Alarm Summary table columns

On the
Alarm Summary Large
 and
Alarm Summary Medium
 tables, alarm data appears in columns. To change an Alarm Summary table or when creating an Alarm Summary table, add columns (for example, add Severity or a row shown in the
Details
pane of the alarm table as a column in an Alarm Summary table), remove columns, or rearrange columns. This table shows the default columns used in the Alarm Summary table on the predefined
AlarmSummary
screen.
Column
Description
Medium Alarm Summary
Large Alarm Summary
! (Priority)
The urgency of the event:
  • Low viewrtalarmsumprioritylowiconV5
  • Medium viewrtalarmsumprioritymediconV5
  • High viewrtalarmsumhighiconV5
  • Urgent viewrtalarmsumurgiconV5
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Alarm State
The state of the alarm condition:
  • Normal, Unacknowledged viewrtalarmsumnormunackiconV5 and Urgent alarmurgentV5
  • In Alarm, Acknowledged viewrtalarmsuminalarmackV5 and Urgent inalarmackedurgent
  • In Alarm, Unacknowledged Icon: ViewRTAlarmSumInAlUnackIcon and Urgent inalarmunackedurgentv5
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Inhibit State
The value applied to an alarm that inhibits the alarm at some level. These states include:
  • Disabled viewrtalarmsumdisablebutton
  • Suppressed suppressV5
  • Shelved ViewRTAlarmSumShelveButtonV5
If no icon appears for Inhibit State, the alarm is of good quality and is not disabled, suppressed, or shelved.
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Event Time
The time the alarm condition or sub-condition changed to the currently displayed state.
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Condition Name
A name that describes the alarm condition. Condition names vary by event category. For example:
  • Analog conditions include DEV_HI, DEV_LO, HIHI, HI, LO, LOLO, ROC_POS, and ROC_NEG
  • Level: LO, LOLO, HI, HIHI, ROC_POS, and ROC_NEG
  • Discrete: TRIP, TRIP_L (Latched)
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Alarm Name
The list of alarms, in all states, for the controllers referenced in the View Designer project. Each row contains an alarm and the conditions. Depending on configuration, the Alarm Name can appear as ::ControllerName.TagName or ::ControllerName\ProgramName.TagName. For tag-based alarms, the Alarm Name appears 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.
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Message
The message assigned to the alarm in the alarm instruction.
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