Element symbols

Element symbols reference the values of an Alarm Management element. The element symbols have a different format on the different types of

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view.

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Element symbols on tabular and detail views

The following table lists the element symbols for tabular and detail views:

Symbol	Description
elementname.H	Element header
elementname.O	Element threshold operator
elementname.T	Element threshold
elementname.V	Element value
elementname.V Xn	Element value X is the format type for the value. with the following types: H—hex C—character T—time D—date N—decimal number F—floating point And n is the number (0-99) of decimal places you want to use for a floating-point valve or the width of the format for other values. If n is not specified the following default values are used: 6 decimal places for floating-point values 10 characters wide for other format values Example elementname.VF3 A floating-point valve with 3 decimal places elementname.VH8 A hexidecimal value 8 characters long

The following table lists the element symbols for summary views:

Symbol	Description
& elementname:XXX.H	Element header
& elementname:XXX.O	Element threshold operator
& elementname:XXX .T	Element threshold
& elementname:XXX.V	Element value
& elementname:XXX.V Xn	Element value X is the format type for the value. with the following types: H—hex C—character T—time D—date N—decimal number F—floating point And n is the number (0-99) of decimal places you want to use for a floating-point valve or the width of the format for other values. If n is not specified the following default values are used: 6 decimal places for floating-point values 10 characters wide for other format values Example elementname:XXX.VF3 A floating-point valve with 3 decimal places elementname:XXX.VH8 A hex value 8 characters long

The following table describes the possible values of the summary type (XXX).

Note

The element with the particular summary type must be one that is already in the view.