Administrator guide. Analytics

Management of the Video Analytics system is implemented through two separate administrative environments, each addressing its set of tasks and intended for different types of specialists.

• The Orchestrator administration panel is a restricted tool used by technical specialists for the initial setup and architectural management of Analytics.

• The VMS Administrator interface is a centralized tool for managing the video surveillance system, in which the Analytics module is an integrated part of the overall system. It serves as the central control panel for Video Analytics, allowing administrators to configure Analytics parameters, allocate resources, monitor system performance in real time, and assign appropriate user permissions for access to Analytics functionality.

The Orchestrator administration panel

Following the deployment of the Video Surveillance platform and the Analytics module, technical specialists use the dedicated Orchestrator administration panel to perform initial configuration. At this stage, the key tasks include:

• Defining global Analytics parameters.

• Allocating computational resources.

• Ensuring synchronization with the Video Management System (VMS).

These actions ensure the Analytics module runs correctly and processes video streams smoothly in real time.

The Orchestrator administration panel provides the following capabilities:

• Manage types of Analytics (Case types): create, edit, and delete.

• Handle VMS data (Images, Collections, License plates, License plate collections): view and manage face image collections, vehicle license plates and collections, which are automatically synchronized with VMS.

• Monitor in the Streams section: access Video Analytics streams that are created in VMS.

• Process delayed events (Delayed Events): serves as a temporary buffer for events that could not be immediately sent to ClickHouse because of its unavailability, preventing data loss during connection failures. Once the connection is restored, the system automatically uploads the accumulated events to ClickHouse and clears the table, ensuring reliable data transmission.

• The Region section is designed to manage and store zone (region) data provided by workers. The Orchestrator records new zones, updates existing ones, and binds workers to their respective regions. Video analytics streams can be associated with a worker of a given region, ensuring proper routing and processing across the distributed system.

• OVMS client lists all workers in use.

Analytics in the VMS Administrator client

• Manage the Analytics module

• Manage user access to Analytics

• View statistics on Analytics licenses

• Analytics in the Intercom module

Manage the Analytics module

Within the VMS Administrator client, under Analytics > Analytics Module, administrators can access critical parameters that influence the accuracy and efficiency of Analytics in real-world scenarios. This section is intended for system administrators and technical specialists responsible for the operation of the Analytics module.

The administrator is provisioned with the tools for comprehensive Video Analytics management, including the configuration of processing parameters, monitoring of computational resources, event analysis, and optimization of service deployment. For detailed instructions, refer to the Analytics in the Administrator client documentation section.

• Stream processing service offers an overview of computing resources, service locations, and their links to media servers.

• View and manage the Analytics parameters. In the View parameters section, the administrator reviews the global parameters of each type of Analytics. In general, the following parameters are configured: sensitivity thresholds, time intervals for event storage and generation, minimum and maximum object sizes or counts, as well as additional parameters for specific tasks. These configurations optimize accuracy, sensitivity, and trigger rates, adapting analytics to real-world conditions and minimizing false events. From the Streams tab, administrators can adjust parameters for individual streams.

• Events is a log of the results produced by the Analytics services, allowing administrators to track efficiency and identify failures.

• Regions is a section for managing the placement of video stream processing services and their assignment to media servers. Its main purpose is to ensure efficient load distribution and control over the geographical deployment of services.

Manage user access to Analytics

To grant video surveillance users access to the Analytics functions, the administrator must assign them the appropriate access rights for the relevant types of Analytics and define the number of licenses available to each user. Configuration is performed in the Administration > Users section.

• For details on how to assign Analytics permissions to billing users, refer to the Users: Created via billing documentation section.

• For details on how to assign Analytics permissions to users created by administrators, refer to the Users: created by administrators documentation page.

View statistics on Analytics licenses

The Licensing section allows the video surveillance administrator to view statistics on licenses allocated for Analytics: how many are used, how many remain available, and how they are distributed across Analytics levels. For details, refer to the Licensing documentation page.

Analytics in the Intercom module

One of the integrations with the video surveillance system is the Intercom module, which leverages Video Analytics – specifically Face Recognition. By utilizing Face recognition analytics, it automates access for authorized visitors, facilitating seamless, touch-free entry and eliminating the reliance on keys or PIN codes.

The video surveillance system administrator manages the door‑opening settings based on face recognition from the Administrator interface in the section Devices > Intercom list > Intercom card, across the following tabs:

• General data. For details, refer to the General data tab documentation page.

• Analytics. For details, refer to the Analytics tab documentation page.

• Apartments. For details, refer to the Apartments tab documentation page.

The mobile app functionality. Following administrative setup, end users gain access control via the mobile interface, including the ability to upload photos to the recognition database. For details, refer to the Photos to open documentation page of the mobile app guide.