Alarm Summary table columns

Data fields in the
Alarm Summary
 table appear in columns with descriptions of alarm information. The large
Alarm Summary
 table contains all columns by default. Medium
Alarm Summary
 tables contain a subset of the columns.
The columns and their order depend on the configuration performed in
View Designer
. Data shown in the
Details
pane may be added as a column in the
Alarm Summary
table.
Column
Description
Medium Alarm Summary
Large Alarm Summary
! (Priority)
The urgency of the event:
  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
  • Urgent
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Alarm State
The state of the alarm condition:
  • Normal, Unacknowledged and Urgent
  • In Alarm, Acknowledged and Urgent
  • In Alarm, Unacknowledged and Urgent
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Inhibit State
The value applied to an alarm that inhibits the alarm at some level. These states include:
  • Disabled
  • Suppressed suppressV5
  • Shelved
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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