Alarm grid

Use the
Alarm grid
widget to display and manage alarms at runtime. View alarm information, acknowledge, confirm, shelve and unshelve the alarms.
TIP: The
Alarm log grid
widget displays alarm events recorded by the configured event logger, such as the
Alarm History Grid
. Use the
Alarm History Grid with filter
widget to filter logged data.

Overview

Each row in the grid indicates a change in alarm status. Acknowledge and confirm one or all alarms on the grid. The
Alarm grid
widget displays these columns of information:
Column
Description
Timestamp
Date and time of the last alarm event update.
Name
Name of the alarm object that generated the alarm event.
Source variable
Variable the event monitors.
Message
Message associated with the alarm event.
Active
Whether the alarm is:
Inactive
Active
Acked
Whether the alarm is acknowledged or unacknowledged:
Unacknowledged
Acknowledged
Confirmed
Whether the alarm is confirmed or unconfirmed:
Unconfirmed
Confirmed
Severity
Level of alarm severity from 1 to 1000.

Runtime

You can show or hide the grid columns at runtime, see Manage data grid columns at runtime.