Milestone XProtect Advanced VMS 2014 - Manual (Page 165)

Milestone XProtect ® Advanced
VMS 2014
Administrator's Manual
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Add and edit an analytics event
Add an analytics event
1. Expand Rules and Events, right-click Analytics Events. Select Add New. The Analytics
Events Information window appears.
2. Type a name for the event in the Name field.
3. Type a description text in the Description field if needed.
4. In the toolbar, click Save. You can test the validity of the event by clicking Test Event. You
can continually correct errors indicated in the test and run the test as many times as you want
and from anywhere in the process.
Edit an analytics event
1. Click an existing analytics event to open the Analytics Event Information window, where you
can edit relevant fields.
2. You can test the validity of the event by clicking Test Event. You can continually correct errors
indicated in the test and run the test as many times as you want and from anywhere in the
process.
Test analytics event (Milestone)
To test an analytics event, you must first create one. See Create a new analytics event.
1. Click on an existing analytics event. This opens a new window.
2. In this window, click Test Event.
3. This opens the Test Analytics Event window which goes through a number of conditions that
must be successful for analytics events to work. The window consists of two tabs, Tasks and
Errors. See more information about the information on these tabs below this procedure.
Example of the Test Analytics Event window. May look different in different contexts.
4. Remember to save any changes made during the test. In the toolbar, click Save.
When you are done, check the presence of your test event in the XProtect Smart Client's Alarm list.
Sort by type: Test Alarm. See the XProtect Smart Client documentation for more details. You can