Setting up incident monitoring filters in Mission Control - Mission Control 3.1.2.0

Genetec Mission Control™ User Guide 3.1.2.0

Applies to
Mission Control 3.1.2.0
Last updated
2023-03-08
Content type
Guides > User guides
Language
English
Product
Mission Control
Version
3.1

To focus on the most important incidents, you can filter the incident list in the Incident monitoring task.

What you should know

All users can set up a filter, but you must have the Edit incident filter templates privilege to save your filter to a template.

Procedure

To set up an incident filter:

  1. In the Incident monitoring task toolbar, click Filter ().
    The dialog box for filter setup opens.
  2. Configure the desired filtering criteria:
    View
    Filter the incident by users or user groups.
    All
    Show all incidents that you have permission to view because you are the owner, the recipient, or the supervisor.
    Owned by me
    Show only incidents that you have ownership of.
    Dispatched to me
    (Only if you are a supervisor) Only show incidents that you are a direct recipient of. This includes incidents that someone has forwarded or transferred to you and incidents for which your profile is configured to be a recipient.
    Supervised by me
    (Only if you are a supervisor) Only show incidents that you are the supervisor of.
    Dispatched to
    Only show incidents that have been dispatched to specific users or user groups. This option is only available to users who have the privilege to supervise the work of other users.
    Type
    Show only incidents that match one of the selected incident types and categories.
    State
    Show only incidents that match one of the selected incident states.
    Location
    Show only incidents that match one of the selected locations (areas).
    Priority
    Show only incidents that match one of the selected incident priorities.
    Trigger time
    Show only incidents that were triggered within the selected time range.
  3. Click Apply.
    In the toolbar area, the number of configured filters is indicated beside the icon. The message X/Y active incidents is displayed, indicating that there are X incidents matching the filters you set, out of a total of Y active incidents.

To save your filter to a filter template:

  1. Click Filter (), and then click Template > Save as.
    The Filter templates dialog box opens.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Click the name of an existing template to replace it.
    • Enter a name to create a template.
  3. Select Public templates if you want all users to be able to use your template.
  4. Click Save.

To load a filter from a template:

  1. Click Filter () > Template, and then click a template name.
    You must have the Edit incident filter templates privilege to save your Mission Control incident filters to either private or public filter templates.

To remove the current filter:

  1. Click Filter (), and then click Clear.

Results

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