# Exporting and Importing Alarms

## Exporting from and Importing to the Screen Editing Software

In the screen editing software, you can run export and import operations from the Variables editor toolbar.

For more details, see Exporting and Importing Variables.

Note:

Although you can import data exported as CSV or TXT files from screen editing software version 3.3 Service Pack 1 or earlier into screen editing software version 3.4 or later, files exported from version 3.4 or later cannot be imported into version 3.3 Service Pack 1 or earlier, as the file version is 2.0.
Check the file version of CSV or TXT outputs in the [FileVersion] line of the output file.

## Exporting from Display Unit

Alarm data can be exported to external storage.

Alarm data is exported by following ways:

- By executing Export Alarm Data operation.
  Export Alarm Data

- An index file listing the exported files is created automatically in the export folder.

The following file formats are supported for exporting alarm data:

- TXT file (.txt, UTF-8 (without BOM))
- CSV file (.csv, UTF-8 (without BOM))

Note:

For information on file formats, see the following.

Save Data (Export) File Settings

You can see the exported file using software program such as Microsoft Excel.

Note:

- You can configure the date format and time format in the first two columns of exported data in the [Date Format] and [Time Format] properties.
  [Target01] property window > [Function] tab > [Options] tab > [Export] > [Content]
  For information, refer to the following.
  [Date Format]
  [Time Format]
- In the [All Alarms] Property window, when [Detect Modification] is enabled for [Export Data], an alphanumeric string is added to the first row in exported files. This alphanumeric string is used by the Export File Validation Tool to detect changes to the file data. When using this tool, do not delete or edit the alphanumeric string.
  For information on the Export File Validation Tool, see the following.
  Checking the Modification in Exported File

- The data output is formatted as follows:

  - Strings are encapsulated by double-quotation marks (").
    E.g. "This is a string"
  - Special characters "=", "+", "-", "@", TAB, and ENTER that appear at the beginning of an entry are prefixed with a single-quotation mark (').
    E.g. "'=1+2"

- When exporting alarm data with [Alarm Mode] set to [Log], if there is exported [Log] alarm data from a different project in the destination folder, the data may not be exported correctly. Delete the index file (AlarmExportFileInfo.dat) in the destination folder before exporting.

### Export Data Settings

You can configure the export data settings in the [Export Data] area in the [All Alarms] properties window. For more details, refer to the following.

[Export Data]

### Export Status

You can save the status of the export process.

You can configure the export status settings in the [Export Status] area in the [All Alarms] properties window. For more details, refer to the following.

[Export Status]

### Checking the Modification in Exported File

You can check if there is a modification in the exported file by using Export File Validation Tool.

1. Start up the Export File Validation Tool.
   This tool is installed in the following path:
   Start Menu > BLUE *.* > BLUE *.* Export File Validation Tool
2. From the Export File Validation Tool, click […] and select the file.
3. Click [Check] to detect a modification in the exported file.
   If no modifications are found, [OK] is displayed.
   If a modification is found, [NG] is displayed.

Note:

- This tool can be distributed from BLUE installation media ([\Tools] folder).
- If you installed this tool with a stand-alone installer, use the following to start the tool.
  Start Menu > Pro-face > BLUE TOOLS Export Validation Tool