Article - CS334154

How to Auto-Generate tags with ODBC Client Driver in PTC Kepware Products

Modified: 14-Aug-2025   


Applies To

  • Kepware Server (formerly KEPServerEX) 5.20.396.0 to 6.18
  • ThingWorx Kepware Server (legacy) 8.0 to 6.18
  • "Failed to automatically generate tags for device 'DeviceName'" on EventLog
  • Failed to automatically generate tags for device 'DeviceName'

Description

  • Unable to auto-generate tags from database using ODBC Client driver with PTC Kepware products
  • User is working on a new project which will utilize the ODBC driver to connect Kepware to a SQL Server database but they are getting Failed to automatically generate tags for device error message 
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