Exporting alarm and event history

You can schedule periodic exports of historical data from the Alarms and Events View History page. Historical data can be exported immediately, or you can schedule exports to occur daily or weekly. If filtering has been applied in the View History page, only filtered data is exported.

During data export, the system automatically creates a CSV file of the filtered data. The file will be available in the file management area until you manually delete it, or until the file is transfered to an alternate location using the Export Server feature. For more information about using Export Server, see Data Export.

The details of historical alarms and events can be exported to a file by clicking the Export button on the View History page. The system automatically creates and writes the exported historical alarm details to a CSV file in the file management area.

If filtering has been applied in the View History page, only filtered historical alarms and events are exported. Use this procedure to export alarm and event history to a file. Use this procedure to schedule a data export task.

Select Alarms & Events > View History.
The View History page appears.
If necessary, specify filter criteria and click Go.
The historical alarms and events are displayed according to the specified criteria.
Click Export.
The Schedule Event Data Export page appears.
Enter the Task Name.
For more information about Task Name, or any field on this page, see Historical events data export elements.
Select the Export Frequency.
If you selected Hourly, specify the Minutes.
Select the Time of Day.
Note: Time of Day is not an option if Export Frequency equals Once.
Select the Day of Week.
Note: Day of Week is not an option if Export Frequency equals Once.
Click OK or Apply to initiate the data export task.
The data export task is scheduled. From the Status & Manage > Files page, you can view a list of files available for download, including the alarm history file you exported during this procedure. For more information, see Displaying the file list.
Scheduled tasks can be viewed, edited, and deleted, and reports of scheduled tasks can be generated from Status & Manage > Tasks. For more information see:
Click Export.
The file is exported.
Click the link in the green message box to go directly to the Status & Manage > Files page.

From the Status & Manage > Files page, you can view a list of files available for download, including the alarm history file you exported during this procedure. For more information, see .