Filters window
This window displays the properties you can use to include or exclude alarms from the alarm console. This filter action only affects which alarms display in the alarm console; it cannot be used to edit an alarm record or perform alarm maintenance. To access it, click Filter in the bottom of the Alarm Console Window or in the top right-hand corner. If you set the Filter on, The Filter button turns to red. To select multiple enums, use ctrl+click.
Note: If you are filtering on a field that uses a wildcard
(Source, Alarm Class or User), make sure to put the percent character (%) at both
ends of the text string, otherwise, the filter does not work.
| Property | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Source State or sourceState | NormalHigh Limit | The status of the entity at the time the event, such as an alarm, occurred. |
| Ack State | Acked or Unacked | Indicates if the alarm has been
acknowledged. |
| Ack Required | true or false | Indicates if the alarm must
be acknowledged (true) or not (false). |
| Source | %alarmData.sourceName% | Displays the path to the point that is generating the alarm. Note: For how to format this information on a report, click on the help
icon to the right of the field. |
| Alarm Class | read-only used in Lists, console columns, or %alarmClass% on a report. | Defines alarm routing options
and priorities. Typical alarm classes include High, Medium and Low. An alarm class
of Low might send an email message, while an alarm
class of High might trigger a text message to the
department manager. |
| Priority (for the on-call contact) | 1–255 for each transition, default: 255; %priority% on a report | Specifies the order in
which the OnCallService sends alarm notifications
to the OnCallContact. Colors graphically identify
alarm priority levels. You set up Priority levels using the alarm
options window. The contact with the lowest number (highest priority)
receives notification first. An alarm that is not acknowledged within
the designated time is forwarded to the next contact in the list. Note: Contacts may share the same Priority number. The OnCallService sends an identical notification to all contacts that have the same
priority number |
| Normal Time or NormalTime | date and time | Displays the date and time
(if applicable) that the alarm state returned to normal. |
| Ack Time | hours:minutes:seconds | Displays the time that the alarm
was acknowledged (if applicable). |
| User [provisioning] | text | The station user that requested the job. This column displays unknown if job was triggered by a linked schedule. |
| Alarm Data | read-only | Presents a detailed list of
alarm data, including this information: Status, toState, msgText,
Count, fromState and Timezone. |
| Alarm Transition | text | Shows the initial source state that
generated the alarm. This value may not reflect the current state
of the alarm source. Once the framework creates an Alarm
Transition, it does not change for a single alarm record.
For example, if the source state returned to normal after an offnormal
status, this value remains at offnormal. |
| Last Update | read-only | Displays the time the system most recently updated the alarm. |