Change the sorting order in the list

There are two different ways to sort the lines of the list and define the sorting criteria:

using the functions of the Customize menu
directly in the list

The alarm list is displayed and you wish to have all alarms sorted according to their time of occurrence so that the most recent alarm is shown at the top of the list. This information is registered in the Start Time column.

Using menu functions

In the Customize menu, select the edit function Set Sort Order …
The Sorting Order dialogue appears on the screen.
In the table, click on the Start Time entry.
Select $images\ebd_Ebd23.gif$ and keep on clicking on $images\ebd_Ebd24.gif$ to step by step move Start Time to the top of the list.
Confirm with $images\ebd_Ebd25.gif$
The alarm messages are now sorted so that the most recent alarms are at the top of the list and the oldest alarms are displayed at the end of the list.
Generally, you define the priorities of the sorting criteria by sorting the column titles in the table using $images\ebd_Ebd26.gif$ and $images\ebd_Ebd27.gif$ , and for each sorting criterion you decide whether it is to be applied in $images\ebd_Ebd28.gif$ or $images\ebd_Ebd29.gif$ order.

Directly in the list

You can change the sorting order directly in the alarm list (or: alarm log) by clicking on the column title you wish to use as sorting criterion. For our example:

Click on the column title Start Time.
You will see that the list is immediately sorted in chronological order, i.e. the most recent alarms are shown on the top of the list.
If you click once again on Start Time, the order is reversed and the ‘oldest’ messages are moved to the top of the list.

The default sorting criterion is: Alarm State
With $images\ebd_Ebd30.gif$ and $images\ebd_Ebd31.gif$ you can at any time reset the format to its original status. This may be the igss default setting or a default format which you have set yourself using the Save Format as Default command.