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Learn how to monitor the state of your entities and manage their functions from the Genetec™ Operation Tiles task.
Monitoring entities in tiles
Using the Tiles task in Genetec™ Operation web, you can monitor the state of your entities and manage their functions.

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- Introduction
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- Maps
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  Learn how to monitor the state of your entities and manage their functions from the Genetec™ Operation Tiles task.
  - Tiles task process overview
    Monitor and interact with entities using the Tiles task in Genetec™ Operation web.
  - Monitoring entities in tiles
    Using the Tiles task in Genetec™ Operation web, you can monitor the state of your entities and manage their functions.
  - Creating a reusable tile layout
    To provide users with quick access to a consistent view of certain entities, you can create reusable tile layouts.
  - Modifying a reusable tile layout
    In the Tiles task, you can modify the properties and tiles of a reusable tile layout, and then overwrite the existing tile layout or save it as a new tile layout.
- Reports
  Generate customized queries about entities, activities, and events for investigation or maintenance purposes from the Genetec™ Operation Reports task.
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  Learn how to manage cardholders, cardholder groups, visitors, and access rules from the Genetec Web App Access control task.
- Alarms, quick actions, and critical events
  Learn how to respond to alarms, trigger quick actions, and set a system threat level to help notify your security personnel of a threatening situation.
- Event monitoring
  Learn how to respond to alarms, trigger quick actions, and set a system threat level to help notify your security personnel of a threatening situation.
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Glossary

Monitoring entities in tiles

2024-06-26

Using the Tiles task in Genetec™ Operation web, you can monitor the state of your entities and manage their functions.

What you should know

Your system administrator must apply privacy protection to video. Privacy protection can only be applied at the system level and not for individual cameras or videos.
You can configure the entity state information that is displayed in the tile overlay in Options > Tiles > Tile overlay .

Procedure

From the vertical navigation bar, click Tiles.
Click Browse () to find the entity or layout you want to monitor.
Double-click or drag the entity or layout to a tile.

Note: Only cameras and doors are supported. Selecting an unsupported entity does not populate the tile.
Hover over the tile to display the camera controls.
Right-click a tile to display the entity controls.
To clear entities from the canvas, do one of the following:
- Right-click a tile, and then click Clear ().
- Select a tile, and then press the Backspace key.
- To empty all tiles, press Ctrl+Backspace.