Your user permissions

XProtect Smart Client includes an extensive number of features. It is, among other things, the system administrator of your XProtect VMS system who controls if you have access to a given feature.

When the system administrator creates you as a user in the XProtect VMS system, you have, per default, no user permissions.

Usually, when you have no user permissions to a feature, all the user interface elements related to the feature are hidden in XProtect Smart Client. For example, if you don’t have permission to export video, all Export buttons and the Export default tab are hidden.

The features each user can see and use in XProtect Smart Client can vary considerably, even within the same organization.

As an example, the following can be functionalities that the administrator does NOT grant you user permissions to:

  • Log into XProtect Smart Client

  • View alarms, live video, or recorded video

  • Search for video

  • Export video

  • Enter setup mode

  • Create shared views

  • View video from specific cameras

  • Apply bookmarks or evidence locks

User permissions can also vary depending on the time of day, day of the week, and a combination of multiple factors. An example can be that you can only view live video from a specific camera during work hours from Monday to Friday. Still, when you’re at work, you can see all recorded video from the camera regardless of when the video was recorded.

With the video restriction feature, investigators can temporarily overrule your user permissions to the video from specific cameras for a certain time period.