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Hi Glenn, You only need one single hardware mobile gateway in your cluster.

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Hi Ramya, The functionality you describe will soon be available in DataMiner Dashboards. In our next feature (10.0.13) and main release (10.1.0) we'll have a new feature called 'Generic Query Interface'...

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Hi Kris, In order to make it dynamic, the first step is make your dashboard dynamic by using a feed. I understand from your post that the context of both your Visio and dashboard is 'an element' from...

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Hi, You can't fully remove the 'Apps' section from the navigation rail, but you can hide most of the individual items via the permission tab in system center - Users / Groups - Groups Tab. This is the...

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Hi Jeff, You can configure a user/group setting to filter the alarms that are being sent to Cube: see DataMiner Help -> Filter the alarms before they enter Cube In the setting you can select a public...

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Hi Dessler, Security on all dashboards can be configured in Cube System Center/Users-Groups/Permissions. We have permission flags for Viewing/Adding/Editing/Deleting. In 10.1.1 we're adding an extra level...

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Also note that one of our 'create' development teams is busy adding an extra column to the 'Views, Services & Elements' GQI data sources that will represent the alarm state. So you can expect this...

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Hi Bruno, There was a similar question before: Is there a Plan for Internet Explorer End of Life June 2022 - DataMiner Dojo and I believe the answer is still valid.

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Hi Tomoya, Interesting question. We tried to explain that difference in the introduction of the DataMiner Dashboard course: What is DataMiner Dashboards? - DataMiner Dojo

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Hi Jordane, Not really sure what you mean by 'generate his own report', but if you mean 'generating a pdf version of your dashboard', then I can say that this is still a 'Soft launch' feature which will...

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The TableRowFilter is explained in the help as: Use the “TableRowFilter” option to filter out specific rows. This is a server-side filter that accepts a semicolon-separated list of PID=value pairs....

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DataMiner Cube is compatible with multi-touch screen technology, mainly because the touch events and gestures fall back to mouse events through the WPF framework it is built on. Next to the basic support,...

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Both *.vdx and *.vsdx are xml-based indeed and we could have chosen 'direct file updates' instead of interaction with the Visio Application to save shape data. The main reasons for the current choice...

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Hi Phillip, In your version 10.1, the Cube communicates towards the DataMiner Agent via .Net Remoting (http traffic over TCP/8004 > cfr http posts in your question). In later versions, we support gRPC...

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You are probably looking for a stacked trend line. See also Is it possible to have a dashboard to show multiple interfaces bandwidth aggregated? - DataMiner Dojo We currently have a task on top of our...

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Hi Jonathan, Moving the Jobs application (or any other Web Application) can be done via the Gateway functionality. This is possible since feature release 10.0.12, see the release note for more information....

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hi Leander, I believe for now, your best way forward is pie graph linked to a custom GQI query.

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Hi, #1 could be done with a GQI Query in dashboards: State information is not yet available as data source in Queries, but most likely that will come in a later iteration (at that point you will be...

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Hi Ross, This is a known issue on our backlog. The foreground color in the tooltips in the node-edge have a dynamic background color, but the foreground color is fixed to black. For now, it's best to...

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When using controls in your Visio drawing it is advised to use 'NoAutoScale' as option, so you have no scaling inconsistencies indeed. Not within your Visio page and not in relation with the other UI in...

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Hi Thomas, Built-in sources have metadata included that are being used for feeding. In 10.4.1, Ad hoc data also supports metadata see: Linking rows to DataMiner objects | DataMiner Docs I believe that...

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Hi Chris, Did you consider using a GQI query based on alarm data? That will probably perform better (in case you have an Elastic Database in place)

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Hi Jeremy Great use case for a low code app! We are currently working on extending the alarm console in Low code apps (and in dashboards, Monitoring app, as it's the same component) because we are very...

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Hi Alberto, 'Created and modified' properties for Services are expected in one of the coming 10.2.x feature releases. For Visio changes (both assignment and edits) we have information events indeed. In...

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Hi Baptiste, Can you try with 'type' ImageWithBackgroundAndRegions? I guess with this type the regions that Toon is referring too should also be rendered in the image.

