# Modyfing the acknowledge note of an active-acked alarm

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modyfing-the-acknowledge-note-of-an-active-acked-alarm/56422>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81\
**Created:** [February 22, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modyfing-the-acknowledge-note-of-an-active-acked-alarm/56422 "2022-02-22T20:43:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![mohamad.tayara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@mohamad.tayara](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mohamad.tayara)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2022, 8:43pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modyfing-the-acknowledge-note-of-an-active-acked-alarm/56422/1 "2022-02-22T20:43:51Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible to modify/update the ackNote of an alarm? the **system.alarm.acknowledge** function does not seem to update the ackNote when invoked on an Active - Acked alarm (acknowledgment with an existing UUID and a modified note), however, an acknowledgment event will appear in the Alarm Journal with the initial ack-event data (timestamp and ackNote) each time the acknowledge function is invoked.  
Regards

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modyfing-the-acknowledge-note-of-an-active-acked-alarm/56422/2 "2022-02-26T00:00:33Z")

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You run an update query on alarm\_event\_data table.

```auto
Update alarm_event_data
set strvalue = "new ack notes"
where id = 1234 and propname = "ackNotes"

```

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**Author:** ![mohamad.tayara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@mohamad.tayara](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/mohamad.tayara)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modyfing-the-acknowledge-note-of-an-active-acked-alarm/56422/3 "2022-03-01T19:44:43Z")

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Thanks for the reply! I did try your suggestion but it seems to update the note in the alarm Journal Table but not the Alarm Status one.  
Regards

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**Author:** ![josborn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@josborn](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/josborn)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2022, 11:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modyfing-the-acknowledge-note-of-an-active-acked-alarm/56422/4 "2022-03-01T23:06:02Z")

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You’re correct, i mistakenly thought both the journal and status table used the same database tables. The alarms are probably exist in some internal resource, but that’s only a guess. Hopefully someone can clarify for us.

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**Author:** ![Samuel\_Sueur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Samuel\_Sueur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Samuel_Sueur)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/modyfing-the-acknowledge-note-of-an-active-acked-alarm/56422/5 "2025-11-14T16:27:38Z")

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Sorry for digging up this old thread, but I do have a similar requirement today.

Does anyone know if this is doable?

Perspective - Ignition 8.1.37