Working With Tags

What is a tag?
A tag is one or more words used to label something (e.g., a task or a project).

Typing tags into Manymoon

Unlike some other applications, tags in Manymoon can have spaces. While typing a tag into a tag field, you can indicate the tag is done by typing a comma (,). At this point, the tag should be accepted by the system.

What can I tag in Manymoon?
You can tag tasks, projects, documents, links and events.

What's the point of tagging?
Tagging is useful since you can use it to:

• Categorize projects or tasks - for example, you might have a project called, "Move into San Jose Office" and another project called "Move into San Francisco Office." You could tag each of these projects with 'office move'. This will help you categorize the projects, people and tasks associated with 'office move'.
• Add required skills for tasks - For example, you might have a task called, "Follow up customer support tickets," and another called, "Review open customer issues with management." You could tag each of these tasks with, 'customer service'.

As you complete a task that other people have assigned to you, the tags from that task will automatically be added to your tag cloud. This means your Manymoon profile becomes a living resume that displays your work expertise as you are expanding it!

How do I use tags?

• Search for projects, tasks, documents, links and events - Go to your home screen to see your tag cloud on the left side of the screen. The tag cloud is sorted in alphabetical order, and the size of each tag indicates how often it has been used. To search, click on any tag to see the list of projects, tasks, documents, links and events associated with it. (See below for how to use the tag search screen.)
• If you go to a project, the tag cloud will only show tags relevant to that project.

How many tags can my tag cloud have?
You can have an unlimited number of tags in your tag cloud or per project. For example, each time you complete a task with a tag, that tag will be added to your tag cloud. You can accumulate as many tags as you want. It is, however, beneficial to have the same tags repeatedly added to your tag cloud. Each tag will become larger as you close more tasks associated with that tag.

Using the Tag Search Results screen

Clicking on any tag in your tag cloud will take you to the tag search results screen. In the example below, the tag "drilling" in the tag cloud was clicked.

If you want to change the tag you are searching on, you should click "Clear all tags" or the 'x' in the drilling tag, and then select another tag from the tag cloud on the left hand side of the screen. Note that if you click another tag without clearing the existing tag, you will wind up searching on both tags.

Searching on Multiple tags

When you search on multiple tags in Manymoon, the system shows you only the data objects that contain ALL the chosen tags. (In more technical terms, the system does an "AND" search instead of an "OR" search.)

In the example below, the system is showing all objects that are tagged with both "drilling" and "railroad". Note there is only one result.

Finally, if you want to learn about doing a text, instead of tag, search in Manymoon, please click here.