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. 
Figure 15.   Filters window
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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 List, console column, or field or %alarmClass% on a report. Specifies or returns the alarm routing option for the component.
Priority [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
  • Timezone
Alarm Transition text Shows the initial source state that caused the alarm to be generated. The Alarm Transition may not be the current state of the alarm source. Once an Alarm Transition is created, 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.