the meters at a given location.
  • Meter tags apply to individual meters.

The following is a list of supported tags, their function, where to set them and where appropriate some of the ways facilities have used them.

Tag Function Where Set Value Example
Continuous Flow Designates meters where continuous flow is expected Card Tags buttons, Set Alert button, Data Exchange file Yes or No
Area Gives the ability to filter searches based on the area covered by a property Cards Tags button, Data Exchange file Number
Ignore Threshold Alert threshold override Card Tags button Number
Population Enables filtering based on demographic information (population size or type) Card Tags button, Data Exchange file Number
Turf Area Card Tags button Number
Turf Percentage
(Irritaged_
Area)
Enables filtering based on turf measured as a percentage of overall area Card Tags button, Data Exchange file Number
Site Gives the ability to describe or name a particular location Data Exchange file String of characters Pump House, Firestation, Residential, Campus, Shopping Mall
Building Type Identify a location’s primary use Data Exchange file String of characters Accommodation, Apartments, Dining, Dining Common, Dorms, Greenhouse, Meeting area, Retail
Water Type Specify what kind of water is being consumed/delivered Data Exchange file String of characters Fresh, Domestic, Cold, Fresh, Hot, Irrigation, Potable, Reclaimed, Restaurant, Sewer, Waste
Main Use Specify principal usage Data Exchange file String of characters Fountain, Guest Room, Gym, Housing, HVAC, Irrigation, Landscape/turf, Laundry, Pool, Resort, Rest Room, Reverse Osmosis, Sewer District, Account, Waste Water, Winterized
Funding Filter based on funding source Data Exchange file String of characters State Funded, Auxiliary, # of residents
Building Number Data Exchange file Numbers Some facilities use this field for proprietary codes or numbers that designate all manner of things
Home Water Report Flags whether a service is receiving a printed water  report Card Tags button, Data Exchange file Choice: Mail, Mail / Web / Doorhanger, Randomized Control, Mail / Web, Opt Out
Irrigation Flags locations/meters where service is used to irrigate crops Data Exchange file Yes or No
Year Built Designates when a particular property or building was built Data Exchange file Numbers
Pool Flags sites with swimming or soaking pools Data Exchange file Yes or No
Bathrooms Gives the ability to filter locations by the number of rest rooms/bath rooms Data Exchange file Number
Location
District
Sort data by district Data Exchange file String of characters
ET Value [month] Gives the ability to sort locations based on monthly Evapotranspiration value Data Exchange file Number
Meter Text [1-10] Meter
Gives facilities the ability to select and count meters based on custom text strings.
Data Exchange file String of characters

Tags Set via Data Exchange File

The table below lists tags that are set via Data Exchange files, their type, the data exchange column name and the corresponding Monitor page filter name.

Tag Type Data Exchange Column Name Name on Monitor Page
Location Location_Building_Type Building Type
Location Location_Water_Type Water Type
Location Location_DHS_Code DHS Code
Location Location_District District
Location Location_Site Site
Location Location_Funding Funding
Location Location_Main_Use Main Use
Meter Meter_Continuous_Flow Continuous Flow Expected
Location Location_Area
Location Location_Bathrooms
Location Location_Building_Number
Location Location_ET_[month]
Location Location_Irrigated_Area
Location Location_Pool
Location Location_Population
Location Location_Year_Built
Location Location_Irrigation
Meter Meter_Text_[1-10] Text 1, Text 2, Text 3 … Text 10

Setting Tags from Meter Cards

  1. From the Monitor page, click the Tags button on any Card.image003

     

  2. Select a tag from the drop-down menu.image005

If you select Turf Area, Turf Percentage, Area, Ignore Threshold or Population, enter a numeric value, and click Create New Tag. If you select Home Water Report, use the drop-down menu to select a tag value, and click Create New Tag.

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If you select Continuous Flow, click Create New Tag.

Changing Tags from Meter Cards

  1. From the Monitor page, click the Tags button on any Card.image003

     

  2. Delete the tag you want to change by clicking the X.
  3. Select the tag from the drop-down menu. For example, if you deleted Ignore Threshold, select Ignore Threshold from the drop-down menu, enter a new value, and then click Create New Tag.image015
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