# Perspective Alarm Status Table Ack Note **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, perspective\ **Created:** [July 17, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494 "2023-07-17T23:04:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2023, 11:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494/1 "2023-07-17T23:04:31Z")
If an alarm is set that ack notes is required, then the user must enter a note to acknowledge. However, is there a way to optionally enter a note regardless if this is set or not? I see that `system.alarm.acknowledge` can enter a note, but I didn't see a way for the table to optionally do a note. Is there a way that I'm overlooking using the native alarm status table without creating a custom solution? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/5/6/5645cf32bb90bca183b21b74ef6fc93c1c99d539.png) ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494/2 "2023-07-18T14:03:49Z")
You can make your own acknowledgement interface, and use [system.alarm.acknowledge](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.alarm.acknowledge) to acknowledge the alarms. If you have a text field for optional notes, you can pass them in with the event ID, and they will be added even if the notes are not required by the tag: **Example:** `system.alarm.acknowledge(eventID, notes)` ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:08pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494/3 "2023-07-18T14:08:07Z")
Thanks, updated my original post to be more clear. The question was meant to be asked for the native component, not a custom solution. ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494/4 "2023-07-18T14:16:19Z")
We really need a third choice on the tag: Required, Optional, or None. As I understand it, required prompts for notes and forces them. The other choice doesn't show the prompt. ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:22pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494/5 "2023-07-18T14:22:06Z")
I don't think the tag configuration should change, but the table should allow for a note to be entered when acknowledging. I don't see a way for the table to allow a note unless the tag is configured to require it. However, I can force a note through the system function, so the mechanism is there, seems the native table just doesn't have the option... unless I'm missing it. ---
**Author:** ![justinedwards.jle](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/justinedwards.jle/32/37854_2.png) [@justinedwards.jle](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/justinedwards.jle)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494/6 "2023-07-18T14:32:59Z")
You're not missing it; it simply isn't there. With Vision, I developed a way to [force the table to do it](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/alarm-status-table-sort-order-and-ack-notes/66821/3) with scripting, but it's probably not something I would attempt in Perspective. ---
**Author:** ![ken.maze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/ken.maze/32/85876_2.png) [@ken.maze](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/ken.maze)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494/7 "2026-02-02T03:07:54Z")
2 1/2 years into the future and it looks like the Alarm Status table does prompt you for a note if you require a note on the alarm ---
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2026, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/perspective-alarm-status-table-ack-note/76494/8 "2026-02-02T12:16:19Z")
That wasn't my question, I already knew it prompted if required, I was asking how to enter a note if not required.