Create views
Last modified: Monday September 15, 2025.
You can observe multiple camera feeds by creating views.
- You can use a combination of cameras and other devices, such as access control points, sensors, point-of-sale (POS), and speakers.
- You can save your views and share them with other users.
Create a view
- Open
Tools > Video view . - If required, click
to open the sidebar.
- Choose the layout:
- Video view defaults to four panes in a 2 x 2 layout.
- To change the number of available panes, expand Layouts and select a different layout.
- For larger layouts, timelines might be hidden until you select a pane, and the number of panes simultaneously playing back video might be limited.
- Expand the Cameras list and assign cameras to the panes:
- Drag a single camera to a pane.
- Drag a site or device group to a pane. Camera feeds from the site or group show in rotation.
- Drag a site or device group to the center of the panes. Camera feeds from the site or group fill the available panes or show in rotation. Feeds are prioritized based on alarms and video analytics identifying anomalies and interesting activity.
- Click
to filter cameras by site name and device name, or click
to filter by label.
- To configure feed rotation settings, see Camera feed rotation.
- If required, click
Save video view . For more information, see Save and share views.
Add other devices to a view
You can assign access control points, sensors, speakers, and POS devices to view panes:
- Open
Tools > Video view . - If required, click
to open the sidebar.
- Expand the relevant list, and drag the required device into a pane.
- The pane shows feeds from cameras integrated into the devices or feeds from associated cameras.
- You can associate cameras to a device in its settings:
Tools > Devices > <choose device>Edit settings .
- You can associate cameras to a device in its settings:
- Camera view panes show icons when associated with other devices:
- Microphone
- Speakers
- Point-of-sale device
- Microphone
- To see live updates from all the sources on a sensor,
Enable sensor info in
Layers.
Update an existing view
You can update an existing view by opening it, making changes, and re-saving it.
- Open
Tools > Video view . - If required, click
to open the sidebar.
- Expand
Saved views.
- Select the required view.
- Make your changes.
- Hover over the view in Saved views , click
More options, and select Update with current view.