How to
Changing the Alarm State Sort Order
You change the sort order of the alarm states to display alarms in the Alarms pane or an Alarm View in the order you choose.
For the changes to be saved, you must have permissions to change the alarm state sort order.
If you have permission to change the alarm state sort order, the change affects all users and all Alarm Views in the system.
To get a better view of the objects in views and lists, you can use a number of functions like filtering, grouping, and sorting.
You can group objects to display them in a specific way, for example, by their priority or name. You can also add sub groups by adding new columns to a group.
You can change from descending to ascending sort order by using the small arrow in the column heading. You can also sort alarms on, for example, state or priority by adding columns that contain the information you want to sort by. You can sort on several columns by pressing SHIFT and then sorting a new column. The sorting is done in the order in which you added a new sorting.
Example:
You sort by alarm state and then priority. First of all the alarms are sorted by their state. If several alarms have the same state, they are sorted by priority.
Group and sort order changes to the List View are saved when you close or leave the list. You have to manually save other changes to panes and Views.
You can group and sort objects in the following panes and views in WorkStation:
List View
Alarms pane
Alarm Views
Events pane
Event Views
Watch pane
Watch Views
Trend Log List View
In WorkStation, right-click in the Alarms pane or in an Alarm View.
Point to Alarm View settings and then click Alarm state sort order .
Select the state you want to reposition.
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Click the up or down arrow to change the sort order.
Repeat the operation to reposition other states.
Click OK .
If you have permission to change the alarm state sort order, the changes are saved for all users and all alarm views in the system. If you do not have permission to change the alarm state sort order, the change is temporary.
Group and Sort Objects
Alarm States
Alarm State Sort Order Dialog Box
Alarms Pane Context Menu
Software Permissions