Equipment Tag with Visibility Settings Linked to Formula

[Anonymous]

Hello!

Having a bit of difficulty trying to create this equipment tag with some special parameters.

The tag itself displays text linked to a shared parameter within the equipment family. I also want the tag to display a certain color filled region depending on what text is being displayed. There are three colors to display.

So

My current thinking is to assign each text instance a numerical value from another shared parameter within the equipment family since formulas don't work with text; 1=orange fill, 2= green fill, 3=grey fill. The tag then has three type visibility yes/no parameters for each fill. The formulas for those visibility settings is what I am struggling with.

The formula sounds easy enough; IF(Number = 1, Visible, Not Visible) Questions are; how do I link the integer value I assigned for each fill in the visibility setting for that fill and/or the tag itself? What exactly would the formula be to get these to display properly?

I hope this makes sense, happy to answer any questions and further clarify. Thanks in advance!

[Sahay_R]

A non-formula approach here - bear with me. Add your numerical value as a text parameter or at least a Comment. Apply filters to your view template. Filter for the text parameter / Comment, as the case may be.

[ToanDN · Accepted solution]

@Anonymous

You cannot link a parameter value in the host family to a visibility parameter in the the family.  But you can link the parameter value in the host family to a text parameter in the tag family.  For example: you can create a label in the tag family with a formula to show letter "A" if a value of a parameter in the host family = "a", else it will be blank.

Now, if you change the label type to red color, change letter A to a special symbol in the Windows character map, then you can have something similar to a colored filled region.  Create different labels and types for different colors you need then you can have what you need.

See example:

[Viveka_CD]

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[Anonymous]

Hello!
I haven't been able to hop back on this little project since I've posted my orginal questions. I will be back on it at some point, though bigger things to work on in the meantime. Thanks for your reply.

-Elliott