Viewing Group Messages

Group related events such as creation, modification, deletion, recording/view changes, alarms, operator notes and batch actions generate messages and audit-style entries. The Group Messages screen displays the recorded messages and event entries for the selected Group:

Note - You can only access this screen if you have the Can access Group Messages permission. If you need to access this function and do not have permission, please contact your system administrator.
Category Meaning

System

 System-generated device or service messages. These are messages raised by the system rather than by specific operator action. Some system-generated messages are written to all groups, for example, a system alarm that is not associated with a specific group is written to all groups and associated group history/live views.

Alarm

 Alarm-related entries, including alarm events and alarm-associated actions.

Powerup

 Restart/power-up messages. These are written to all groups and associated group history/live views.

General

 Annotations, alerts and messages that do not fall into a specific class such as Alarm, Batch, Audit, or Signing.

Batch

 Batch-related events.

Login

 User session events, such as login/logout.

Signing

Records created when an operation is electronically signed or signed/authorized. Signing requires the user to re-authenticate. If authorization is required, it follows signing, and in some cases sign/authorize may display as a separate record.

Note - Only available when the Auditor Full/ 21CFRPart11 option is enabled in the Feature Options and Requires Signing, Requires Note and Requires Authorization options are enabled in Audit Management.

Audit

Audit-trail entries for configuration changes and runtime/operator actions. For example, saving a configuration change to a channel or an alarm creates an audit entry displaying what changed, who made the change, and when. Similarly, a runtime action such as acknowledging an alarm or resetting an application function creates an audit entry displaying the user, time, and action performed.

Note - Only available when the Audit Trail option is enabled in Audit Management.

AMS2750

 AMS2750-related compliance/evidence messages, linked to AMS2750 application functions and actions such as Calibration Due, SAT Due, TUS Due, Thermocouple Life, resets, and other AMS2750-related events.

To view Group Messages:

  1. From the EPM User Interface screen, select Options - Groups:

  2. The Groups screen displays, from the required group card, select Options - Group Messages:

    The Group Messages screen displays:

You can view, scroll, filter, and inspect recorded messages and event entries for the selected group.

Related topics - Groups , Adding a Group, Adding a Channel to a Group, Configuring Groups Settings, Viewing Group Channels, Moving a Group Channel, Deleting a Group Channel and Filtering Group Messages.

Last update - July 2026