# Alarm Journal in perspective is not showing any data **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [April 28, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281 "2020-04-28T19:43:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beaudoin.stephane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@beaudoin.stephane](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/beaudoin.stephane)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/1 "2020-04-28T19:43:43Z")
Hi, I am trying to use the alarm journal component in perspective. The alarm status table works well but the alarm journal shows nothing at all. I configured the alarm journal within the gateway, set up alarms in the alarm section in the designer. Is there another configuration missing here? Also, what is the big difference between alarm journal and alarm status apart to history ? Thanks Stephane. ---
**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 7:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/2 "2020-04-28T19:59:56Z")
Hi Stephane, _props.name_ needs to match the journal name. > [@beaudoin.stephane](#): > > Also, what is the big difference between alarm journal and alarm status apart to history ? Well, I'd say you already hit the nail on the head, although the Journal can also display system events. ![2020-04-28_15-59-02](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/2/209157c3e5a9f2592f24799e011e0c2048c88108.png) ---
**Author:** ![beaudoin.stephane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8edcca/32.png) [@beaudoin.stephane](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/beaudoin.stephane)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/3 "2020-04-28T21:57:36Z")
Hi, thanks a lot for the hint! It worked like a charm! you saved my day 🙂 However, why the Alarm Summary do not need props.name to get work? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/4 "2020-04-28T23:13:07Z")
Because the alarm summary component shows currently active alarms, not historic alarms, so it doesn’t have to read the journal (history) ---
**Author:** ![laurie.croteau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@laurie.croteau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/laurie.croteau)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/5 "2021-10-20T15:42:59Z")
> [@JordanCClark](#): > > _props.name_ needs to match the journal name. The _props.name_ of what? I've create my alarm status table too but this one doesn't have a _props.name_. I had an alarm yesterday and it shows in alarm status table but not in journal. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 3:59pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/6 "2021-10-20T15:59:40Z")
Yes, as this thread already mentions, the alarm _status_ table is always a live view of all alarms on the system (subject to filtering via extension function). Whereas the alarm _journal_ table is only a view of the alarms that have been logged to a specific journal (subject to the filtering properties of that journal _and_ the filtering extension function). ---
**Author:** ![laurie.croteau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@laurie.croteau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/laurie.croteau)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/7 "2021-10-20T16:05:43Z")
I understand that! My problem is that I have no alarm in my alarm journal even if I have record one in my alarm status table. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/8 "2021-10-20T16:14:37Z")
Are you sure the journal name is correct in your component’s properties? Have you double-checked the [alarm journal properties](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Alarm+Journal#AlarmJournal-JournalProperties) to ensure that the alarm you expect to have been logged was actually logged? ---
**Author:** ![laurie.croteau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/73ab20/32.png) [@laurie.croteau](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/laurie.croteau)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/9 "2021-10-20T16:31:17Z")
My component name is the default one: _Journal_ ---
**Author:** ![Alexandre\_Sarrazin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alexandre\_Sarrazin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alexandre_Sarrazin)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-in-perspective-is-not-showing-any-data/34281/10 "2024-04-16T07:00:02Z")
The name should be the one set in the Gateway, under Config \> Alarming \> Alarm Journal Profiles: ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/9/8/98f0c3e3562c988fb52aad1047dd95f1b3639fb4.png)