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title: Browse for Tags (after 3.16.x)
slug: litmusedge-v2/browse-for-tags-after-316x
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createdAt: 2025-04-30T14:54:12.088Z
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The **Browse Tags **feature allows you to search, select, and download selected tags available for a device. 

Before You Begin


Before you complete the steps below, make sure you verify the following:

- Verify that the device you are searching for has a status of **CONNECTED **in *DeviceHub*. 

# Access Browse Web UI

From the *DeviceHub *module, navigate to the **Browse **tab.

Refer to the following to see the actions you can take from Browse's web ui page:

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| Action                       | Details                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ---------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| \[1] **Select Device**       | Use this to select the device you want to browse. <br />- A list of browsable devices should appear when you navigate to the Browse tab.<br />- If a previous browsing session has occurred for a device, the device tree is loaded.<br />- If browsing has not been initiated for a device, a pop-up prompting you to start browsing will be displayed. |
| \[2] **Select Task**         | This area displays the currently selected browsing task for the chosen device. If no tasks are currently running, it will indicate "*There are currently no running tasks*".                                                                                                                                                                             |
| \[3] **Refresh&#x20;**       | Use this icon to refresh the view.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| \[4] **Create New Task (+)** | Clicking this icon allows you to create a **Browse&#x20;**&#x74;ask.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| \[5] **Ellipsis**            | Clicking this icon provides additional options, such as *Manage Tasks*, *Create Tags*, *Add To Collection*, and *Download tags*.<br />- Selecting Manage Tasks opens a dialog showing your browsing history and active tasks.<br />- This dialog includes columns to show the size of the browsed tag results.                                           |
| \[6] **Load Task**           | Refresh the task list.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| \[7] **Search Tree**         | Look up within a paginated table each time a new folder is selected or new data is requested. This table displays the tags within the selected folder.                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| \[8] **Total Tags**          | A table of total tags that opens in a new pane. <br />- The table displays information on Tag Name, Description, Type, and Polling Intervals for the selected and unselected tags.<br />- You can create all tags for a device, update tags globally, clear collections, and delete selected tags.                                                       |

# Step to Browse for Tags

**To browse for tags:**

1. Navigate to **DeviceHub&#x20;**> **Browse**.
2. Select the **DeviceHub** device and the appropriate task. The tags list drops down.&#x20;
   *Note:* It may be necessary to manually refresh the tag browser if it does not show the expected result. This can happen if the device was created with the wrong IP address, port, or device name. In this case, the first browsing will return no results, but a dummy browsing list is created when refreshed. You can edit the device and correct the mistake, and then try to browse tags again. If the dummy browsing list appears again, refresh the browse list.

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3. Select the tags to add.&#x20;
4. Click **Add**.