Create an Alarm grid

Create an
Alarm grid
 to display the status of each alarm in a row.
  1. Customize the objects included in the
    Alarm grid
     to change the appearance of the grid and display specific alarm information.
  2. In the main toolbar, select
    Template Libraries
    .
  3. In
    Template Libraries
    , select
    Widgets
    .
  4. Under
    Components
    , drag
    Alarm Grid
     to a folder in the
    UI
     folder.
    AlarmGrid# (type)
     appears.
  5. In
    Template Libraries
    , select
    Close
    .
  6. (optional) On the editor, select the alarm grid and the buttons of the alarm grid to customize the
    Properties
     and
    Events
     of the grid and buttons. For example, to change the appearance of the grid:
    • Row color
      . Select the background color row or select
      Add Dynamic Link
       to bind to a tag with the value of the color.
    • Row text color
      , Select the color of the text in the alarm grid or select
      Add Dynamic Link
       to bind to a tag with the value of the color.
  7. (optional) To display additional alarm information at runtime, select the
    AlarmsDataGrid
     and add columns:
    1. In
      Properties
      , after
      Columns
      , select
      Add
       and select the type of column to appear at the right end of the grid:
      • Text column
        . A column with static text.
      • Editable text column
        . A column with text that you can edit at runtime.
      • Image column
        . A column that displays a graphic.
    2. In
      Properties
      , expand
      Columns
       and scroll to the new column
      DataGridColumn#
      .
    3. In
      Text
       for the column, select
      Add Dynamic Link
      .
    4. In the Dynamic Link window, navigate to
      Alias
      {Item}(…)
      AlarmCondition
      , and then select the property for the alarm event.
      To view properties by alarm type, expand alarm events, identified by
      .
      TIP: By default, the
      Alarm grid
       displays all of the enabled and active alarms. To display only certain alarms at runtime, see Create an alarm filter.
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