# UDT Alarm Names

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-alarm-names/6645>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [June 5, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-alarm-names/6645 "2013-06-05T11:30:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Duffanator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/duffanator/32/3560_2.png) [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 11:30am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-alarm-names/6645/1 "2013-06-05T11:30:08Z")

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Hey guys,

How come you can’t give a name to an alarm on a UDT tag? These alarms show up as blank description on the alarm components if you are displaying alarms by Name. Is this the intended behavior?

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**Author:** ![Colby.Clegg](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/colby.clegg/32/3282_2.png) [@Colby.Clegg](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Colby.Clegg)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-alarm-names/6645/2 "2013-06-07T19:05:27Z")

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Hi,

You certainly should be able to edit the alarm name… and I can’t replicate this behavior. How was that alarm created? Was it upgraded, or created new in 7.6? In either case I can’t see the same behavior. If you create a new alarm, can you edit its name?

Does this happen for other udts in your project?

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Duffanator](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/duffanator/32/3560_2.png) [@Duffanator](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Duffanator)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/udt-alarm-names/6645/3 "2013-06-07T19:21:45Z")

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Ahh, it must have been a weird upgrade thing. This was an existing UDT from pre-7.6. If I create a new alarm on the UDT I can edit the name. I deleted the existing alarm and created a new one and now it seems to be working properly.

I think it was because the alarm did not have a name before the upgrade to 7.6, maybe you can replicate it that way? Other UDT alarms that did have a name seem to be fine, I just didn’t look at them. FYI. Thanks!