Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk View Site Edition Users Guide - Manual (Page 251)

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Examples: Using tag placeholders to specify areas and tags
In these examples, the tag placeholder #1 is used in various ways.
The tag placeholder can represent the name of an area, from which you want alarm
information, for all tags the area contains (indicated by the wildcard):
/#1::*
The tag placeholder can represent the name of a subarea:
/Area1/#1/Area3::*
The tag placeholder can represent the name of a tag in the specified area:
Area1::#1
The tag placeholder can represent the name of a a folder in the specified area, from which
you want alarm information for all tags the area contains (indicated by the wildcard):
Area1::Folder/#1/*
Running commands or custom programs for selected alarms
In an HMI tag alarm summary, use the Execute and Identify buttons to run a command,
macro, or custom program, in response to an alarm.
Using the Execute button to run commands or programs
Use the Execute button to specify a command, macro or custom program for the operator
to run with reference to the highlighted alarm.
You can also use parameters with the Execute command, to pass data derived from the
highlighted alarm to the command or custom program.
For example, you might specify Remark as the Execute command, to transfer information
about the highlighted alarm to the FactoryTalk Diagnostics log.
To append the tag value and the severity of the alarm, you would select Severity and Value
from the list of parameters that can be used with the Execute command.
Severity and value are shown only for alarms of type IntoAlarm. For alarm types OutOfAlarm and
IntoFault, the severity is always 0.