Create an alarm grid

Create an alarm grid that displays color-coded and selectable alarm events.
TIP: You can use a preconfigured alarm grid instead of creating it from scratch. For more information, select
Template Libraries
Template Libraries
 and select
Widgets
Alarm Grid
.
  1. Create a panel for the alarm grid and controls:
    1. In
      Project view
      , right-click
      MainWindow (type)
       and select
      New
      Containers
      Panel
      .
    2. Hover-over the panel, select
      Edit
      Edit
      , and enter
      AlarmGridPanel
      .
  2. Create and configure a data grid for alarms:
    1. In
      Project view
      , right-click
      AlarmGridPanel
       and select
      New
      Data controls
      Data grid
      .
    2. Hover-over the data grid, select
      Edit
      Edit
      , and enter
      AlarmsGrid
      .
    3. In
      Properties
      , create a dynamic link between the
      Model
       property and
      Retained alarms
      Localized alarms
      en-US
      @NodeId
      .
      TIP: You can select the
      @Attribute
       values from the
      Attribute
       drop-down menu at the bottom of the dialog.
      For more information about dynamic links, see Create dynamic links.
    4. Expand
      Model
       and create a dynamic link between
      ItemKind
       and
      Types
      EventTypes
      BaseEventTypes
      ConditionType
      AcknowledgeableConditionType
      AlarmConditionType
      For more information about dynamic links, see Create dynamic links.
    5. Set
      Sort order
       to
      Descending
      .
  3. Create four alarm grid text columns:
    1. Next to
      Columns
      , select
      Add
      Add
       and select
      Text column
      .
    2. Rename the columns by hovering-over each column, selecting
      Edit
      Edit
      , and entering:
      • TimestampColumn
      • NameColumn
      • SourceVariableColumn
      • MessageColumn
      • SeverityColumn
  4. Create three alarm grid image columns:
    1. Next to
      Columns
      , select
      Add
      Add
       and select
      Text column
      .
    2. Rename the columns by hovering-over a column, selecting
      Edit
      Edit
       and entering:
      • ActiveColumn
      • AcknowledgedColumn
      • ConfirmedColumn
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