Alarm Grid Columns

Sample Alarm Grid Column Configuration dialog box

1. Click to open the Alarm Grid Column Configuration dialog box.
2. Click Use default columns to add 11 default columns: Alarm Priority, Alarm Acknowledge, Alarm Condition, SiteService, Long Point ID, Primary Value, Primary Units, Timestamp, Description, Facility ID, and Uniform Data Code.
3. Or click Add column to add a new, blank column type from the drop-down menu: Alarm Column, Facility Column, Generic Column, and Point Column.
   
   1. Alarm column — An alarm column presents data for a point by an alarm attribute.
   2. Facility column — A facility column presents data for a point by a facility attribute. You can choose to resolve the facility to a relative facility if desired.
   3. Generic column — A generic column can display any kind of scripted data of your choosing using C# or VB.NET at runtime. First configure the column in Canvas and then reference the column by name to pull in CygNet or other values. A generic column can be used to discover data defined in a supporting script. If the column is defined, but no data is defined, then the column is hidden by default. The cells in a generic column can be configured to be editable in run mode, so that, for example, users could make quick data changes to facilities in a grid format. Changed values are not saved anywhere but in the grid, but they can be saved or otherwise manipulated via script.
   4. Point column — A point column presents data for a point by UDC and point attribute. You can choose to resolve the point to a relative facility if desired. The property sheet displays Common and Point properties. Point column types also support a Summary row at the bottom of the grid that can show the following values for the data in the column: a total Count, a Sum, the Min value, the Max value, the Min and Max values, and the Mean value.
4. The Alarm Grid Column properties are grouped into several property groups: the Alarm properties are available only to the Alarm column, the Common properties are shared by all column types; the Facility properties are available only to Facility columns, the Point properties are available only to Point columns, and the Summary properties are available only to Point columns.

5. Click to expand each property group as necessary. Click to collapse each property group as necessary.

6. Complete the column configuration to suit your needs using the property groups described below:
   1. Alarm property group (Alarm column only)
   2. Common property group (All column types)
   3. Facility property group (Facility column only)
   4. Point property group (Point column only)
   5. Summary property group (Point column only)
7. Repeat for each column.
8. Reorder your columns by selecting, then dragging or dropping the column name to a new location in the column list.
9. Or click (Delete column) to remove a column from the grid as necessary.
10. Once the desired columns are configured, click OK to save.
11. Or click Cancel to abort and close the Grid Column Configuration dialog box.