# How many instances of an alarm are present in a vision alarm status table? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, vision\ **Created:** [August 7, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-instances-of-an-alarm-are-present-in-a-vision-alarm-status-table/77525 "2023-08-07T15:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![L\_F](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5f8ce5/32.png) [@L\_F](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/L_F)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 3:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-instances-of-an-alarm-are-present-in-a-vision-alarm-status-table/77525/1 "2023-08-07T15:02:14Z")
I've been using an alarm status table as a blanket historian for while now, thinking that it would keep a running record of all the alarms generated. An operator recently pointed out that the status table only has 1 instance of two of the most frequently tripped alarms in my system. Does the alarm status table on have capacity for one entry of a particular alarm? If so would a different component, such as the alarm status journal, provide a more accurate running log of events? ---
**Author:** ![kyler.kamyszek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a4c791/32.png) [@kyler.kamyszek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/kyler.kamyszek)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-many-instances-of-an-alarm-are-present-in-a-vision-alarm-status-table/77525/2 "2023-08-07T15:08:34Z")
> [@L\_F](#): > > Does the alarm status table on have capacity for one entry of a particular alarm? If so would a different component, such as the alarm status journal, provide a more accurate running log of events? Correct, status shows active/live alarm statuses. The Alarm Journal shows the history of the alarms.