# Possible duplicate records on Alarm\_events table

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-duplicate-records-on-alarm-events-table/90801>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, perspective\
**Created:** [May 23, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-duplicate-records-on-alarm-events-table/90801 "2024-05-23T15:14:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sibusiso\_Moyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Sibusiso\_Moyo](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Sibusiso_Moyo)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/possible-duplicate-records-on-alarm-events-table/90801/1 "2024-05-23T15:14:45Z")

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Good morning,

I have been looking at the alarm\_events table in Ignition and I realized that once an alarm event is acknowledged (eventtype = 2) , another event gets created at the same time the acknowledgement happens, but with a different eventid, and an eventtype indicating that its a new active alert.

See the attached table.

 ![alerts_dups](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/3X/4/e/4e146970c4ff29f4c0f1d3777ac0b67d87288a8c.png)

I'm wondering what is causing this. I believe this is messing up my reporting when counting alerts, which I'm defining with a distinct eventid.

Ideas are appreciated.