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Editing the Tag Format for a Project

The tag format defines how the system constructs the tag. The tag format consists of plain text and variable references indicated by the $ symbol. Any variables you use in the tag format must be from the list of system-defined tag variables in the preceding section, or must be defined for the project by you before the project is run. Variables that are not defined are treated as static text.

Note: Do not begin a tag with "BF_". Tags beginning with "BF_" are reserved for use by the system and cannot be defined by the user.

Tag Format is a project property. To edit it, click the Project button to display the list of projects, then click the project name for the project you want to edit. The system displays the list of steps in the project; click the project name at the top of the page to display the project properties.

In your tag format, use a $ symbol to indicate the start of a tag variable. You can include several tag variables if desired. For example, you could define a non-incrementing variable for a project's major revision ($MAJ) and an incrementing variable for its minor revision ($MIN), then have a tag format that reflects the project's version number: Version$MAJ.$MIN. This allows you to manually control the major version number, but automatically increment the minor version number with every release, producing tags like the following:

Version1.1

Version1.2