Manage the time zone

Display the events in Alarm Grid in the UTC time zone standard

  1. Click image1 to open the template library.

  2. From Widgets, drag the Alarm Grid object into the desired node in the UI folder: the widget appears in UI.

  3. In the widget Data Grid object, in the Text property of the Timestamp column (or of a column of your choice), click image2: the dynamic links window opens.

  4. In Alias, click {Item}[…] > AlarmCondition, then click the Time property.

  5. Click Select.

Display the events in Alarm History Grid in the UTC time zone standard

  1. Click image3 to open the template library.

  2. From Widgets, drag the Alarm History Grid object into the desired node in the UI folder: the widget appears in UI.

  3. In the widget Data Grid, in the Text property of the Timestamp column (or of a column of your choice), click image4: the dynamic links window opens.

  4. In Alias, click {Item}[…] > PointedNode> LocalTime, then click image5 and type Time.

  5. Click Select.

Remotely display the alarm events in the local time zone

  1. Click image6 to open the template library.

  2. From Widgets, drag the Alarm Grid or Alarm History Grid object into the desired node in the UI folder: the widget appears in UI.

  3. In the widget Data Grid object, in the Text property of the Timestamp column (or of a column of your choice), click image7, then click Advanced: the advanced dynamic links editor opens.

  4. Click image8, then select Expression evaluator.

  5. In the Expression box, insert the formula {0}+{1}, then press ENTER: the {1}DynamicLink box appears.

  6. To select the Time property of the events, in the {0}DynamicLink box click image9, then click Alias > {Item} […] > AlarmCondition, then click the Time property.

  7. To select the TimeZoneOffset property of the session, in the {1}DynamicLink box click image10, then click Alias > {Session} > Session, then select the Time Zone Difference property.

  8. Click Select.

See also

Related concepts

Time zone