The RESEARCH Solution
Note
The RESEARCH tab is only enabled for users belonging to the Research-Editors group (typically limited to one member) or Research-Viewers group (typically limited to four members). The system administrator can add users to groups. If you need access to RESEARCH, but receive a message indicating that RESEARCH cannot be used, contact your local BriefCam administrator to request membership.
BriefCam’s RESEARCH solution enables you to leverage quantitative video analysis to make informed, data-driven decisions. The module features the following four tabs:
DASHBOARDS – This tab features an embedded BI (business intelligence) platform based on aggregate video metadata. The tab allows you to visualize a range of analytics, such as key performance indicators, and perform trend analysis.
SOURCES – This tab allows you to schedule daily or one-time generation of dashboards for any VMS video source and to define custom dimensions enabling detailed analysis of KPIs.
SOURCE GROUPS – This tab lets you create groups of sources to be used for face matching and other grouping needs within the dashboards, such as grouping all the cameras on the 1st floor.
EXTERNAL DATA – This tab lets you add data files consisting of data from non-video sources that are generated outside of the BriefCam platform.
The RESEARCH sources and source groups are configured on the site systems. Keep in mind that the data coming in from the sites may be coming in at different rates. The rates are defined separately when each site is configured.
Note
RESEARCH dashboards do not open when using localhost or an IP in the Web client URL with some versions of the Chrome browser. To solve this issue, use the hostname or use the Firefox browser.
See also:
Tracking People Across Cameras Based on Face Recognition
Synchronization of Sources and Dashboards