The columns in the Alarms Grid show properties of the alarm events. Columns can be added or removed through the column header right-click menu.
These are the alarm event properties that can be shown in the grid.
Ack. Status: Acknowledgment status: Unacknowledged, Acknowledged, or Cleared.
*Start Time: The start time of the event.
End Time: The end time of the event.
State: Alarm state: Open (in-progress) or Closed (ended).
Priority: Alarm priority, High, Medium or Low, based on Alarm Configuration. Priority can affect row coloring if enabled in Alarm List Configuration.
Locked: Whether or not the alarm event is locked. If locked, the cell contains the text “Yes”. If not locked, the cell is blank.
*Process: The process area associated with the alarm event.
*Alarm: The alarm name.
Type: Source of alarm event.
Grade: The grade name associated with the alarm event, if applicable.
*Tag: Short tag name of the base alarm tag.
UTag: UTag name of the base alarm tag.
*Tag Description: Description of the base alarm tag.
*Reason: Reason assigned to the alarm.
*Comment: Comment assigned to the alarm.
*Duration: Total duration of the alarm.
Categories: Any categories that have been assigned to the alarm definition.
Run Name: If using the Run Browser to view alarm events from multiple runs, shows the unique run name.
*Links: Whether or not the alarm definition has linked displays configured. If it has linked displays, the cell contains the text “Yes”. If not, the cell is blank. Linked displays can be opened through the right-click menu.
*Properties with an asterisk(*) are visible in the Default layout.
To rearrange columns, click and drag the column header. The column order can be reset through the column header right-click menu.
The default column order is: Start Time, Process, Alarm, Tag, Tag Description, Reason, Comment, Duration, Links.
If the Alarm List display is not in the Default Layout, alarm events can be sorted by property. Click on a column header to sort by that property. Events can also be sorted by grouping.
The default sort order is first by Start Time descending, then by Tag ascending.
If the Alarm List display is not in the Default Layout, the grouping and sorting of alarm events can be modified. Alarm events can be grouped by property by dragging a column into the grouping section above the grid. The order (left to right, high to low) of the properties in the grouping section corresponds to how the events are rolled up in the report. Click and drag properties in the grouping section to rearrange them. To control the sorting of the groups, click on a property in the grouping section.
Each property used for grouping has a group row header that shows a summary of the events within the group. Groups can be expanded and collapsed by clicking on the group header row.
The default grouping is first by State, then by Acknowledgment Status, then by Priority. The groups are first sorted by Acknowledgment Status ascending (Unacknowledged, Acknowledged, Cleared), then by Priority descending (High, Medium, Low).
If Auto Refresh is disabled, the alarms grid can be filtered by column values. Enter filter values in the blue filter row.
Right-click a column header to open the context menu.
Column names: Check a column name to show that column in the alarms grid. See Column Definitions for descriptions.
Reset Column Layout: Return column layout to default.
Width: Set a fixed width for the selected column.
Show Header: Whether to show or hide the column header row. This option is also available in the alarms grid right-click menu.