Creating an Automation Group to Log Presence

In this article, you will learn how to:

• Create an Automation Group to Log Presence
• Create an Automation Group to notify Staff of Residents entering the property
• Create an Automation Group to notify Residents of packages

Automation Alerts are not used for Logging Presence in the VTS Rise platform. 

Step 1

Upon logging into the Admin Portal, select Advanced from the navigation menu and select Automation Groups.

Step 2

Select Add Automation Group from the upper corner.

Step 3

Create Automation Group.

• Title: Name of the Automation Group.
• Beacon: Select the relevant beacon(s) you would like to begin logging presence.
• Resident Type: The resident type(s) you would like to track and log presence when in the radius of the selected beacon.
• Staff Role: The staff role(s) you would like to track and log presence when in the radius of the selected beacon.
•  Select Log Presence.

Step 4

Select Submit to save and complete the Automation Group setup.

Creating an Automation Group to Notify Staff an Resident has entered Property

An Automation Alert for notifying staff needs to be created prior to tying it to the Automation Group in the VTS Rise platform. Check out this article to learn how to create Automation Alerts!

Step 1

Select Advanced from the navigation menu and select Automation Groups.

Step 2

Select Add Automation Group from the upper corner.

Step 3

Create Automation Group.

• Title: Name of the Automation Group.
• Beacon: Select the relevant beacon(s) you would like to begin logging presence.
• Resident Type: The resident type(s) you would like to track and log presence when in the radius of the selected beacon.
• Staff Role: The staff role(s) you would like to track and log presence when in the radius of the selected beacon.
•  Select Notify Staff. From here, you can select the alert to apply to the group as well as select Staff Roles that should receive the alert.

Step 4

Select Submit to save and complete the Automation Group setup.

Creating an Automation Group to alert Residents of Packages

An Automation Alert for notifying Residents of packages needs to be created prior to tying it to the Automation Group in the VTS Rise platform. Check out this article to learn how to create Automation Alerts!

Step 1

Select Advanced from the navigation menu and select Automation Groups.

Step 2

Select Add Automation Group from the upper corner.

Step 3

Create Automation Group.

• Title: Name of the Automation Group.
• Beacon: Select the relevant beacon(s).
• Resident Type: The resident type(s) you would like to notify of the package.
• Staff Role: The staff role(s) you would like to notify of the package.
•  Select Send Alert to Selected Users. From here you can select the alert to apply to the group. 

Step 4

Select Submit to save and complete the Automation Group setup.