Use the Alarms tool to exclude an object from analytics

Last modified: Tuesday August 30, 2022.

On occasion, you might get a repeated, or continuous false detection in a camera view. For example, the Avigilon Alta analytics might classify a mail box as a person.

If this occurs, you can exclude that object from future detections from within the Alarms tool.

Task — Exclude the falsely detected object

Choose Tools > Alarms.
Select the alarm that includes the falsely detected object.
When the number of Alarms or Events exceeds multiples of 100, a new page is created.
For deployments with multiple configured Sites, only Alarms for the currently expanded Site are displayed.
Use to find the alarm or event of interest. Use options to filter your search results by your selected category (for example, Alarm name, Type, Camera, View, or other information used to identify the specific Alarm or Event).
The side pane opens, with information relevant to the type of alarm or event.
From General Info, click Exclude false detections.
Click the object to exclude from analytics.
If Do not show this again has not previously been selected, review the provided information about excluded objects. Click Exclude.
A thumbnail of the selected object is shown below the camera view.
Hover the cursor over a thumbnail to show the location and information about of the excluded object in the camera view.
Click Done.

Task — Remove a previously excluded object

If a detected object was erroneously excluded, or the exclusion no longer applies (for example, a dumpster that triggered vehicle detections has now been removed), you can remove the detection from the exclusion list.

Select the alarm of interest.
From General Info, click Camera Exclude false detections.
Click on the object to exclude from analytics.
Click the thumbnail to remove.
If still in camera view, the object is again detected by the Avigilon Alta analytics.
Click Done.