Patent ID: 7711811

Claim:
A method for creating an updateable report representing an alarm status of a network comprising: tracking a lifecycle state of each of a plurality of elements within the network, wherein the lifecycle state of each of the plurality of elements is one of an operational state including a normal operational state or a maintenance operational state or a non-operational state including a pre-acceptance non-operational state, wherein the lifecycle states of the plurality of elements include two or more of the normal operational state, the maintenance operational state, or the pre-acceptance non-operational state; receiving alarms generated by the plurality of elements in the network; categorizing the alarms into a plurality of categories including normal alarms, maintenance alarms, and pre-acceptance alarms based on the lifecycle state of the elements generating the alarms; generating an alarm filtering view by blocking alarms in one or more of the plurality of categories of alarms from display on the updateable report; and displaying the updateable report.