When working with multiple devices that use the same configurations, it’s often better to do the configurations on the top level (in this article, Example Inc.), which will be passed over to the device levels under the top level.
Note that in the Configurations tab, this refers to Zones and Alarms.
When you have created alarms on the upper level, the levels below now show the texts [Example inc.] and Inherited settings when looking at the levels below. This means the below level now uses the same alarm settings as the upper level. If you want to change these alarms, you need to create new alarms as a whole.
In principle, the Zones work the same way:
When you create Zones in the upper level, all the Zones will be passed down to other levels. Contrary to the Alarms, the Zones do not show up as Inherited settings in the Zones tab on the below levels.
In summary, when you are working with the Zones and alarms, it is most likely beneficial to create one default configuration that is passed to other levels. Working this way could save you lots of time, as you do not have to configure each device level individually.