# Bind Alarm notes?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-alarm-notes/9338>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [November 13, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-alarm-notes/9338 "2014-11-13T18:16:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![drewdin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/drewdin/32/3363_2.png) [@drewdin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/drewdin)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2014, 6:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-alarm-notes/9338/1 "2014-11-13T18:16:42Z")

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We use the alarm notes n the alarm grid a ton, the problem is that we have to manually enter them in since you cannot bind them.

Does anyone have any work arounds for this?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![mluedecke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@mluedecke](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mluedecke)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-alarm-notes/9338/2 "2014-12-23T15:13:02Z")

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I am interested in this capability as well. Did you find any solution for this?

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**Author:** ![nmudge](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nmudge/32/3394_2.png) [@nmudge](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nmudge)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-alarm-notes/9338/3 "2014-12-23T16:06:41Z")

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Hi Mark,

If you are using UDTs, UDT data type parameters can be used inside alarm notes. So you can use data type parameters to help automate the creation of alarm notes.

Another possibility is writing a Python script and using the system.tag.editTag function to automate the creation of the alarm notes.

To do this, check out the format of alarmConfig in Example #2 of addTag here: [support.inductiveautomation.com … addtag.htm](https://support.inductiveautomation.com/usermanuals/ignition/index.html?system_tag_addtag.htm)

I did a little test and this is an example that works:

```auto
system.tag.editTag(tagPath="Test 1/another", alarmConfig={"Alarm":[["notes","Value","my notes here"]]})
```

Best,

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**Author:** ![kcollins](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kcollins/32/19646_2.png) [@kcollins](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kcollins)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/bind-alarm-notes/9338/4 "2016-02-12T02:07:54Z")

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Sorry to bring this back from the dead, but do you have any guidance on using the alarmConfig strategy with UDT\_INST tags? I was able to get it working with UDT datatype parameters, but I don't like that structure quite as well as having my tag generation update the Notes field directly..

I tried a few strategies, but couldn't get the alarmConfig to path down toward one of the UDT attributes properly.

Thoughts?