# isAlarmActiveFiltered quick question

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/isalarmactivefiltered-quick-question/37717>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/isalarmactivefiltered-quick-question/37717 "2020-08-14T11:05:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Esn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Esn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Esn)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/isalarmactivefiltered-quick-question/37717/1 "2020-08-14T11:05:54Z")

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Hi,

When using wildcard /\* in the ‘tagPath’ parameter of isAlarmActiveFiltered does the expression then also look into subfolders of the path?

If yes (which it seems so to me) ; is there then a way to opt out of this so it only looks at tags in the path of the wildcard?

Thanks