alarm-SourceName

This component creates a customized alarm source name using a BFormat string that obtains values from objects. This feature is primarily for developers.

To access, expand Config > Services > OrionAlarmService > RdbAlarmDatabaseConversion and double-click SourceName.

Property	Value	Description
Op	drop-down list	Selects where to appy text. Use Existing ignores text. Prepend prefaces the name with text. Append places text as a suffix to the name. Replace replaces the name altogether with text.
Text	BF Format	Defines the format string as normal text with embedded scripts denoted by the percentage symbol (%). The driver maps calls within the script to an object’s methods. You can chain using the dot operator (.). To insert a percentage character itself, use two percentage symbols (%%). Several special functions are available: “%time()%” formats the current time as BAbsTime. “%lexicon(mobile:key)%” gets the specified lexicon text.

Property

Value

Description

drop-down list

Selects where to appy text.

Use Existing ignores text.

Prepend prefaces the name with text.

Append places text as a suffix to the name.

Replace replaces the name altogether with text.

Text

BF Format

Defines the format string as normal text with embedded scripts denoted by the percentage symbol (%). The driver maps calls within the script to an object’s methods. You can chain using the dot operator (.). To insert a percentage character itself, use two percentage symbols (%%).

Several special functions are available:

“%time()%” formats the current time as BAbsTime.

“%lexicon(mobile:key)%” gets the specified lexicon text.