Picture Perfect 4.6 User Manual - UTCFS Global Security Products

Chapter 11
Badge management
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Related procedures
To create a category schedule (Temporary Category)
1. From the Access menu, select People, then click the Personnel tab.
2. From the tool bar, click Find.
3. Select a record from the list in the data grid.
4. Click the Category Manager tab.
5. From the Available Categories column, select the category you want to schedule and assign
it to the badge holder.
6. Click the Calendar icon to access the Category Scheduler.
7. Select the Schedule Type, either Daily or Continuous.
8. Assign a start/end date and time to this schedule and indicate the days of the week the
schedule is to run.
9. Select the time zone context in which the schedule should execute.
10. Click OK. The scheduled category appears in the Assigned Categories column with the Clock
icon next to the slot number.
Examples of how to use category assignment
The categories on an area control who can enter the area, when they can enter, and how long they
have access to the area.
Example 1: Control who can enter
An area event can change the categories on an area for a specific time to control which badge
holders have access to the area during that time. If you assign a different category to each computeroperator
shift, then you can control when certain staff members can access the computer room.
Four area events are defined:
one to start Shift 1 at 07:45 AM,
one to end it at 5:15 PM,
one to start Shift 2 at 4:45 PM,
and one to end it at 1:15 AM.
Example 2: Control how long they have access to the area
A series of area events that add and change a single category can control the time frame in which a
contractor’s job is performed. For example, one area event adds a category to the R&D Lab at 4:00
PM to allow the cleaning crew access; another area event replaces the category at 4:30 PM to restrict
the time spent in this area. You can use the same strategy to restrict access to a computer vault
where daily backups are stored.