Starting with NiagaraAX-3.2 the alarm Db view is available, as shown in Figure 231. This view is similar to the alarm database maintenance view (see About the alarm database maintenance view), providing a table of history records but not allowing the operator to delete records.

The alarm database view only requires “read” access but allows operator-level personnel to view alarms in the alarm console. When a point is no longer in alarm, it is removed from the console. The primary purpose of this view is to provide operators a way to view alarms without having “admin” access to delete alarms from the alarm database.

You can double-click on any row in the alarm database maintenance view table and the Alarm Details dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 230.