# How can I print the Alert Summary table?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-print-the-alert-summary-table/3260>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 7, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-print-the-alert-summary-table/3260 "2011-09-07T15:38:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Antonio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@Antonio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Antonio)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-print-the-alert-summary-table/3260/1 "2011-09-07T15:38:48Z")

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Hi !

I’m trying to made a button that print the Alert Summary.  
I always print tables with the next script

table = event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Table’)  
table.print()

But it doesn’t work with Alert Summary table.

table = event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Alert Summary’)  
table.print()

I got the next error

[color=#FF0000]Traceback (innermost last):

File “event:actionPerformed”, line 2, in ?

TypeError: print(): expected 1 args; got 0[/color]

I tried also with the function system.print.createPrintJob

job = system.print.createPrintJob(event.source.parent.getComponent(‘Alert Summary’))  
job.print()

but it printing very bad (screen capture).

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/1X/b820644a05125a3a759bd448aa6f8b7ef52e348a.jpg)  

I suppose that’s happening coz Alert Summary is like a group container and not a normal table.  
But should be a possibility to print it like the another tables, no?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-print-the-alert-summary-table/3260/2 "2011-09-07T15:41:14Z")

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We don’t have a print function on the table right now. I will add a ticket into our system.

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**Author:** ![Antonio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6de8d8/32.png) [@Antonio](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Antonio)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-print-the-alert-summary-table/3260/3 "2011-09-07T15:47:46Z")

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Thanks a lot!  
PS: very fast answer!!

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**Author:** ![JGJohnson](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/jgjohnson/32/29582_2.png) [@JGJohnson](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/JGJohnson)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2013, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-print-the-alert-summary-table/3260/4 "2013-11-12T20:41:12Z")

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Any news on this? This appears to still not be working.

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**Author:** ![anna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@anna](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/anna)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2013, 7:11pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-can-i-print-the-alert-summary-table/3260/5 "2013-11-19T19:11:35Z")

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This functionality will be added in Ignition 7.7