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BriefCam User Guide

Out-of-the-box Visualizations

Last Updated: 4 minute read
Version2025r1
LanguageEnglish

You can reuse common visualizations by dragging an object from the left-hand side Master items >Visualizations menu to the sheet.

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Currently, the available out-of-the-box visualizations are:

Visualization name

Description

Dashboards’ Details

A table that presents all the names and IDs of the dashboards. This is useful for changing the default dashboard that opens when opening the RESEARCH module. To change the default, contact your administrator.

Date Picker Filter

Add this filter to select a specific time range within a sheet.

People counting has its own visualization for this functionality.

Duration Histogram

Histogram (spread) chart of different objects’ durations.

Filters

Add these filters to filter different attributes within a sheet: Source Group, Source, Day, Hour, Class Category, Class, Color, Size, Speed, Dwell (Sec), Direction, Direction Label, Custom Dimensions, Face Mask, Tolerance, Reset Filters.

People counting has its own visualization for this functionality.

License Plates Filter

Add this filter to select license plates from a list (or search).

People Counting: Date Picker Filter

Add this filter to select a specific time range within a sheet for people counting.

People Counting: Filters

Add these filters to select different People Counting attributes within a dashboard, such as People Counting: Hour (Num).

People Counting: Source Filter

This lets you set preset dashboard filters for people counting. For more information, see the Source Filter item below.

Source Filter

This lets you set preset dashboard filters (across users).

Note that this same behavior can now be achieved by selecting a source in the properties of the Actions section.

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This visualization remains in the product for backward compatibility.

People counting has its own visualization for this functionality.

Source Run in Last 30 Days

Add this table to monitor the number of objects loaded per Source and Date. The table is sorted by the last update date and contains only sources whose data was loaded in the last 30 days.

Source Run in Last 30 Days (by hour)

Add this table to monitor the number of objects loaded per Source, Date and Hour. The table is sorted by the last update date and contains only sources whose data was loaded in the last 30 days.

Speed Histogram

Histogram (spread chart) of different objects’ speeds.

Speed Limit Slider

Use the Speed Limit Slider together with the # of Speeding Road Vehicles measure to count Road Vehicles whose speed exceeds the limit specified on the slider.

Time Range Filter

The dashboard will automatically open filtered according to the time range that you set using this visualization. This filter is useful when you want a dashboard to always show a certain time range relative to today without having to manually set the timer range every time the dashboard is opened.

The Time Range filter will be displayed in the top left of the dashboard.

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The default filter is the last 30 days.

To change the default:

  1. Drag the filter to the sheet.

  2. Unlink the visualization by right-clicking on the filter, selecting Unlink visualization and clicking OK.

  3. Go to the Actions menu’s Value field and click the expression icon (Research expression icon.png).

  4. Uncomment the expression for the relevant time range (by removing the two slashes before the row) and comment out the default. For example, if you want the time range to be set to the last 90 days, find the row that says: // Last 90 days and remove the // from the row below it. The two rows should now look like this:

    // Last 90 days

    ='>=' & Date(Today()-90) & '<=' & Date(Today())

  5. Close and reopen the dashboard for the new filter to take effect.

Visual Layer: Activity Heat Map

Add the activity heat map image of a RESEARCH source. If a source is not selected, BriefCam will display the most recent image that comes first alphabetically. To display the heat map for a different source, add the Filters visualization and select the required source. See also Displaying a Specific Visual Layer.

Note that the visual layer visualizations are only affected by the Source and Date filters.

Visual Layer: Background Changes

Add the background changes heat map image of a RESEARCH source. If a source is not selected, BriefCam will display the most recent image that comes first alphabetically. To display the background changes for a different source, add the Filters visualization and select the required source. See also Displaying a Specific Visual Layer.

Note that the visual layer visualizations are only affected by the Source and Date filters.

Visual Layer: Common Paths

Add the common paths heat map image of a RESEARCH source. If a source is not selected, BriefCam will display the most recent image that comes first alphabetically. To display the common paths for a different source, add the Filters visualization and select the required source. See also Displaying a Specific Visual Layer.

Note that the visual layer visualizations are only affected by the Source and Date filters.

Visual Layer: Dwell Heat Map

Add the dwell heat map image of a RESEARCH source. If a source is not selected, BriefCam will display the most recent image that comes first alphabetically. To display the dwell heat map for a different source, add the Filters visualization and select the required source. See also Displaying a Specific Visual Layer.

Note that the visual layer visualizations are only affected by the Source and Date filters.