Camera analytics events in Security Center SaaS

2026-08-03

Camera analytics events are notifications generated when a camera analytics engine detects activity that matches a configured rule or condition. Security Center SaaS receives these events from supported cameras and makes them available for monitoring, reporting, and automation workflows.

What camera analytics events are

Camera analytics events are high-level notifications generated when a camera analytics engine detects activity that matches a predefined rule or trigger.

Unlike raw video or metadata, analytics events represent an interpreted outcome. Examples include:

A person entering a monitored area
A loitering threshold being exceeded
Motion being detected
An intrusion condition being triggered

Analytics events are typically binary or categorical. They either occur or they do not occur. They are designed to be actionable and can be used to trigger alarms, recordings, notifications, and automated workflows.

How analytics events are used

After events are received by Security Center SaaS, they can be used to:

Monitor activity in real time.
Generate reports for investigations.
Trigger event-to-action workflows in Genetec™ Configuration desktop.

Activating camera analytics events

You can activate camera analytics events from the Events and metadata section of a camera's Settings tab. Deactivating camera analytics events in Security Center SaaS unsubscribes the system from those events. Event generation on the cameras is unaffected.

Note:

Turning on or off specific camera analytics events isn’t currently supported.

Supported event types

Supported event types vary depending on how the camera is added, the manufacturer, features that the camera supports, and devices that Security Center SaaS supports.

The supported event types can include one or more of the following, depending on the previously stated dependencies:

Motion events
Object analytics
Axis cameras: Axis Object Analytics (AOA)
Axis cameras: FenceGuard analytics
Bosch cameras: Firearm detection

Security Center SaaS supports Bosch firearm detection, provided the cameras have firmware 9.40 or later (CPP14 and AI) and the required Bosch licenses. In Security Center SaaS, the firearm detection event is named “Object detected in field” with the description “Detect firearm in hand”.

Tip:

In the Configuration task, you can display a complete list of supported event types by clicking Options > Events .

Licensing

The Bosch camera must have a valid license for “IVA Pro Visual Gun Detection” installed. To configure the camera for Visual Gun Detection, use the Bosch Configuration Manager application and follow the Manufacturer instructions in the Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) Pro Configuration Manual.

Monitoring events

You can monitor camera analytics events in your systems in real-time using a watchlist. You can also use the Reports task to view past events for analysis and investigation purposes.

Watchlist: Camera analytics events could be used with Bosch cameras to monitor for events of interest. For example, Object detected in Field, Detect firearm in field, and so on.
Reports: You can generate a customized query about specific events using the Reports task. For example, to generate a report about camera analytics events for specific event types of interest: Motion on, Motion off, Object detected in field, and so on.

Note:

Events in a watchlist are visible for 15 mins. After that, you must generate a report in the Reports task.