7.3 Viewing Alarm Severity

By default, all alarms display in the Alarms view. Use the Filter toolbar buttons to display or hide alarms based on severity level. For more information, see Filtering Elements and Alarms.

Figure 7-3 Alarm Severity Filter Buttons

To manage shading and view alarm severity colors:

7.3.1 Shading or Removing Shading from All Rows

By default, only the Severity column is shaded to match the alarm’s severity level. It is possible to shade all other columns with the alarm’s severity level color.

To highlight or remove severity highlighting of alarm rows:

  1. From the Format menu, select or deselect Show Severity Colors.

Another option is displaying the alarm totals by severity in a dialog box that opens over the console.

7.3.2 Viewing Alarm Severity Colors

To view the alarm severity colors and the total number of alarms for each level:

  1. From the Format menu, select Show Alarm Summary.

    A dialog box opens, displaying the total number of alarms for each severity level.

  2. Close the dialog box when finished viewing the alarm totals.