# Alarm Notification Display Path not showing up in email

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-display-path-not-showing-up-in-email/47721>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [June 11, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-display-path-not-showing-up-in-email/47721 "2021-06-11T23:30:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ali.Etezadkhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ali.Etezadkhah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ali.Etezadkhah)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-display-path-not-showing-up-in-email/47721/1 "2021-06-11T23:30:59Z")

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Hi,  
I have an alarm set up with just a Name; the Label and Display Path field are blank, which is the default.

 ![al1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/8/2/828ff6f9e925024f6e77a1e58985fec5abfcb437.jpeg)

When this alarm is active, the default Display Path shows up on the Alarm Status page.

 ![al2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/d/6/d64c5297d89afd97916d3ea0b8871132dd537cc3.jpeg)

The default alarm notification email uses the same property, but the message does not display the correct path.

At {eventTime|hh:mm:ss}, alarm “{name}” at “{displayPath}” transitioned to {eventState}.

 ![al3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/0/e/0e7aade1cdaa4f479d91c9ef18399eb5ff5c8f7a.jpeg)

I would like the email message to show the same Display Path as the one on the Alarm Status page for alarms with blank Display Path properties.

Thanks,  
Ali

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**Author:** ![osolorzano](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/osolorzano/32/6432_2.png) [@osolorzano](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/osolorzano)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-display-path-not-showing-up-in-email/47721/2 "2021-06-11T23:55:46Z")

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In your alarm pipeline that is sending the email, if you change the notification message away from the default that uses {displayPath} and replace that one variable with {displayPathOrSource} it should function like the alarm status table.

 ![displayPath](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/1/c/1cd64662d5b3db36cd91237a02dad73d5b17d132.png)

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**Author:** ![Ali.Etezadkhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ali.Etezadkhah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ali.Etezadkhah)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-display-path-not-showing-up-in-email/47721/3 "2021-06-17T18:17:15Z")

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I’m not going to ask why {displayPath} doesn’t work in email, but works in alarm status; I’m just glad there is a simple solution for it 😀 👍

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**Author:** ![Simen\_Minerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Simen\_Minerd](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Simen_Minerd)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 8:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-notification-display-path-not-showing-up-in-email/47721/4 "2024-01-15T20:45:07Z")

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I want to display label, but it does not work, it just default back to name.  
So annoying.