Hey DataMiner community,
I’m looking for a way to visualize an aggregated alarm state of multiple elements on visual overview. I understand that a DMS service will be able to provide this information, but as there is no need to track the state, and it is only a visual indication, I’d like to understand the most efficient way to do this.
One option is using ParametersSummary, but as far as I understand, this does requires standalone or tables as an input. (How to show the alarm state of a particular table row in Visual Overview in a more efficient way? – DataMiner Dojo)
- Is there a way to use the ParametersSummary on full elements, rather than defining separate parameters?
- Another possibility could be a dashboard ad-hoc data source with subscription, but is not exactly aligned with the result I initially wanted to achieve.
- Aggregation rules or AlarmSummary will likely not provide the flexibility I’m looking for, i.e. many different cases of grouping elements.
- Any other ideas or possibilities?
Thanks!
Hi Leander,
I wasn’t able to get there as well with the parameterssummary. I tried first with the general parameters but it was not possible to translate the text of a shape to an actual Alarm Color. I think I did find a possible solution though.
You can use the following shape data:
AlarmSummary : active||false|Alarm|FilterContext=172/96|172/101
Options: DefaultAlarmLevel=Normal
Ref Docs: Linking a shape to an alarm filter | DataMiner Docs
Kind Regards,
Jarno
Some more information, currently this will not work on function resource DVEs, as alarms are not raised on these. The alarms are raised on main element, but have function impact.
As this feature looks at the alarms, it can currently not be used to show an overall state of a resource function dve, or a summary of multiple.
However, we’re looking if this can be supported.
Thanks for the suggestion, Jarno. Unfortunately, I need to link to a DVE and this does only seem to be applicable to elements, not DVEs it seems.