# Best Practices for Configuring Alarm Integer Array in Ignition

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**Created:** [November 7, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-configuring-alarm-integer-array-in-ignition/98344 "2024-11-07T12:36:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Emmanuel\_Katto2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/82dd89/32.png) [@Emmanuel\_Katto2](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Emmanuel_Katto2)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-configuring-alarm-integer-array-in-ignition/98344/1 "2024-11-07T12:36:01Z")

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Hi,

I Emmanuel Katto from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) have an integer array with 300 elements, where each element is of type int16. Each bit in these elements represents an individual alarm, so in total, I have 4,800 alarms. Each alarm also has an associated display path and label.

What’s the best approach to configure this setup in Ignition and add all the alarms, including their respective display paths and labels?

I’m looking for the most efficient method to handle such a large number of alarms in a manageable and scalable way.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!  
Regards  
**Emmanuel Katto**

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**Author:** ![tamerplc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d78d45/32.png) [@tamerplc](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tamerplc)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2024, 7:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-configuring-alarm-integer-array-in-ignition/98344/2 "2024-11-11T19:36:49Z")

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I faced this challenges before , scalable way for me was creating excel for the tags and use

> system.tag.configure

to parse it in tagprovider considering all tag parameters based on your alarm configuration .

> alarm\_entry = {  
> "name": alarm\_name,  
> "mode": "Bit",  
> "bitPosition": bit\_position,  
> "label": label, # Adjust if needed  
> "displayPath": description,  
> "Group":group  
> }