Alarm History table columns

Data fields in the
Alarm History
table appear in columns with descriptions of alarm information. The configuration in
View Designer
 determines the columns and the order of the columns.
View Designer
 enables adding, removing or rearranging the columns.
Column
Description
! (Priority)
The urgency of the event:
  • Low Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumPriorityLowIcon
  • Medium Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumPriorityMedIcon
  • High Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumHighIcon
  • Urgent Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumUrgIcon
Alarm
The state of the alarm condition:
  • Normal, Acknowledged ViewRTAHVNormAackIcon
  • Normal, Unacknowledged Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumNormUnackIcon and Urgent Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumNormUnackUrgIcon
  • In Alarm, Acknowledged Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumInAlarmAck and Urgent Icon: VieViewRTAlSumInAlAckUrgentIcon
  • In Alarm, Unacknowledged Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumInAlUnackIcon and Urgent Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumInAlUnackUrgIcon
Inhibit
The value applied to an alarm that inhibits the alarm at some level. These states include:
  • Disabled Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumDisabledIcon
  • Enabled
  • Suppressed Icon: VieViewRTAlarmSumSuppressedIcon
  • Unsuppressed
  • Shelved Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumShelvedIcon
  • Unshelved
  • Faulted Fault icon
  • Alarm Count Reset
If no icon appears for Inhibit State, the alarm is of good quality and is not disabled, suppressed, or shelved.
Event Time
The time the alarm condition or sub-condition changed to the currently displayed state.
The alarm state changes are sorted by default using this column, from the newest, to the oldest.
Condition Name
A name that describes the alarm condition. Condition names vary by event category. For example:
  • Level: LO, LOLO, HI, HIHI, ROC_POS, ROC_NEG
  • Discrete: TRIP, TRIP_L (Latched)
Alarm Name
The name of the alarm. This name includes the controller name of the alarm and the tag name. It can also include the name of the program if the tag is defined at the program level. Depending on how it was configured, the Alarm Name can appear as ::ControllerName.TagName or ::ControllerName\ProgramName.
For tag-based alarms, the alarm name can appear as ::ControllerName\ProgramName.TagName.@Alarms.AlarmName. If the tag is not located inside a program, this part is omitted and the Alarm Name appears as ::ControllerName.TagName.@Alarms.AlarmName.
Message
The message assigned to the alarm in the alarm instruction or tag-based alarm configuration.
State Change
The types of state changes for an alarm include:
  • Triggered
  • Untriggered
  • Acknowledged
  • Disabled
  • Enabled
  • Suppressed
  • Unsuppressed
  • Shelved
  • Unshelved
  • Configuration Changed
  • Fault
  • Alarm Counter Reset
Tag 1 Value
The value of tag 1.
Tag 2 Value
The value of tag 2.
Tag 3 Value
The value of tag 3.
Tag 4 Value
The value of tag 4.
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