Viewing Undefined Meta Tags

You can view a list of all files with meta tags applied to them, but those meta tags have not been defined. This might occur, for example, if you have applied a meta tag to a file and then later change the name of the tag or meta tag set in the Text Editor.

How to View Undefined Meta Tags

  1. Do one of the following, depending on the part of the user interface you are using:

    • Ribbon Select Analysis > Undefined Items > Undefined Meta Tags.

    • Summary Window Pane Double-click the row that mentions undefined meta tags.

    The Undefined Meta Tags window pane opens.

  2. To see more of the information in the window pane, drag the divider bar to make the pane wider.
  3. If a certain number of items have been found, page navigation buttons in the local toolbar may be enabled. You can use these buttons to go to additional pages to display more items. You can also click View All in the local toolbar to see all results on a single page. Keep in mind that the more items you have in the project, the longer it will take to load this view.

How to Fix Undefined File Tags

There are a couple of basic ways to fix an undefined meta tag. First, you can rename the meta tag so that it matches what you have associated with the file. Otherwise, you can re-associate the meta tag with the file so that it uses an existing meta tag or meta tag set.

To Rename Meta Tags

  1. In the window pane, select all file tag occurrences that you want to rename. If you want to select all rows click Click to select all rows.. You can hold the SHIFT key to select a range, or you can hold the CTRL key to select individual items.

    Note All meta tag occurrences that you select will be renamed to the same meta tag that you provide in the following steps.

  2. In the local toolbar, click the Rename button.
  3. In the New meta tag name field, enter a meta tag name that already exists in the meta tag set.
  4. Click OK.

  5. A message lets you know how many files were changed. Click OK. All of the selected meta tag occurrences are renamed.

    Note If you want to undo the conversions, you can use the Backups window pane (View > Backups). See Restoring Backup Files.

To Re-associate Meta Tags

  1. In the Content Explorer, right-click the file and select Properties.
  2. Select the Meta Tags tab.
  3. Select the appropriate meta tag set and meta tag.
  4. Click OK.

What’s Noteworthy?

Note Another way to associate a different meta tag to many places throughout a project is to use the Find and Replace in Files feature in Flare. For example, let's say that you originally associated values from a meta tag named "Authors" with a lot of files in your project. Later, you renamed the meta tag "Writers." If this results in undefined meta tags for some reason, you can perform a find and replace in your entire project. In the "Find" field, you can enter <meta name="Authors", and in the "Replace with" field, you can enter <meta name="Writers". Also, make sure you select the "Find in source code" option in the Find and Replace in Files window pane. After replacing this text throughout your project, that meta tag will no longer be considered "undefined" in Flare. See Find and Replace.

Note You can also include this information in reports that you create. See Reports.