Saving layouts

You can save your Monitoring task layouts in an areas view that everyone can access.

What you should know

When you save a Monitoring task as a layout, the tile pattern, and the entities displayed in each tile (tile content) are saved. The monitoring state (event and alarm monitoring) of the tiles, and the video mode of the cameras (live or playback) are not saved with the layout.

NOTE: The Save as layout menu item is only available in a Monitoring task.

The benefits of saving a Monitoring task layout are as follows:

You can quickly change the monitored entities (cameras, doors, and so on) without leaving the Monitoring task.
You can share layouts with other users who have access to the area view where the layout was saved.

To save a Monitoring task as a layout:

In the Monitoring task, right-click the task tab and click Save as layout.

NOTE: Only users with the required access rights to the area can view or modify this layout.
In the Save as layout dialog box, use the drop-down menu to select the area where you want to save the layout.
Enter a Name for the layout.
Example: If you are currently monitoring your parking lot cameras, you can save your Monitoring task as a layout with the name Parking lot - Monitoring layout.
(Optional) Enter a Logical ID.
Click Save.

After you finish

Drag or double-click your saved layout from the area view to the Monitoring task to quickly change the monitored video feeds without leaving the Monitoring task.
IMPORTANT: If you are monitoring an alarm, it will not be overwritten by the layout. The entity brought in by the layout only becomes visible after you acknowledge the alarm.
To edit the layout, right-click the task tab, and click Save as layout, use the drop-down menu to select the layout then change the Name or Logical ID and click Save.
To change the layout name, description, and logical ID, right-click the entity in the area view, and click Configure entity () to open the configuration page for that layout in Config Tool.
To modify the tile pattern and entities associated with each tile, right-click the entity in the area view, and click Overwrite with current layout command.