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Hi Bruno, Not directly possible at the moment, unless you have/make that information available in a driver/protocol/connector? But we have an interesting feature in the pipeline in which you will be able...

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Hi Rene, Dashboards can indeed hold references to other objects like elements, services, views, ... The references are stored on id to allow renaming of the objects. Transferring dashboards from one...

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Hi Yohann, Not sure what introduced it, but seems like you have an invalid value specified as Default time zone for the client applications. You can find this setting in: c:\Skyline DataMiner\Users\ClientSettings.json...

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At this moment, the bar chart you referring to is a chart based on functionality we added in the past for DataMiner Reporter. This implementation has limited filtering capabilities (limited to view, time...

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Hi Bruno, Although replacing newer dashboard files to older DataMiner version might work sometimes (and at some level), it is definitely bad practice and in most cases it will break part of the functionality...

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No, not at this moment, but I totally understand the user story of going back to a previous version. Please create a task so that we implement such a feature.

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Hi Ramunas, If it's only one single user, then the user settings could also be valuable to add. You'll find them on the agent he/she is connecting to in c:\Skyline DataMiner\Users\[username]\ClientSettings.json....

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Thank you Alberto, I'm aware that the UX of our time range selector is not great. I understand that in the context of masking just selecting a end date is sometimes easier. There might be something quick...

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Hi Hideyuki, [Update] Confirmed software issue I'm not sure if it is a simple 'element access' issue like Toon described, because your element list should not show the elements you don't have access...

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If you really want to get those insights today Dominique, there might be a way to do this from inside the DataMiner system, based on the login information events from the account linked to the dashboard....

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Hi Maximiliano, If you want to do some automation with Spectrum elements, you may want to work with Spectrum analyzer scripts and monitors | DataMiner Docs ? Hope this helps you further.

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Hi Zain, The ID '75' is the ID of the property configuration. I would advice you to indeed change the id of one of the two in propertyConfiguration.xml, so they are unique again. After changing, you need...

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Hi Elvio, Thank you for your question and showing interest in the alarm grouping feature. As with many of our AI powered features in DataMiner, we started alarm grouping with zero-configuration approach....

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In addition to item 2 from Ben, you can also have stacked line charts in dashboards. Here is a quick gif on how you can do that for example on the task manager table of a Windows server: see also: Line...

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Hi Jens, I believe all columns in data display initialize with 'ascending' an their initial sorting direction. Do you believe we should change this to 'descending' for all tables? Would that be a better...

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In case the parameter values do not map with alarming on that same parameter, you can also add 'rule conditions' in your rule. see also: Adding rule conditions in Correlation rules | DataMiner Docs Condition...

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Hi Jens, Is creating an alarm filter also too much overhead? If not, you can link to an alarm filter. (see DataMiner Help)

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For point1, the element list in a view card, we have indeed limited support for customization of columns. For point2, we have a feature (10.0.6FR / 10.1.0MR), so that the column layout can be saved via...

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At first sight, it looks like a software issue indeed, would it be possible to create a task in Collaboration please? If not possible, let us know, then we can create an internal one.

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Not at this moment (10.1.8 or earlier) Ive, what query did you have in mind?

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Hi Steve, Thx for giving this feedback. I agree that we can further improve by for example hiding the main header & footer where they are not really needed. This has been logged as a 'new software...

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No, we don't use Silverlight in DataMiner Cube. DataMiner Cube is available as an xbap version in Internet explorer and as standalone application in Windows. From DataMiner 10 onwards, we are promoting...

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Miguel, Over time, Cube can build up some memory. Depending on the size of the DMS it is connecting to and the activity it can grow to a couple of GB. From time to time, it should also release some memory,...

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The CleanXbapCache tool cleans up the click-once installation of DataMiner cube. This can only impact the versions that are installed through click-once (Cube hosted in Internet explorer / Cube standalone...

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No Wale, in DataMiner Cube, that's not possible in the current version. But there are some alternatives that you might want to consider. You can increase your scaling in Windows, but then, of course...

