People Analytics
Using people analytics to filter people by attributes and search for faces
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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

  1. Select All Products in the left-hand menu

  2. Select Admin

  3. Select Privacy & Security

  4. Select Feature Manager

  5. Toggle on the features under People Analytics

Steps to Enable People Analytics on Individual Cameras

  1. Select All Products in the left-hand menu

  2. Select Cameras

  3. Select a camera

  4. Select Settings

  5. Select Analytics

  6. 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

  1. Select a camera

  2. Select People (You will not see this option if High Resolution Image Capture is not enabled)

  3. (Optional) Use the search bar to see and apply the available filters

  4. (Optional) Select Upload Photo to search for a specific person on the camera

Person History Across All Cameras

  1. Select the People page on the left-hand menu, you can also use Ctrl+K or cmd+K to open the search menu

  2. Select People

  3. All detected people across all cameras will be displayed

  4. 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

  1. Select the People page on the left-hand menu, you can also use Ctrl+K or cmd+K to open the search menu

  2. Select People

  3. Select Profiles

  4. All detected faces across all cameras will be displayed

  5. 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

  1. Select All Products in the left-hand menu

  2. Select Devices

  3. Hover over the green dot to the left of the first camera's thumbnail and select the checkbox.

  4. Select the checkbox of any additional cameras for which you would like to change location.

  5. Select Edit Settings on the top right tab

  6. Select Analytics

  7. Enable People History and other analytics features that you wish.

  8. Select Next, then Apply and Done to apply the settings.


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