# / character in alarm description

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/character-in-alarm-description/6412>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 8, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/character-in-alarm-description/6412 "2013-05-08T13:55:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![hensoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/9dc877/32.png) [@hensoa](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/hensoa)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2013, 1:55pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/character-in-alarm-description/6412/1 "2013-05-08T13:55:30Z")

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We have just updated to version 7.6  
All alarm descriptions that containing the / character are now truncated with all chacters before the / missing from the displayed description.

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/character-in-alarm-description/6412/2 "2013-05-23T23:45:47Z")

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Hi,

Where are you seeing this truncation at? In one of the components, or in notification somewhere?

Regards,