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= Introduction =
 
Put simply, usingUsing a Webtag is described on the [[Webtags#Using_Webtags|Webtag]] page. Only the GET API interface can't use parameters. All the other possibilities use the general Webtag format:
 
<#tag_name [optional input selection parameters] [optional output modification parameters]>
In the following the input and output parameters are described.
 
# An input parameter is used where the same tag name can represent a value for a number of different past time instants e.g. temperature for several days or several hours ago. Each of those past time instants is represented by a different value for the input parameter. So a combination of a tag name and input modification parameter lets CumulusMX select the value you want to see. Whether a particular tag name can use input modification parameters will be shown in the Full list of Webtags.
# An output parameter is used when a particular tag name can be fed through a process that alters how the output is shown:
#* Tag names representing integer values cannot have their output format modified