Various functions for Areas allow for ease of use and effective management and use of those areas and their features (e.g., events, saved filters).

General Navigation

To see a list of the areas you have created, click on the Areas menu on the left corner of the menu bar. 

For each Area, clicking on the Area name will center the map on that Area.

Clicking the edit (pen) icon will expand the Area settings and reveal three sections:

• Area Information 
• Events
• Saved Filters & Alerts

This article will only discuss the Areas tab. For the Saved Filters tab, see the “Saved Filters, Alerts”  article. For the Events tab, see the “Entry and Speed Range events” article. 

Area Tab

The Area tab contains the basic information about each area and various functions. 

From top to down:

Area name (pen icon) - View or edit the name of your area.

Area description (pen icon) - Edit the description of your area

Copy ID - The Id can be shared for technical troubleshooting.

Delete - Clicking “Delete” will prompt a confirmation to delete the area. Deleting an area is permanent.

Copy Coordinates - Copying the coordinates, which can then can be shared/used to create the same Area shape by colleagues/partners in their Skylight account or in other platforms.

For all changes made, you can “Cancel” or “Save Changes” made for a specific area.