# Copying alarm configurations **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [February 17, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-alarm-configurations/8015 "2014-02-17T11:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marioquark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-alarm-configurations/8015/1 "2014-02-17T11:37:00Z")
Is there a way to assign a tag an Alarm template? Or a way to copy and paste the configured alarms from a tag to another? I have several tags with the same logical alarm abd i would not set them one by one… Thnk you ---
**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:** [February 18, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-alarm-configurations/8015/2 "2014-02-18T12:41:22Z")
I have a similar tag structure, alarm1, alarm1, etc… I used scripting to loop through the tags and set everything i needed, with the exception of alarms as they are very dynamic based on what each alarm needs. To add alarms, I built one the normal way, exported it in xml to get the structure and then used a script to make as many as i needed and then imported the new tags in. I hope one of these ways works for you ---
**Author:** ![marioquark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/22d042/32.png) [@marioquark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/marioquark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2014, 11:32am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-alarm-configurations/8015/3 "2014-02-24T11:32:31Z")
Thank you for the response. It’s a bit tricky… i have several alarm classes, and it would be not so time-saving. the best way to configure them would be having a bindable template (as for the UDT). another solution would be copying and pasting the conf from a tag to another, even if it’s one way… ---
**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:** [June 2, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-alarm-configurations/8015/4 "2014-06-02T20:22:05Z")
drewdin’s suggestion is a great way to do this. I think an XML export of your SQLTags, then adding the alarms to the export, would be an efficient way. ---
**Author:** ![Hugo\_Ortiz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Hugo\_Ortiz](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hugo_Ortiz)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-alarm-configurations/8015/5 "2024-08-02T12:06:07Z")
You can just copy and paste the alarm itself. Even though you cannot display the right click menu on the alarm, you can actually copy it with ctrl-c when you select it. Then go to the tag where you want the alarm you just copied, click on the new alarm to select it, and then do ctrl-v and it will copy the alarm. Hope this helps. I'm using 8.1.41, not sure if it works the same for older versions. ---
**Author:** ![BVTV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@BVTV](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/BVTV)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-alarm-configurations/8015/7 "2026-06-22T13:25:09Z")
> [@Hugo\_Ortiz](#): > > the alarm, you can actually copy it with ctrl-c when you select it. Then go to the tag where you want the alarm you just copied, click on the new alarm to select it, and then do ctrl-v and it will copy the alarm. Hope this helps. I'm using 8.1.41, not su Fantastic! Saved me a lot of time! ---
**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/copying-alarm-configurations/8015/8 "2026-06-22T13:25:33Z")
Alarm configuration on a UDT member would work here as well.