# Alarm on Database Connection

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-on-database-connection/68913>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [January 23, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-on-database-connection/68913 "2023-01-23T15:11:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![cody.abbott](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/cody.abbott/32/17533_2.png) [@cody.abbott](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/cody.abbott)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-on-database-connection/68913/1 "2023-01-23T15:11:35Z")

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I want to alarm when my database connections aren't connected. In 8.0 I believe, there was a tag in the tag browser for database connection status, but in 8.1 now I can't find it.

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**Author:** ![Chase\_Hausman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Chase\_Hausman](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chase_Hausman)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-on-database-connection/68913/2 "2023-01-23T15:34:11Z")

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There's one at `System/Gateway/Database/<connection name>/Available` in my gateway running 8.1.24.