# Getting alarm text out of tags?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-alarm-text-out-of-tags/60887>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [June 17, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-alarm-text-out-of-tags/60887 "2022-06-17T14:15:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 2:15pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-alarm-text-out-of-tags/60887/1 "2022-06-17T14:15:27Z")

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Using Ignition 8.1.0.

I have a folder of PLC tags that are strictly the alarming tags. I am able to get them with

```auto
results = system.tag.browse(path = '[default]machine/PLC/Alarms', filter={})
for result in results.getResults():
    alarmText = results['attributes'].???

```

For each tag the actual alarm text is here -

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/c/5/c5585de658bcd7b8dc98745d22b5123405acd245.png)

How can I grab this text from each script? I assume this is something in the attributes of the tag, but it only tells me it’s a java.util.HasMap, so I don’t know what documentation to look up to get a better handle on what’s accessible to me and how. How can I grab the alarm text in this scenario?

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**Author:** ![bkarabinchak.psi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/bkarabinchak.psi/32/83567_2.png) [@bkarabinchak.psi](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/bkarabinchak.psi)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-alarm-text-out-of-tags/60887/2 "2022-06-17T14:29:38Z")

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I needed `system.tag.getConfiguration`, not `system.tag.browse`