Create rules by importing from search history

Last modified: Tuesday October 25, 2022.

Each time you carry out a search, that information is recorded in the search history. Use a previous search from your search history as the basis for a new rule.

Prerequisites

To use Preset Camera or Date & Time settings, make sure you have configured them before creating the rule.

Task — Create a rule from your search history

  1. From the toolbar, open new tool button > rules tool button Rules.
  2. Click Add Add.
  3. Type a name for the rule.
  4. Click the Import from search history button.
  5. Set the Level of importance.
    High importance rules prioritize the cameras displayed in the Video view when a rule is triggered.
  6. Click Next.
  7. Select the search on which to base this rule.
  8. Click Next.
  9. Specify your required Date & Time and RULE ACTIVATION settings.
    If you have predefined them, use Templates to simplify adding the same date and time parameters to multiple rules.
  10. Click Next.

  11. Select automated actions taken by the system when the rule triggers:

    • Pop-up: Show a notification in Alta Video that includes a thumbnail of the rule-triggering video. If required, select Also send a push notification on the mobile app.
    • Email: Send an email message to a system user or user group. You can define an email template and include data from the trigger.
    • External link: Creates a link to the triggering recording that can be shared with non-system users or embedded in an Email or Webhook notification.
    • Webhook: Dispatch a configured webhook including trigger data as the payload.
    • PTZ Cameras: Move pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras to pre-configured positions. This option is only available if PTZ cameras are added to the deployment.

    Alarms are only shown to operators that have access to the cameras that trigger the rule.

  12. To configure Advanced settings:
    1. Click Advanced settings Advanced settings.
    2. Check Trigger alarm per object to have each detected object as a separate alarm.
    3. To record more video at the end of the alarm, specify the Additional recording time.
    4. To merge similar alarms, specify the Merge similar alarms within time.
    5. Select how the triggered rule should behave. To trigger an alarm that shows in the Alarms tool, select Security Alarm (default). To trigger as an event that shows in the Events tool, select Security Event.
    6. Click Done.
  13. Choose if you require your operators to acknowledge the rule when it is triggered.
  14. Click Done.