Monitoring entities in tiles in the Genetec Web App

2026-01-24Last updated

Using the Tiles task, you can monitor the state of your entities and manage their functions.

What you should know

In the Tiles task, you can:
  • Drag entities from the Area view to a tile.
  • Unlock doors, shunt readers, and override unlock schedules in systems with access control.
  • Configure the tile pattern.
    Note:
    Tile patterns are retained between sessions.

Procedure

  1. In the Navigation menu, click Tiles.
  2. Click Browse () to find the entity or layout you want to monitor.
  3. Double-click or drag the entity or layout to a tile.
    Note:
    Only cameras and doors are supported. Selecting an unsupported entity doesn’t populate the tile.
  4. Hover over the tile to display full entity state information and camera controls.
    A cursor hovering over a camera entity in a canvas tile.
  5. Right-click a tile to display the entity controls.
    The menu with door entity commands on a canvas tile.
  6. To clear entities from the canvas, do one of the following:
    • Right-click a tile, and then click Clear ().
    • Select a tile, and then press the backspace key.
    • To empty all tiles, press Ctrl+backspace.

Example

Watch this video to learn more. Click the Captions icon (CC) to turn on video captions in one of the available languages.