DeviceHub Browse (Bulk Tag Discovery)
3 min
devicehub browse (bulk tag discovery) ui trigger devicehub > browse > select tags > create all the browse workflow auto discovers a device's full address space (e g all opc ua nodes or modbus registers) and lets users select which ones to import as tags without manually entering each one step table step api name method endpoint / graphql operation input output / what to capture 1 create browse task post {{edgeurl}}/devicehub/v2 > createbrowsetask device id + browse params browse task id 2 start browse task post {{edgeurl}}/devicehub/v2 > startbrowsetasks browse task id from step 1 task starts crawling 3 list browse tasks (poll) post {{edgeurl}}/devicehub/v2 > listbrowsetasks poll until status = completed 4 get browse task folders post {{edgeurl}}/devicehub/v2 > browsetask getfoldersfortreeview browse task id folder tree of discovered address space 5 get browse folder items post {{edgeurl}}/devicehub/v2 > browsetask getfolderitems folder path within the browse task items (tags/nodes) in that folder 6 cart add items post {{edgeurl}}/devicehub/v2 > cart additems selected item ids from step 5 items added to cart ( added , skipped , updated counts) 6b cart update properties (optional) post {{edgeurl}}/devicehub/v2 > cart updateproperties cart item ids + property overrides updated counts 7 cart create all registers post {{edgeurl}}/devicehub/v2 > cart createallregisters no input processes entire cart created , skipped , updated counts tags now exist also useful download browse tags ( get /devicehub/browsing/download csv/task/{task id} ) exports discovered tags to csv before committing lets users review in excel before creating driver support browse only works on drivers that support it (38 of 146) opc ua advanced, ab logix, siemens s7commplus, and most modern ethernet drivers do modbus (no enumeration capability), generator (simulator), and several legacy serial drivers do not see browse and discovery # for the support matrix see also browse and discovery concept # opc ua advanced driver #