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Is Elastic Database installed on your agent and is the indexing on alarms activated? You can check that in Cube System Center/Search & Indexing: [x] Enable indexing on alarms BTW, in 10.0.7 you don't...

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Back in 2013, we implemented an 'Easter Egg' in the software to do something like you describe. I see it is still working. It's not exactly what you described, because it's sliding between the different...

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Hi Paul, First of all, thank you so much for sharing your case with that level of detail. I would like to find an acceptable way forward for you. Ok if I send you a meeting invite to go in full depth...

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Hi Bruno, As you need some extra calculations op top of your DataMiner Data, I would advise you to look into Configuring an ad hoc data source in a query | DataMiner Docs | Configuring a custom operator...

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Yes there are plans to enhance the trend chart in Monitoring/Dashboards/LC Apps and extend it with some of the nice features Cube has, like prediction, patterns, anomalies, ... . At this moment, this is...

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hi Mieke, I think I understand your use case, but I'm not sure if a trigger component on a page triggering a script is the best way to solve this. What if 200 people have the app open? Maybe we can add...

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Hi Brecht, This feature (page visibility linked to parameter value) originates from the use case where certain pages did not contain data because polling was conditionally disabled for the parameter on...

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Hi Arunkrishna, Alarms typically have a lifecycle. When a parameter goes from a 'normal value' into the 'warning' threshold for example, a 'New alarm' will be created. In case the value further evolves...

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Hi Hans, I am very much interested to hear from you about other useful features that were removed. Feel free to reply them here or to suggest them as DataMiner Feature Suggestions - DataMiner Dojo.

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While in DataMiner Cube we use the Time zone from the Agent you are connected to indeed, our web apps use the local time zone by default (but this can be overridden via a config to a fixed time zone: see...

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Hi Jorge, In case you want to mask an interface (which is probably all cells from a row in a table?) before there is an alarm on it, I believe we don't have built-in support of this in DataMiner Cube...

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Hi Bruno, The parameter heatlines for table parameters are per table row. You can see the same heatlines in the element card on the reports pages as well. There you can clearly see how it expands to the...

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Hi Robbie, We have a tree control in the feed section in dashboards, but it actually does not behave like a real tree control. We have an internal task to rework the list, tree and drop down feed controls...

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Hi Laurens, I have looked into your specific use case and seems like you are integrating the logo in your Visio file via an url. So what happens is that we display a small embedded web browser in the shape...

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Hi Alberto, Thanks for bringing this up. I agree that this would be a useful feature. In DataMiner 10.0 and 10.1 the behavior is still the same though. The use case you are describing, is that one that...

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Hi, I believe this is possible when creating an alarm filter that filters on the Alarm.System.Name and Alarm.System.Type. Alarm.System.Type should like to the field name (in this case CCAP Core) and Alarm.System.Type...

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Hi Laurens, I confirm the behavior for users added via AD and one of their groups was already added to DataMiner. I guess this is a software issue indeed as the same does not happen when you manually add...

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Hi Alberto, Having a ticket id in an alarm property totally makes sense to me, even more than having it in the comments. (Do you know we also have DataMiner ticketing which is nicely integrated into the...

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Hi Laurine, Interesting question. In our DataMiner Dashboards, we have a data source called 'Queries'. With Queries you can get access to all kinds of data in DataMiner and play with it. You can for...

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Jeroen, I guess an Aggregate 'Count distinct' followed by a 'group by' should do the job. Feel free to share your specific use case in case this does not work for you.

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GQI is definitely what you need if you want to further evolve you pivot table component. The feeds in 10.1.3, like Sebastiaan mentioned will solve your need. But also the filter component can be handy....

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Hi Alex, At first sight, this looks like an issue. Would it be possible to create an issue task for this in collaboration, so that we can follow up on this? Thx Pieter

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Hey Ive, Like Sebastiaan mentioned you can use the query filter component (currently available in soft launch) to highlight/filter you node-edge. If you want DataMiner to resolve your service-element relations,...

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You are totally right here Bruno, we can do better. I have created a task in our Collaboration platform to follow up on this.

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Dashboard Gateway configuration is manual configuration indeed and so is the load balancing/redundancy of it. There is nothing built-in into DataMiner at the moment to manage this configuration, but you...

