# Export alarm

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-alarm/6770>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 26, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-alarm/6770 "2013-06-26T14:10:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![kevinmarchand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@kevinmarchand](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kevinmarchand)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-alarm/6770/1 "2013-06-26T14:10:24Z")

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Hi,

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 I am going trought the process of moving from alert to alarm.
 It would be handy to export to excel instead of xml.
 Can I export to excel or do you know a good xml editor that will help me with this process.

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thanks

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**Author:** ![dave.fogle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@dave.fogle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dave.fogle)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-alarm/6770/2 "2013-06-27T17:47:01Z")

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Unfortunately the new alarming details are too complex to be represented in a csv format which is why we had to move to an XML format. I can do a little research to see if I can find an XML editor we could recommend.

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**Author:** ![Kore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kore](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kore)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2015, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-alarm/6770/3 "2015-03-13T19:18:11Z")

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I know this is an extremely old post, but has anyone found an xml editor they like? Not being able to make mass changes to tags like we could by opening a CSV in excel has become very time-consuming. I’ve used XML Marker 2 which is far better than editing in a text editor, but it still requires editing one tag at a time as far as I can tell.

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**Author:** ![diat150](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a587f6/32.png) [@diat150](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/diat150)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2015, 1:10am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-alarm/6770/4 "2015-03-14T01:10:53Z")

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have you thought about using the system.tag.editTag function? I use it alot to make bulk alarm or other tag edits.

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**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:** [March 19, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/export-alarm/6770/5 "2015-03-19T18:47:16Z")

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Kore,

I use Sublime Text 2. It allows for bulk edits of tags and works rather easily.