A text output offers a degree of freedom not found in tabular format in how to express the output. You can pick which output detail to show in the text by using the built-in placeholders.
- <timestamp>
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The timestamp when the alarm is triggered
- <group>
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The group that the triggered alarm belongs to
- <message>
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Alarm message string to be displayed or logged into the database
- <state>
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The current state of the alarm
- <acknowledge>
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The timestamp when the alarm is acknowledged
- <value>
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Value stamped during alarm occurrence
- <oldvalue>
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Previous value stamped during alarm occurrence
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Tip
SMS medium benefits immensely from text output because of the ability to format the output to be very brief by cherry picking only the relevant placeholder tags.