# Getting the Initial Value that Triggered an Alarm

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [December 6, 2021, 10:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/getting-the-initial-value-that-triggered-an-alarm/53820 "2021-12-06T22:43:21Z")\
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So I can get the active data by use of `activeEvent = event.sourceEvent.getActiveData()` but I cannot seem to then pull any of the associated property data out of the event object. The documenation states that I should be able to use `get(String propertyName)` on this object but when I use `activeEvent.get('eventValue')` I get an error stating:

```auto
1st arg can't be coerced to com.inductiveautomation.ignition.common.config.Property

```

If I run `activeEvent.getProperties()` however, I do receive back a list of property names of which “eventValue” is one of them. Do I somehow need to use an actual property “type” as an insert into the get function instead of the string name and if so how would I do that?

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