Frequently asked questions: views

Yes. Many XProtect Smart Client users can view video in their XProtect Smart Client immediately, without the need to set up views first.

Private views: If connected to certain types of surveillance system—primarily small surveillance systems with few cameras—the surveillance system server can automatically generate a single private view with all the system's cameras. Such a view is called a default view. If you have access to a default view, you can begin viewing video in your XProtect Smart Client immediately because the default view will automatically be displayed the first time you log in to your XProtect Smart Client.

Shared views: Shared views may already have been created by the surveillance system administrator or by some of your colleagues. If shared views already exist, and you have access to them and the cameras they contain, you can begin viewing video in your XProtect Smart Client immediately.

From time to time your surveillance system administrator may make changes to camera or user properties on the surveillance system. Such changes take effect in the XProtect Smart Client when you log in for the first time after the changes were made, and they may occasionally require you to re-create your views.

Typically only a few people in an organization are able to create and edit shared views. Your surveillance system administrator may create and maintain a number of shared views. When you log in, the shared views will automatically be available to you, so you will not need to create further views.

Typically, your surveillance system administrator will have told you if you have access to shared views. If not, you can quickly determine if any shared views are available to you.

On the Live or Playback tab, the Views pane will always contain a top-level folder called Private. The Private top-level folder is for accessing private views, and its content depends upon which views—if any—you have created for yourself.

Any other top-level folders in the Views pane are for accessing shared views. The names of these top-level folders depend on what has been configured.

The fact that the Views pane contains one or more top-level folders for accessing shared views does not in itself guarantee that shared views are actually available. To verify if any shared views are available under the top-level folders, expand the folders.

If a folder has a padlock icon, it is protected and you cannot create new views or edit existing views to it.

Your user settings, including information about your views, are stored centrally on the surveillance system server. This means that you can use your views, private as well as shared, on any computer that has a XProtect Smart Client installed, provided you log in to the XProtect Smart Client with your own user name and password.

Yes. This enables you to make buttons available on shared views, where colleagues with the necessary rights will be able to use the buttons, even if you do not have rights to use them yourself.

When you add a button for an action you do not have rights for, the button will appear dimmed in setup mode and will not appear when you use the Live tab. Colleagues with the necessary rights will be able to use the button on the Live tab.

Changes to your rights will affect the way you can use any buttons and they will either appear dimmed or available depending on whether or not you have user rights for those actions. For example, if you add a button for an action you do not have rights to perform and then your user rights change so that you do have the necessary rights, the button will change to available.