# Ignition Alarm against tags array **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** perspective\ **Created:** [April 30, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-alarm-against-tags-array/115318 "2026-04-30T05:29:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![danielps1818](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@danielps1818](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/danielps1818)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 9:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-alarm-against-tags-array/115318/2 "2026-04-30T09:14:26Z")
I belive this post will help you. > [@Best Practices for Configuring Alarm Integer Array in Ignition](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/best-practices-for-configuring-alarm-integer-array-in-ignition/98344): > > Hi, I Emmanuel Katto from Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) have an integer array with 300 elements, where each element is of type int16. Each bit in these elements represents an individual alarm, so in total, I have 4,800 alarms. Each alarm also has an associated display path and label. What’s the best approach to configure this setup in Ignition and add all the alarms, including their respective display paths and labels? I’m looking for the most efficient method to handle such a large numb… Or this one: > [@What's the best practices for Alarm integer Array?](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/whats-the-best-practices-for-alarm-integer-array/96589): > > I have Alarm integer array with 300 array element , each array elements present int16 , each bit present one alarm mean i have 4800 Alarms with display path and label . What's the best approach to configure this case and add these alarms to ignition a long with display path and labels . My recommendation is to use an UDT and create one of those for each value on the array. > **[User Defined Types - UDTs | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.1/platform/tags/user-defined-types-udts)** > > UDTs (User Defined Types), also referred to as Complex Tags, offer the ability to leverage object-oriented data design principles in Ignition. UDTs are extremely important in Ignition. With UDTs, you can dramatically reduce the amount of work... --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-alarm-against-tags-array/115318)._