Frequent alarm types

The "Frequent alarm types" function can:

  1. Go to menu "Alarm Dashboard > KPIs > Frequent alarm types".
  2. Select one or more desired alarm types using filters (1).
  3. A new window 'Advance filter search' opens.
  4. The number of displayed filterable plants depends on the selected period (2). Only plants with an alarm within the selected period can be selected and displayed using filters.
    • Click 'Apply' to apply the filter.
  5. Enter the period (2) to display the alarm types.
  6. The longer the period, the higher the probability of finding alarm types with alarms.
  7. Displays filtered alarm types in a chart (3).
  8. Each bar represents an alarm type.
  9. The size of the bar represent the number of plants during the selected period.
  10. Move the mouse pointer over individual chart bars.
  11. The name and frequency of stored alarm type display (4).
  12. Select an individual bar by clicking it.
  13. The selected bar is highlighted in color (5).
  14. In the default view, the bar representing the most frequently occurring alarm types is always selected first.
  15. Details of the alarm types highlighted in the chart display (6).
  16. The plants that have reported an alarm of the alarm type highlighted in the diagram are displayed in a list (7). This includes:
    The number and priority of reported alarms of the highlighted alarm type.
    Name and address of the impacted plant.
    A link to 'History of plant alarms': Click '' to open menu 'Alarms > Plants' in a new window (See 'View of plants with an alarm').
  17. Click 'Events↑', 'Designation', 'Description' or 'Address' (8).
  18. The plants are sorted according to their attributes or alphabetically.
  19. Click the plant name (9) to switch to its Plant Dashboard.
  20. The "Operation" menu opens in a new window and displays the Plant Dashboard.