TopView’s Snapshot Output provides current TopView state information (“Snapshot”) in a format that can be accessed by external applications. This includes all current tag information, values, and alarm details.

The Snapshot Output can be a flat file (CSV/JSON) and/or SQL Server table (Snapshot table)

For each monitored point, the Snapshot Output contains:

• Current value, status, and timestamp
• Point description and units
• Configured alarm limits
• Alarm state (active/not active)
• Time in alarm (if active)
• Most recent alarm start/end time
• Alarm acknowledge state (acknowledged or unacknowledged)
• Acknowledge time and user (if acknowledged)
• Alarm comment/annotation