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BriefCam User Guide

Sample Workflows

Last Updated: 2 minute read
Version2024r2
LanguageEnglish

Creating a Dashboard

Create a new sheet as explained in Creating a New Sheet (Dashboard), then follow the steps described below.

  1. Drag a Bar chart to the sheet.

    Bar chart drag.png

  2. Click Add dimension and select Class.

    Add dimension class.png

  3. Click Add measure and select # of Objects.

    Add No of Objects.png

  4. Add a title to the chart.

    Add title.png

  5. Change sorting by dragging items on the right-hand menu, so that Class precedes # of Objects.

    Sorting measures.png

  6. Expand Class, select Custom sorting and check Sort alphabetically.

    Sort alphabetically.png

  7. Drag a Pie chart onto the dashboard.

    Pie chart drag.png

  8. Click Add dimension and select Direction Label.

    Add direction label.png

  9. Click Add measure and select # of Road Vehicles.

    Add road vehicles.png

  10. If you do not see a legend, change Show Legend to Enabled.

    Show legend measure.png

  11. Drag the Filters visualization to the dashboard.

    Filters visualization drag.png

  12. Click the Done editing button.

    DoneEditing blank.png

    Congratulations! You’ve created a new dashboard.

    NewDashboardCreated.png

Multi-Camera Dashboard

To create a Multi-Camera Dashboard that presents object counts from multiple sources in the same sheet, follow the steps described below:

  1. Drag the KPI chart onto the dashboard.

    KPI chart drag.png

  2. Select the # of Objects in Specific Source measure.

  3. The result will currently be 0 objects.

    No ob objects 0.png

  4. Unlink the measure within the visualization object by clicking the unlink (Unlink icon.png) icon.

    Unlink icon in objects measure.png

  5. Click OK.

    Research unlink message.png

  6. In the Expression field, click the function (Expression icon.png) button.

    Expression icon count.png

  7. Replace the string SourceExample with the requested Source name.

    SourceExample before.png
    SourceExample after.png

  8. See the result.

    Objects in Source 502.png

Multi-Path, Area, or Line Crossing Dashboard

To create a Multi-Path, Area, or Line Crossing Dashboard that presents object counts from multiple paths/areas/line crossings in the same sheet, follow the steps described below:

  1. Drag the KPI chart onto the dashboard.

    KPI chart drag.png

  2. Select the # of Objects in Specific Source and Custom Dimensions measure.

    Objects in source drag.png

  3. The result will currently be 0 objects.

    NumberOfObjects.png

  4. Unlink the measure within the visualization object by clicking the unlink (Unlink icon.png) icon.

    Unlink measure.png

  5. Click OK.

    Research unlink message.png

  6. In the Expression field, click the function (Expression icon.png) button.

    Expression icon in measure.png

  7. Replace the string SourceExample and CustomDimensionsExample with the requested source and custom dimension name.

    Count expression part 1.png
    Count expression part 2.png

  8. See the result.

    Objects in source and dimensions.png