Milestone XProtect Transact - Manual (Page 18)

Milestone XProtect
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Transact
Administrator's Guide
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Advanced event features
Through XProtect Transact's event and event group features you can get XProtect Transact to listen
for occurrences of specific words, numbers, characters etc. in the transaction data and generate
events when the specified occurrences are found. Sources are also associated to event groups in the
XProtect Transact Administrator window's Sources tab. See Managing sources (on page 18) and
Events and event groups (on page 38) for more information.
Managing sources
A source, also called a source provider, is a data source through which transaction data is fed to the
XProtect Transact Server and subsequently stored in the XProtect Transact Database.
You define and edit the source settings for the XProtect Transact Server by clicking the Sources tab
in the XProtect Transact Administrator window.
Add a new source
To add a source, do the following:
1. Either from the Start menu or the desktop shortcut, open the XProtect Transact
Administrator window.
2. On the Sources tab, click Add New....
3. In the New Source window, in the Source name field,specify a name for the new source. In
the Source providers list, select the type of source. See Sources and configurations (on page
16) for more information about the available sources providers and their use.
Tip: The source name can contain spaces and special characters, such as @, $, %, æ.
4. In the Create Source window, specify properties (see "The Create/Edit Source window" on
page 19) for the source.
5. Select a standard configuration.
o If you are defining a source that uses the source provider TCP XML XProtect Transact
provider, select the standard configuration Analytics from the list in the Configuration
section.
o For all other source providers select the standard configuration Epson default from the list
in the Configuration section.
You can add a new configuration (see "Create a configuration" on page 23) or edit the
standard configuration (see "Edit a configuration" on page 27) later.
6. If you have defined transaction events and event groups (see "Events and event groups" on
page 38), you can associate the source with an event group in the Event Group list, to trigger
actions through generic events defined in the surveillance system.
7. When ready, click OK.
The new source will now appear in the transaction sources list on the XProtect Transact
Administrator window's Sources tab.