How to count the number of alarms?

[kembgeorge]

I am trying to create a panel on an existing dashboard that will just display figuratively the total number of alarms. the alarm field name is called alarmedObj I ned to sum it to give a total of all the alarms. please can anyone help out with a search query from for this.

[richgalloway]

The field name 'alamedObj' sounds like a string so it can't be summed (summing requires numbers).  You can count them, however.  Use the stats command for that.

<your search for alarmedObj>
| stats count(alarmedObj) as AlarmCount