Linking related incidents - Genetec Mission Control™ 3.0.6.0

Genetec Mission Control™ User Guide 3.0.6.0

Applies to
Genetec Mission Control™ 3.0.6.0
Last updated
2022-10-26
Content type
Guides > User guides
Language
English
Product
Genetec Mission Control™
Version
3.0

You can select and link specific incidents together in Security Desk.

Before you begin

You need the Link incidents privilege to link related incidents together.

What you should know

Incidents can be linked before and after they are closed. You do not need to be the incident owner to link incidents.

Procedure

To link one incident to another:

  1. In the Incident monitoring task, click the incident you want to work on.
    You can click in the list or on the map.
    The incident details are displayed in the incident details pane.
  2. In the incident details pane, click Related incidents.
    The related incidents are divided into three groups:
    Incidents at the source
    Incidents that are triggered from the same source as the selected incident.
    Similar incidents
    Incidents that are of the same type as the selected incident.
    Linked incidents
    Incidents that are linked to the selected incident by users.

    You can filter Incidents at the source and Similar incidents to show only incidents from the last Hour, Day, Week, or Month.

  3. At the bottom of the Linked incidents section, click Add an item ().
    The Link to an incident dialog box opens.
  4. Enter an Incident ID, click Add, and then click Yes.

To link multiple incidents together in the Incident monitoring task:

  1. In the Incident monitoring task, select the incidents you want to link together.
    You can click in the list or on the map.
  2. Right-click one of the selected incidents and select Link incidents.
    The number of linked incidents is displayed in the Related incidents section header in the incident details pane.

To link multiple incidents together in the Incident report task:

You must have the Modify reported incidents (Genetec Mission Control™) privilege.

  1. In Incident report, select the incidents you want to link together from the list.
  2. Click Link incidents, and then click Yes.

Results

Watch this video to learn more. Click the Captions icon (CC) to turn on video captions in one of the available languages.

For more videos on Genetec Mission Control™ operations, see the Using Genetec Mission Control™ in Security Desk video book.
Tip: There is a cheat sheet available for Genetec Mission Control™ operations in Security Desk.