# Critcal alarm display

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/critcal-alarm-display/17572>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 2, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/critcal-alarm-display/17572 "2018-04-02T09:23:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![roshanbhosale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/roshanbhosale/32/4899_2.png) [@roshanbhosale](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/roshanbhosale)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 9:23am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/critcal-alarm-display/17572/1 "2018-04-02T09:23:56Z")

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Hi,  
I am trying to separate critical priority alarms from others,  
I have written a small script on a button which runs on click.

the code is:-  
`alarms = system.alarm.queryStatus(priority=3,state=[“ActiveUnacked”])  
event.source.parent.getComponent(‘alarm\_test’).data = alarms.getDataset()  
alarm\_data = event.source.parent.getComponent(‘alarm\_test’).data  
i = 0  
for row in range(alarm\_data.rowCount):  
i = i + 1  
event.source.text = str(i) + “Alarms”  
event.source.number = i

try:  
window = system.gui.getWindow(“Main Windows/Alarm status”)   
system.nav.closeWindow(window)  
except:  
system.nav.openWindow(“Main Windows/Alarm status”)`

But the code shows all alarm.  
 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/6f7048cf8d417397ab6481bfd4c35961e2e106d6.JPG)

What may be the issue?

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**Author:** ![JordanCClark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jordancclark/32/83362_2.png) [@JordanCClark](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JordanCClark)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2018, 11:37am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/critcal-alarm-display/17572/2 "2018-04-02T11:37:47Z")

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_priority_ needs to be a string list.

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/system.alarm.queryStatus](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC79/system.alarm.queryStatus)