Managing your searches

This feature is only available in certain XProtect VMS systems. For information about the features in your system, see Surveillance system differences.

You can save your searches to reuse them and share them with other operatorsClosedA professional user of an XProtect client application.. Depending on your user rights, you can also access and use the searches made by others, unless they are private. When a search has been saved, you can:

  • Change the name and description, and make the search private or public.
  • Modify how the search is configured, for example by adding or removing cameras or by adjusting the search categories.
  • Delete the searches as they become obsolete.

Save searches

You can save your searches, so you can reuse them later or share them with other operators.

Steps:

  1. On the Search tab, configure your search. See Searching for video data.
  2. Click to the right of Search filters.

    Save searches in XProtect Smart Client.

  3. In the list that appears, click Save as. A window appears.

    Save as new search in XProtect Smart Client.

  4. Select a name that will make it easy for you to find the search, and possibly also a description. Later, when you use keywords to find the search, the search includes both the Name and the Description fields.
  5. To make the search visible only to you, select the Private search check box.
  6. Click Save. A progress bar informs you when the search is saved.

To get an overview of saved searches, click and then Open and manage searches.

Find and open saved searches

Steps:

  1. On the Search tab, click to the right of Search filters.

    Search filters in XProtect Smart Client.

  2. In the list that appears, click Open and manage searches. A window appears.

    Open and manage searches in XProtect Smart Client.

  3. Find and double-click the search that you want to open, or click Open. Immediately, the search is run.

    If many searches are listed, you can use keywords to find the search. The search includes both the Name field and the Description field.

  4. You can modify the search, for example by adding cameras. Click > Save to save the changes.

Edit or delete saved searches

This feature is only available in certain XProtect VMS systems. For information about the features in your system, see Surveillance system differences.

You can change the details of a saved search, or you can change how the search is configured, for example the search categories.

If the searches become obsolete, you can delete them.

Learn how to: