# People Analytics

People Analytics uses edge-based camera processing to detect people and faces and analyze attributes such as clothing color, apparent sex, and the presence of backpacks. All Verkada cameras detect people by default, but you must enable People History to use advanced analytics like searching by face or clothing color.

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See the [User Guide for People Analytics](https://docs.verkada.com/docs/people-analytics-guide.pdf) for best practice guidelines.
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## Enable People History

### Globally

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You need to enable this feature globally before you can enable it on individual cameras.
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**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Admin.**
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**Select Feature Manager.**
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**Under People Analytics, enable People History and other analytics features that you may need.**&#x20;
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### Individual cameras

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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**Select a camera to edit.**
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**Click Settings > Analytics.**
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**Under Analytics, toggle on People History and other analytics features that you may need.**&#x20;

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You can only toggle on Person Attributes, Face Detection, and Occupancy Trends when People History is enabled.
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## View Person History

### Individual camera

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{% step %}
**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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{% step %}
**Select a camera > People.**
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**Use the search bar to see and apply the available filters.**
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**(Optional) Select Upload Photo to search for a specific person on the camera.**
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### All cameras

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{% step %}
**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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**In the left navigation, select People.**

You should be able to see all detected people across all cameras.
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**Use the search bar to see and apply the available filters.**
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## Use Face Search

When enabled, Face Search is visible across all cameras in your organization and in the Verkada Command app.

### Across all cameras

You can search a face across all cameras in your organization.

{% stepper %}
{% step %}
**In Verkada Command, go to All Products > Cameras.**
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{% step %}
**Select People > Profiles.**

You should be able to see all detected faces across all cameras.
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**Use the search bar to see and apply the available filters.**
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{% endstepper %}

### Command app

See [Face Search on Mobile Apps](/verkada-cameras/analytics/people-analytics/people-and-face-search-on-mobile-apps.md) to perform a face search on the Command mobile app.


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