# Alarm pipeline expression not displaying correctly

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-expression-not-displaying-correctly/10414>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 31, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-expression-not-displaying-correctly/10414 "2015-08-31T11:33:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-expression-not-displaying-correctly/10414/1 "2015-08-31T11:33:49Z")

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If you include the ‘\<’ character in an alarm pipeline expression block, it doesn’t display correctly on the block itself e.g. if you have `{notificationCount} <= 2`it displays as `{notificationCount} = 2`and `{notificationCount} < 2`displays as `{notificationCount} 2`Ignition 7.7.4  
Java 1.8.0\_60  
Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit

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**Author:** ![Paolo.Mariani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paolo.mariani/32/3285_2.png) [@Paolo.Mariani](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Paolo.Mariani)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-expression-not-displaying-correctly/10414/2 "2015-08-31T16:17:14Z")

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Hey Al,

I actually discovered this bug last week, and have already submitted a bug report. The expression block should still work correctly, it just won’t look right on the block itself.

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**Author:** ![AlThePal](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/althepal/32/3603_2.png) [@AlThePal](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/AlThePal)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-pipeline-expression-not-displaying-correctly/10414/3 "2015-08-31T16:21:03Z")

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Thanks for letting me know Paolo.