# Alarm Status Table Header

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-header/8413>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 6, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-header/8413 "2014-05-06T16:12:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mharri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@mharri](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mharri)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2014, 4:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-header/8413/1 "2014-05-06T16:12:02Z")

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Is there a way to change the column names in the Alarm Status Table header?  
Using version 7.6.6  
Thanks

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**Author:** ![greg.simpson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/greg.simpson/32/3135_2.png) [@greg.simpson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/greg.simpson)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-header/8413/2 "2014-05-15T21:37:56Z")

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No, you will not be able to change the names of the column headers on the Alarm Status Table.

A work around would be to create your own table using a table component and then using an Alarm Status Function binding. Now you can open the table customizer and edit the headers as you like.

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**Author:** ![Alan\_Cannon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/alan_cannon/32/31171_2.png) [@Alan\_Cannon](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Alan_Cannon)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2023, 5:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-header/8413/3 "2023-02-09T17:01:03Z")

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Does this Still hold true?

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**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2023, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-header/8413/4 "2023-02-10T03:42:07Z")

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No; it does not hold true, at least not for Vision.

Here is a tutorial I recently did on changing the Alarm Status Table column header names:

> [@Customizing Alarm status table](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/customizing-alarm-status-table/61102/4):
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> I recently developed a way to accomplish this. Here is the code: def columnLabeler(alarmStatusTable): if alarmStatusTable.componentCount \> 0: for table in alarmStatusTable.getComponents(): if 'AlarmStatusTable$1' in str(table.\_\_class\_\_): tableHeaders= table.getTableHeader() columnModel = table.getColumnModel() for column in range(table.columnCount): tableColumn = columnModel.getColumn(column) tableColumn.setHeaderValue("Custom Column Name " + str(column + 1)) ta…