# Editing Alarm Properties With Script **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [August 14, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-alarm-properties-with-script/94660 "2024-08-14T16:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pico\_Sankari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pico\_Sankari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pico_Sankari)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-alarm-properties-with-script/94660/1 "2024-08-14T16:57:41Z")
I would like to update all of the alarms in a folder to have an active delay of 60 seconds. I'd rather not do this manually. How can I modify the active delay time with scripting? I'm not seeing the active delay in the tags' alarm properties. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-alarm-properties-with-script/94660/2 "2024-08-14T17:12:09Z")
If you just need to do it once, consider taking a tag export, manipulating the JSON file (e.g. with [`jq`](https://jqlang.github.io/jq/), then re-importing over the top. Probably faster than figuring out a script. Ask ChatGPT to write the jq snippet for you, it's a great use case. ---
**Author:** ![Pico\_Sankari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aeb1de/32.png) [@Pico\_Sankari](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Pico_Sankari)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/editing-alarm-properties-with-script/94660/3 "2024-08-14T22:37:24Z")
This worked, thanks!