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title: "Work with tags"
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updated: 2026-08-17T09:46:29Z
published: 2026-08-19T08:41:11Z
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# Work with tags

Tags help you control when and where your spots are played.

You can also use them to play spots based on live date such as weather forecasts.

## Tag types

You can work with the following types of tags in IXM One:

| **Spot/Playlist tags** | Use spot and playlist tags to ensure that users can only add spots to a specific playlist. For example, assign tags for landscape and portrait format to spots and playlists to ensure they match. |
| --- | --- |
| **Live tags** | Use live tags to filter spots on a player based on data from (local) web services. For example, use live tags to adjust the content display in your store to the current weather. |
| **SOC tags** | Use start-of-communication (SOC) tags to ensure that spot content remains invisible until a specified time. This allows you to prepare and upload content without displaying it too early. --- SOC tags must be activated in your system. For more information, contact your Grassfish account manager. |
| **Sync tags** | Use sync tags to synchronize spot playback across your players. This means that the spots start at the same time. --- Sync tags must be activated in your system. For more information, contact your Grassfish account manager. |

## How to use tags

In this example, you have a playlist with multiple tags that specify which spot format and target group it allows.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/work-with-tags-image-3ntcv5zs.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A37Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A37Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eik9AegvkhkGixsAUSBEZb43fF0cRfvbZwpQYzyD8hE%3D)

To populate this playlist, you need spots that don't conflict with the playlist's tags. The following spots are available in your network:

| **Spot A**: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/work-with-tags-image-ti1eoaf7.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A37Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A37Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eik9AegvkhkGixsAUSBEZb43fF0cRfvbZwpQYzyD8hE%3D) - No tags. - You can use this spot in the playlist. |
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| **Spot B**: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/work-with-tags-image-adbauds1.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A37Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A37Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eik9AegvkhkGixsAUSBEZb43fF0cRfvbZwpQYzyD8hE%3D) - One matching tag. You can use this spot in the playlist. - The format tag of this spot corresponds to one of the playlist tags and there are no tags that negate them. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/work-with-tags-image-8esw3gx5.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A37Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A37Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eik9AegvkhkGixsAUSBEZb43fF0cRfvbZwpQYzyD8hE%3D) |
| **Spot C**: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/work-with-tags-image-q76ccgfm.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A37Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A37Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eik9AegvkhkGixsAUSBEZb43fF0cRfvbZwpQYzyD8hE%3D) - Different tag categories. You can use this spot in the playlist. - The spot and the playlist do not have common tags, but do not belong to the same tag category and therefore do not negate each other. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/work-with-tags-image-xtuyc78s.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A37Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A37Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eik9AegvkhkGixsAUSBEZb43fF0cRfvbZwpQYzyD8hE%3D) |
| **Spot D**: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/work-with-tags-image-d9jpt72w.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A37Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A37Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eik9AegvkhkGixsAUSBEZb43fF0cRfvbZwpQYzyD8hE%3D) - Different tags, same tag category. - You can't use this spot in the playlist. - The spot and the playlist have no tags in common, but at least one spot tag belongs to a tag category for which a tag has been defined in the playlist. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/e2b87f73-d9f5-43cb-8182-2641762664fd/Images/Documentation/work-with-tags-image-3j28ikvi.png?sv=2026-02-06&spr=https&st=2026-11-06T20%3A21%3A37Z&se=2026-11-06T21%3A21%3A37Z&sr=c&sp=r&sig=eik9AegvkhkGixsAUSBEZb43fF0cRfvbZwpQYzyD8hE%3D) |