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Hi Bruno, At his moment, we have stacked charts functionality in Visio. We have an example on our 'https://dcpdma.skyline.be' DataMiner. Users with a older type of DCP account can already access 'dcpdma.skyline.be'...

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Makes sense indeed to have a 'read-only' version of your table in dashboards. With GQI you can already get there, I believe. GQI even allows you to filter out rows and columns in an easy way. At this moment,...

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Hi Bing, With the current version you can come close if you add a 'List' component (Feeds category) and link it with the Indices from your table (Data/Indices). You will only have one column in your list,...

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Hi Kawssar, Seems like a reasonable request and valuable indeed, thanks for sharing. I have created a task for it in your maintenance project in our Collaboration platform, so you can follow up on the...

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PDF generation for dashboards in still under softlaunch because it has some open issues, both on the pdf generation itself and on the configuration in Cube (where the UI is indeed (in a first version)...

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Hi Min, Our DEV team confirmed that the notices should clear automatically. So, as this is not the case for your customer, I would suggest we take a closer look at their setup via a collaboration ticket.

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Hi Dave, Can you clarify what you mean with a 'masked service'. To my knowledge you can mask alarms, parameters & elements (and EPM objects), but not services. Services will indeed show 'Normal' when...

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Hi Stefan, Do I understand correctly that you have a service (created via service template) with custom property 'CHANNEL_ELEMENT_SOURCEPROBE2' having the value '[element:5:name]'? And then in your Visio...

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hi Matthias, I can't immediately think of something that can explain what you describe. Let's create a collaboration task to investigate in detail. You can send the task to 'domain.create.data-core'....

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Hi Romain, The min/max value is typically showing N/A whenever you are in the 'Realtime trending' time range. In that time range you have the full granularity of your trending and we don't have an average/min/max...

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Hi Matt, Just wondering, did you fill in a correct username and Password on the Security page (accessible via the 'Security' button in the bottom right corner of your screenshot?

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Hi Steve, At this moment, there is no target release defined for spectrum component support in the context for dashboard sharing. Please contact me to further discuss your situation and maybe help you...

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Hi Jens, the link Tom refers to will indeed show you how you can apply filtering on hyperlinks. Unfortunately, the alarm object in DataMiner does not contain a field or property with the connector name/version....

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Hi Jim, Adding Severity Duration or Alarm duration to the standard alarm console component as a column is not on the short list today, but maybe there is something we can do with a query and custom operator...

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Hi Arne On the Data displays (Cube/Monitoring app), this will not be possible indeed, but do know that in dashboards and low code apps, you can achieve that. You'll need a GQI query with a column manipulation...

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Hi Ive, While staying tuned for what's coming, you can maybe work around with an ad hoc data source accepting some input parameters (you can link those to feeds). In 10.3.4 you can use the new OnInit()?

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Hi Sri, A good starting point regarding logging on Visio rendering issues is SLUIProvider.txt in c:\Skyline DataMiner\Logging The process that's doing the rendering is slhelper. If you look at the process...

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[update] DataMiner 10.3.3 will come with an extra column 'Alarm state' in your GQI 'Get Views', 'Get Services' and 'Get Elements' data sources.

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[update] DataMiner 10.3.3 will come with an extra column 'Alarm state' in your GQI 'Get Views', 'Get Services' and 'Get Elements' data sources.

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Another test you can do is trying to connect from your Dashboard GW server with DataMiner cube to the DataMiner Agent (with the same host, user & pwd). The connection the Web APIs do from your Dashboard...

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Hi Rene, While our designs should be optimized for all common screen sizes, we typically design our pages against a 1440px width (full application width). So for pages inside Cube, we typically subtract...

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Hi Bruno, This is a caching issue in our WebApis which has been fixed in 10.2.4 and 10.2.0. (The WebApis did not get an update of being cloud connected) You can workaround the issue by restarting the...

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Hi Bernard, Alarm template conditions can be configured through the UI, so you don't need to worry about the syntax. Element Properties can be accessed via the 'generic' table parameter [properties]....

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