# Possible to view a Contact Alarm state in Insight?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/possible-to-view-a-contact-alarm-state-in-insight/58908>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [January 22, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/possible-to-view-a-contact-alarm-state-in-insight/58908 "2022-01-22T12:36:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![fdefever](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fdefever/32/38770_2.png) [@fdefever](https://community.homey.app/u/fdefever)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/possible-to-view-a-contact-alarm-state-in-insight/58908/1 "2022-01-22T12:36:36Z")

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From the Homey SDK (V3) [Tutorial: Device Capabilities - Homey Apps SDK v3](https://apps-sdk-v3.developer.homey.app/tutorial-device-capabilities.html)  
It should be possible to view alarm state in Insight.

 ![ca](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/b/bb484594dd382d79c9e6add585ce4af95f359e07.png)

But for any device with a Contact Alarm capability (as in Fibaro Door sensor), there’s no such option in Insight:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/6/8/682bafa5e5b5219c9cb668ae43ac1f591a802b4a.png)

Homey version: 7.2.1

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 12:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/possible-to-view-a-contact-alarm-state-in-insight/58908/2 "2022-01-22T12:38:01Z")

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> [@fdefever](#):
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> It should be possible to view alarm state in Insight.

I think that’s incorrect, AFAIK boolean capabilities have never been supported by Insights.

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**Author:** ![Gruijter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/gruijter/32/1973_2.png) [@Gruijter](https://community.homey.app/u/Gruijter)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 12:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/possible-to-view-a-contact-alarm-state-in-insight/58908/3 "2022-01-22T12:46:36Z")

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You can only see the state history from the device tile. Or use this app to export the historic data of boolean capabilities:

> **[Archive Insights](https://homey.app/en-us/app/com.gruijter.insights2csv/Archive-Insights/)**
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> Make backups of all insights

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**Author:** ![Adrian\_Rockall](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/adrian_rockall/32/13209_2.png) [@Adrian\_Rockall](https://community.homey.app/u/Adrian_Rockall)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2022, 1:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/possible-to-view-a-contact-alarm-state-in-insight/58908/4 "2022-01-22T13:04:31Z")

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All boolean insights are visible in the tile tab only.