Create templates for use in search and rules

Last modified: Tuesday August 30, 2022.

Often, you might need to carry out searches using the feeds from the same cameras. For example, you might want to search the cameras that cover the entrances and exits from your building. You might also create several rules that use the same groups of cameras. Your rules might also often involve the same time frames, for example, you might create several rules that are only active outside of your core working times.

You can create Camera and Data & Time templates to group these regularly searched cameras, or your specified time ranges making future searches or rule-creation quicker to set up.

Task — Create the templates

1. Log in to Alta Video.
2. Click Search or Rules, or click Add new tool, then select Search or Rules.
3. Click (Search tool) or (Rules tool).
   
4. Click Add template.
5. Type the name for the new template group. Press Enter.
6. To create a camera template:
   1. Select Cameras. (For Rules templates only)
   2. Select the cameras to add to the template group. Use Search to help find the required cameras in the list. Click to filter cameras by site name and device name, or click to filter by label.
   3. Click Done.
   To create a time template: (For Rules templates only)
   1. Select Date & Time.
   2. Choose your preferred date and time ranges.
   3. Click Done.

The template is now available for use in defining rules and searches.