Alarm Db view
This view is similar to the Alarm Database Maintenance view. It provides a table of history records that cannot be deleted by the operator.
The alarm database view only requires read access to allow operator-level personnel to view alarms in the alarm console. When a point is no longer in alarm, it is removed from the console. The primary purpose of this view is to provide operators a way to view alarms without requiring admin access to delete alarms from the alarm database.
You can double-click on any row in the alarm database maintenance view table and the Alarm Details dialog box appears.
Columns
| Column | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ack Required | true or false | Indicates if the alarm must
be acknowledged (true) or not (false). |
| Ack Time | hours:minutes:seconds | Displays the time that the alarm
was acknowledged (if applicable). |
| Ack State | Acked or Unacked | Indicates if the alarm has been
acknowledged. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Message | text | The actual log message. |
| Normal Time or NormalTime | date and time | Displays the date and time
(if applicable) that the alarm state returned to normal. |
| Priority [alarm] | four fields for configuring importance | Reports the alarm ranking
on a pre-defined importance scale. The lower the number, the higher
the priority. |
| 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. |
| Source State or sourceState | NormalHigh Limit | The status of the entity at the time the event, such as an alarm, occurred. |
| Timestamp | hours:minutes:seconds%timestamp% (on a report) | Reports the date and time the
event occurred. |
| User [alarms] | Drop-down list | Identifies the person that acknowledged the alarm. An unacknowledged alarm displays “unknown.” |
| Uuid | read-only | Displays the Unique Universal Identifier
(UUID) the system uses to identify the alarm record. |
| Last Update | read-only | Displays the time the system most recently updated the alarm. |