Standard dashboard widgets - Security Center 5.12

Security Center User Guide 5.12

Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > User guides
Version
5.12
ft:locale
en-US
Last updated
2025-01-28

Security Center includes a collection of standard dashboard widgets.

The following dashboard widgets are available:

Name Widget icon Description Required privileges
Alarm count

Alarm bell with binoculars
Counts the number of alarms that are active, under investigation, or that require acknowledgment. You can configure the widget to change color based on the alarm count. Alarm monitoring
Image

Polaroid image
Displays static images in the following formats:
  • .jpg
  • .jpeg
  • .gif
  • .png
  • .bmp
None
Map

Floorplan map
Displays a selected map. You can drag and drop map objects like cameras directly from the map into any tile widget to display them on your dashboard. Maps privilege
Monitoring

Book with colored tabs and binoculars
Displays the live report of events or alarms selected for monitoring. To switch between monitoring events and alarms, select Allow display mode. The same commands available in the Monitoring task when alarm monitoring is enabled are available in the widget. Monitoring or Alarm Monitoring
Text

Text field with highlighted section and a large I‑beam cursor
Displays text. None
Tile

Square filled with smaller squares and a film vignette in the top left corner
Displays any entity that can be shown in a Security Center tile.1 None2
Web page

Sheet of paper with a globe on it
Displays web pages. View web pages
Charts

Pie chart
Displays a selected report visually.4 View charts 5
Entity count

Gauge
Counts the number of entities of the selected type. None
Result count

Gauge
Counts the number of results in a selected report.2 None5
Top results

Spreadsheet
Displays the top results from a selected report.4 None5
Entity state

Piece of hardware with a red, green, and yellow light hovering over it
Displays the state of a zone, intrusion area, I/O pin, or reader.6 None
Archivers

Three film reels stacked with a first aid cross infront
Displays Archiver role statistics. Archiver statistics
Availability

Green circular dial with one eighth red
Displays system availability statistics. Health history
Camera Integrity Monitor

Video camera with a checkmark
Displays the tampering status for cameras configured for camera integrity monitoring, and can trigger an update for their associated thumbnail and data model. Reset Camera Integrity Monitor
Connections

File window
Counts the number and type of users connected to the system. None
Hardware status

Brick with a first aid cross in front
Displays the hardware status of selected devices. None
Health events

Flag with a first aid cross in front
Displays system health events. Health history
Role status

Building block with a first aid cross in front
Displays the status of selected roles. View role properties
Security score

Triangular gauge with a lock over the middle
Displays your system security score.7 View security widget

1 To add an entity to your dashboard from the Monitoring task, right-click the associated tile and selecting Add to dashboard.

2 Specific entities might require their own privileges.

3 Requires a specific privilege for each record type that you want to report on.

4 Only reports saved as public tasks are supported. You can also add a report to your dashboard by selecting Add to dashboard in the associated reporting task in Security Desk.

5 Specific reports might require their own privileges.

6 For more information, see Entity states.

7 For more information, see How the Security score widget works.