# Error alarm journal - First step - Ignition 8

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-alarm-journal-first-step-ignition-8/24957>\
**Category:** Ignition Early Access\
**Tags:** ignition80\
**Created:** [May 14, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-alarm-journal-first-step-ignition-8/24957 "2019-05-14T07:11:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![OscarLucas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/oscarlucas/32/6417_2.png) [@OscarLucas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/OscarLucas)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-alarm-journal-first-step-ignition-8/24957/1 "2019-05-14T07:11:22Z")

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I just drag in the alarm journal into window. And I try to fix the connection mistake. But i don’t know what else to do.  
Would be something easy but i dont know.

 ![Captura](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/6/6c138f7f60704f4c40599626855f7301c0f73247.png)

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**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:** [May 14, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-alarm-journal-first-step-ignition-8/24957/2 "2019-05-14T15:37:01Z")

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Check the gateway logs - is the database connection that has that alarm journal defined valid?

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**Author:** ![OscarLucas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/oscarlucas/32/6417_2.png) [@OscarLucas](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/OscarLucas)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2019, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-alarm-journal-first-step-ignition-8/24957/3 "2019-05-14T15:38:21Z")

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I did not do anything and it works

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**Author:** ![arun1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/arun1/32/79753_2.png) [@arun1](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/arun1)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-alarm-journal-first-step-ignition-8/24957/4 "2020-09-30T00:22:59Z")

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For future reference:

> [@Alarm Journal not working](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-journal-not-working/22056/8):
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> Late by more than a year but will help future visitors … Check the Designer logs as mentioned by @paul-griffith , in my case I saw this: By default the Journal name is Auto but it does not work so I have to give it the journal name as configured in the Gateway webpage: [image] [image]

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**Author:** ![srinivasan\_s](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@srinivasan\_s](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/srinivasan_s)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-alarm-journal-first-step-ignition-8/24957/5 "2024-02-21T13:22:02Z")

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Hi, same issue I was facing, can you please help