# Alarm Summary Filtering by Exclusion **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [March 2, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-summary-filtering-by-exclusion/114261 "2026-03-02T14:30:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chris\_Buehrer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chris\_Buehrer](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Chris_Buehrer)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-summary-filtering-by-exclusion/114261/1 "2026-03-02T14:30:07Z")
I’m using an Alarm Status Table filter to show only alarms from certain machines. I’m using the syntax of \*_MM02_\* to show only those alarms where display path contains our machine 2 descriptor. On our alarm page for machine 1, I’d like to show the alarms with MM01, but I also want to show alarms that are not specific to either machine. I’d like to show NOT(MM02). I’ve tried !MM02, !MM02!,![MM02]. Is there a way to exclude items in this filter? ---
**Author:** ![Nol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Nol](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Nol)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-summary-filtering-by-exclusion/114261/2 "2026-03-02T15:32:34Z")
You'll likely have to do this via scripting. Look at the extension section of the documentation. You'll basically do if the name is MM02 then return false otherwise true. > **[Perspective - Alarm Status Table Scripting | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/appendix/components/perspective-components/perspective-display-palette/perspective-alarm-status-table/perspective-alarm-status-table-scripting)** > > This page details the various scripting, component, and extension functions available for Perspective's Alarm Status Table component.