# Filter data on power table

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 9, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/filter-data-on-power-table/82933 "2023-12-09T15:38:22Z")\
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> [@sebastien\_ng](#):
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> `system.alarm.queryStatus`

You are running this very heavyweight function in a UI event routine. Expect client UI freezes.

Use an asynchronous thread to run this, and post the results back to the UI with `invokeLater()`. (Lots of discussions here on these techniques. Use them before you suffer for it.)

> [@sebastien\_ng](#):
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> is a function that I can applied/use to sort

Consider using my [orderBy()](https://www.automation-pros.com/toolkit/doc/iteration.html#orderby) expression function in a binding. From my [Integration Toolkit module](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/automation-professionals-integration-toolkit-module/74934).

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