Interactive Alarm List

The alarm page templates feature an interactive alarm list that supports the following functionality:

Adjustable Columns

The user can adjust the columns displayed on the alarm list. Options include:

• Reposition a column by drag-and-drop its column heading to the new position.

• Delete a column by drag-and-drop its column heading (vertically) beyond the column heading row.

• Insert or delete a column via a pop-up menu by right-clicking a column heading

• Adjust the size of a column by dragging the column separator that appears at the right edge of a column heading.

Dockable Equipment tree-view

• Adjust the width of the equipment tree-view by dragging the column separator that appears at the right edge of the column.When selected the column separator will change from blue to gray.

• To hide the equipment tree-view click the arrow icon on the column separator. On clicking it the equipment tree-view will collapse and be hidden from view. Click the arrow icon at the edge of the page to show the equipment tree-view on screen.

Selection of Alarms

The user can select single or multiple alarms on the alarm list so that the same operation can be applied to multiple selected alarms in one go. If some of the selected alarms are off-screen, before the required operation is completed, a message dialog will popup, reminding the user that some of the selected records are not viewable. On clicking Continue or the Enter key the selected records on and off the screen will be acted on. On clicking Cancel or the ESC key the command is canceled. If the selected records are viewable on-screen the message dialog will not open.

Alarm selection works as follows:

• To select a single alarm: Left-click an alarm that is not already selected to select it.

• To select a continuous range of alarms: Select a single alarm to mark the start of the selection. Then hold the SHIFT key and left-click another alarm to extend the selection. Alternatively, you can select rows by dragging the mouse cursor from the starting to the ending row. Once rows are selected, you can extend the range of the selection by SHIFT left-clicking another row of alarm.

• To select disjointed rows, hold the CTRL key while selecting a row.

• To deselect alarm(s): Left-click any alarm within a selection range to deselect the whole range. Only the row that you have clicked will remain selected. Click the selected row again to deselect it.

Sorting the Alarm List

Users can sort the alarm list display using most fields except for 'State' and 'Type'. To sort click on the header of the relevant column.

Note: Alarms on the Alarm Summary Page can be sorted on only on date and time.

The default order of alarms is dependent on the [Alarm]SummarySortMode parameter and the type of alarm page.

Refer to the topic Alarm List Default Sort Order for more information.

Context Menu

Right-click on any alarm row to bring up the context menu for alarm operations. Options available in the context menu will vary depending on whether single or multiple items are selected. If you right-click on an alarm that is not already selected, this will select it. Subsequent commands (selected from the context menu) will then only operate on this single alarm. On the other hand, if you right-click on any alarm within a selection range, this will not change the selection. Subsequent commands selected will operate on each alarm within the selection range. Several operation options are available in the context menu:

• Acknowledge: acknowledges selected alarms. This option is restricted by the privilege set by the parameter [Privilege]AckAlarms. This is not available on the Alarm Summary page.

• Disable: disables selected alarms. This option is restricted by the privilege set by the parameter [Privilege]DisableAlarms. It is not available on the Disabled Alarms page.

• Enable: enables selected alarms. This option is restricted by the privilege set by the parameter [Privilege]DisableAlarms It is not available on the Active Alarms page.

• Comment: Add a comment to an event. This option is only available when a single row is selected. This option is restricted by the privilege set by the parameter [Privilege]AckAlarms. This option is available to Alarm Summary and SOE pages only.

• Information: displays the detailed information of a single alarm.

• Help: displays the Help page of a single alarm.

  Note: The Hardware Alarms template only allows a single alarm to be selected. Its context menu has only the Acknowledge option which is also restricted by the privilege set by parameter [Privilege]AckAlarms.