People analytics uses powerful edge-based camera capabilities to detect people, faces, and filter results based on clothing color, apparent sex, and the presence of backpacks.

Enable Person History

All Verkada cameras perform people detection (as outlined above) out of the box. However, to enable more complex analytics, such as the ability to search for faces, and for people by clothing color, person history must be turned on.

You will first need to enable the feature globally on your org and then on the individual cameras.

Steps to Enable People Analytics Globally

Select All Products in the left-hand menu
Select Admin
Select Privacy & Security
Select Feature Manager
Toggle on the features under People Analytics

Steps to Enable People Analytics on Individual Cameras

Select All Products in the left-hand menu
Select Cameras
Select a camera
Select Settings
Select Analytics
Toggle on People History and other analytics features that you may need

Using Person History

Person history can be seen on individual cameras, as well as across all cameras in the organization.

Person History for an Individual Camera

Select a camera
Select People (You will not see this option if High Resolution Image Capture is not enabled)
(Optional) Use the search bar to see and apply the available filters
(Optional) Select Upload Photo to search for a specific person on the camera

Person History Across All Cameras

Select the People page on the left-hand menu, you can also use Ctrl+K or cmd+K to open the search menu
Select People
All detected people across all cameras will be displayed
Use the search bar to see and apply the available filters

Using Face Detection

Face search is enabled by default when you toggle on High Resolution Image Capture. A Face Search can be performed across all cameras in the Organization.

Perform a Face Search Across All Cameras

Select the People page on the left-hand menu, you can also use Ctrl+K or cmd+K to open the search menu
Select People
Select Profiles
All detected faces across all cameras will be displayed
Use the search bar to see and apply the available filters

You can refer to Face Search on Mobile Apps to perform a face search on the Command mobile app.

Bulk enable People History from the Devices Page

Select All Products in the left-hand menu
Select Devices
Hover over the green dot to the left of the first camera's thumbnail and select the checkbox.
Select the checkbox of any additional cameras for which you would like to change location.
Select Edit Settings on the top right tab
Select Analytics
Enable People History and other analytics features that you wish.
Select Next, then Apply and Done to apply the settings.

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