# Alarm Display Path expression missing Alarm Properties

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-display-path-expression-missing-alarm-properties/16880>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [February 6, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-display-path-expression-missing-alarm-properties/16880 "2018-02-06T00:02:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-display-path-expression-missing-alarm-properties/16880/1 "2018-02-06T00:02:01Z")

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Hi,

Ignition 7.9.5

I’ve been setting the expression for the display path of alarms for tags within UDTs just fine using Alarm Properties (E.g. {PathToParentFolder}, {TagName}, etc.), however i’m trying to do the same thing for tags outside of UDTs just created manually within the Tags folder structure, but these properties don’t seem to exist…

When I click on the ‘{ }’ button within the Alarm Display Path Expression binding, nothing shows up in a drop down list. When I use the same expression that works for tags within a UDT and the alarm is triggered, the alarm properties don’t substitute and I end up with an alarm display path of: `{PathToParentFolder} {TagName}`

The expression I’m using for both UDTs and non-UDT alarm expressions is:  
`replace(replace(replace('{PathToParentFolder}', '/', ' '),'Berri ', ''), 'Alarms', '') + ' {TagName}'`

Is this a bug in this version? Does anyone know if this is fixed in 7.9.6?

Cheers,  
Nick

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-display-path-expression-missing-alarm-properties/16880/2 "2018-02-06T01:33:54Z")

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TTBOMK, those properties have never existed outside of UDTs, as they are computed when a tag is instantiated from a UDT, not when the alarm occurs. You need to submit a feature request, not a bug report.

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**Author:** ![zxcslo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/zxcslo/32/61610_2.png) [@zxcslo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/zxcslo)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-display-path-expression-missing-alarm-properties/16880/3 "2018-02-06T12:31:57Z")

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I just tried that and…

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/3/37b01b7b5afa05114ab1e42a0ab56da7129d60ad.PNG)  
If that’s what you meant…  
EDIT: I’m using 7.9.6…

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-display-path-expression-missing-alarm-properties/16880/4 "2018-02-06T22:48:53Z")

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Yes, that’s what I meant. It looks like it’s working in the new version. When I click on that { } button it doesn’t do anything in 7.9.5!

Cheers, I’ll see if we can upgrade our customer’s gateway version.