The ALERTS tab contains three sections: a video source pane on the left, thumbnails in the middle and filters on the right.

By default, the ALERTS tab opens displaying the last 24 hours of alerts. The Since time will remain as-is until you refresh the screen.

You can change the display using the drop-down list at the top of the screen.

When a new alert comes in from a camera, it is added to the video source for that camera.

You can copy the name of the source by clicking on the source name and clicking the copy icon.

You can sort the alerts by time (oldest to newest and vice versa).

By default, the order of the video sources is only changed right after you change the Sort by time or when you set a filter. If you want the video source pane to also be sorted when there is a new alert, your administrator can change this for you.

To activate sound notifications when a RESPOND alert is received, click on the icon. The sound will play only when you are logged into BriefCam and have activated the sound. You will need to activate it each time you log into BriefCam. The administrator can remove or change the sound file.

An alarm icon appears near the RESPOND tab to signify that new alerts are available. When navigating to the ALERTS tab, the alarm icon disappears.

If you are on a page that is not the first page and new alerts come in, you will see them in the first row. You can then click the Go to newest alerts link to display the newest alerts.

Each video source represents a camera that has alerts in the selected time range.

Cameras that have more than one rule are shown as a single video source.

Click the playback button to play back the video source. Video playback will feature only objects matching currently selected filters.

For information about the video player, see Video Player.

The ALERTS tab contains thumbnails of all alerts that were generated in the RULES tab of the RESPOND solution. The time that the alert was created appears on the thumbnail.

New alerts will appear in the first row. Once the row is filled, the alerts will move down to the next row.

If you are on any page besides the first page and new alerts come in, you will see an Incoming Alerts row. Above the row, you can click the Go to newest alerts button and the first page will open.

A red line under the thumbnail indicates that the thumbnail has not yet been watched.

Count-based alerts display the thumbnails, one on top of another, of all of the objects that were counted in the alert.

When you select an alert or multiple alerts, four icons will appear at the top right of the screen.

Icons	Description
	Mark as Watched/Unwatched
	Start a Review Case
	Delete
	Create Bookmark. Additional information about creating bookmarks can be found in The BOOKMARKS Tab section.

Filters

On the right side of the screen, you can filter by the source name or rule name.

When searching by source name, to enhance you search of the cameras, you can select the tags that you want to search for. For example, your administrator may have marked all cameras on the first floor with a tag named “First floor”. You can easily search for these cameras by opening the Select Tags drop-down list at the top right corner and selecting the tags that you want. You can also use the OR and AND options to further your searching capabilities.

Note that you can display the list of cameras with or without the tags and the paths (which show the hierarchy of the cameras within the directory) by using the Tags and Paths toggle options.

Click the three-line menu where you can sort by oldest or newest and select to show all alerts or to show bookmarked, watched, or unwatched alerts only.

Note

When using the Bookmarked filters, it will only show bookmarks that were not deleted during the maintenance. Afterward, the bookmark will only appear in the BOOKMARKS tab.

When you select the Bookmarked filter, you can click on the arrow icon and further filter by color.

If you select multiple colors, the number of colors selected will appear to the right of the bookmark icon.