Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 125)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 125 Management Client elements
View groups
About view groups
The way in which the system presents video from one or more cameras in clients is called a view. A
view group is a container for one or more logical groups of such views. In clients, a view group is
presented as an expandable folder from which users can select the group and the view they want to
see:
Example from Smart Client : Arrow indicates a view group, which contains a logical group (called Amenities), which in turn
contains 3 views.
About view groups and roles
By default, each role you define in the Management Client is also created as a view group. When you
add a role in the Management Client, the role by default appears as a view group for use in clients.
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You can assign a view group based on a role to users/groups assigned to the relevant role.
You may change these view group rights by setting this up in the role afterwards.
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A view group based on a role carries the role's name.
Example: If you create a role with the name Building A Security Staff, it appears in XProtect
Smart Client as a view group called Building A Security Staff.
In addition to the view groups you get when adding roles, you may create as many other view
groups as you like. You can also delete view groups, including those automatically created
when adding roles.
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Even if a view group is created each time you add a role, view groups do not have to
correspond to roles. You can add, rename or remove any of your view groups if required.
Note that if you rename a View group, client users already connected must log out and log in again
before the name change is visible.
Add a view group
1. Right-click View Groups, and select Add View Group. This opens the Add View Group
dialog box.
2. Type the name and an optional description of the new view group and click OK.
Note: No roles have the right to use the newly added view group until you have specified such rights.
If you have specified which roles that can use the newly added view group, already connected client
users with the relevant roles must log out and log in again before they can see the view group.