In Genetec ClearID™, an
area is a logical entity that defines the relationship between Synergis™ doors and area owners. Areas are managed by
the area owner.
What you should know
- Only account administrators or site owners can create areas in Genetec ClearID™.
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In Genetec ClearID™, an area
owner is an identity that has authority over an area. The owner can define the policy
for an area and assign area approvers.
- An area is bound to or associated
with a Security Center system.
Procedure
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Click .
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Click Create
area.
NOTE: Mandatory fields are highlighted in the user
interface with an asterisk (*).
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In the Site section, complete the information
fields:
- Site
- From the Site list, select the site that you want to associate
your area with.
- Access control system
- This field is prefilled based on the previously selected site. This access control
system is used to synchronize changes in ClearID back to Security Center.
NOTE: If a warning
message is displayed instead of the associated ACS information, click the link to
return to the site configuration and enter the associated ACS information.
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In the General settings section, complete the
information fields:
- Name
- Enter an area name.
- Description
- Enter a description that indicates the geographical location of the building or
physical area.
- Tags
- Enter alternative keywords or search term categorizations that might be used to find
the area.
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In the Advanced settings section, select the
options that you require:
- Request approval workflow
- Choose the approval workflow option that you require:
- Automatic approval
- Area requests are automatically approved using a role-based policy.
- Area approvers
- Area requests are manually approved by authorized area approvers.
- Supervisor and area approvers
- Area requests are manually approved by supervisor and area approvers.
- Supervisors
- Area requests are manually approved by supervisors.
- Visibility
- Choose the visibility option that you require:
- Public
- The area is visible to everyone and access requests can be created for the area.
This is the default setting.
- Private
- The area is private and should be hidden, and access requests are not supported
for the area.
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Click Save.
When the area is saved, commands are automatically sent to the plugin to
create an area in Security Center.
Results
Your area has now been created in ClearID.
After you finish
Add area managers.