Create labels for sites, groups, and devices

Last modified: Friday May 19, 2023.

In addition to creating sites and groups to organize your devices logically, you can also create labels.

  • Compliment your existing device permissions by assigning labels to sites, device groups, and devices and then adding labels to the device permissions of your user groups.

  • For example, you could label specific devices in reception areas within multiple sites and existing device groups as "reception" and restrict reception users to access only those devices.

  • A future release will add search and filter options to enable the selection of labeled sites, groups, and devices for various Alta Video features.

Prerequisites

Only Admins or user roles with the add/edit/delete labels permission can create, edit, or delete labels. Other users may only view labels. For more information, see Labels for sites, groups, and devices.

Task — Create a label

  1. Choose Tools Open a tool > Devices Devices.
  2. Open Configure labels.
  3. Click Add new label.
  4. Enter a name.
  5. To apply the label to sites, groups, and devices, select them from the drop-down lists. Labels are inherited from a parent site or group:
    1. If you apply a label to a site, all device groups and devices in that site automatically gain that label.
    2. If you apply a label to a device group, all devices in that group automatically gain that label.
    3. Use the Cameras, Access Control, and Sensors tabs to apply the label directly to specific devices.
  6. Click Done.

Task — Edit or delete a label

  1. Choose Tools Open a tool > Devices Devices.
  2. Click Configure labels.
  3. Select the required label.
  4. To change which sites, groups, and devices have the label applied, select or deselect them from the drop-down lists.
  5. To delete the label, click Delete label.
    1. Acknowledge the warning and choose Delete.
  6. Click Done.

Task — Use a label to give a user device access

Assign a label to a site, device group, or device and then add the label to the device permissions for the user group assigned to the user.

Before you start, create and organize any required sites and device groups and assign your devices to them as needed. For more information see Create Sites and Create Device groups.

  1. If required, create a new label:
    1. Choose Tools Tools > Devices Devices.
    2. Open Configure labels, click Add new label, and enter a name.
    3. Apply the new label to the required sites, groups, and devices using the drop-down lists.
    4. Click Done.
  2. Open Tools > Users > User groups.
  3. Either edit the user group assigned to the required user or create a new user group:
    1. To edit an existing user group, select it from the list.
    2. To create a new user group, click Add new label. For more information, see Create User groups.
  4. Go to the Device permissions for the user group.
  5. If the group does not contain a device permission role, click + Add more permissions and choose a suitable role. For more information, see Create and edit Roles.
  6. Click the permissions field next to an assigned role.
  7. Expand Custom labels Custom labels and select the required label.
  8. Click Done.
  9. If you created a new user group, assign it to the user in Tools > Users > select user > Edit user > User group.