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In Genetec ClearID™, an area is a logical entity that defines the relationship between Synergis™ doors and area owners. Areas are managed by the area owner.
About nested areas
In Security Center, nested areas can be used to logically group areas so that access can be automatically granted to people for associated nested areas when access is requested in Genetec ClearID™ for one of the nested areas.

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- About areas
  In Genetec ClearID™, an area is a logical entity that defines the relationship between Synergis™ doors and area owners. Areas are managed by the area owner.
- Creating areas
  In Genetec ClearID™, an area is a logical entity that defines the relationship between Synergis™ doors and area owners. Areas are managed by the area owner.
  - Adding doors to areas
    Before you can submit access requests or invite visitors, you must add the doors in your areas to the associated areas that were automatically created in Security Center by Genetec ClearID™.
  - Enabling visitor management for areas
    Before visitors can request an area visit, you must configure the visitor management settings for your area.
  - About nested areas
    In Security Center, nested areas can be used to logically group areas so that access can be automatically granted to people for associated nested areas when access is requested in Genetec ClearID™ for one of the nested areas.
  - Granting access to areas automatically
    To automatically grant access for people to logically grouped areas, you can create nested areas for Genetec ClearID™ in Security Center.
- Adding area managers
  Area managers are composed of two distinct roles: area owners and area approvers. Before you can define policies for an area, assign area approvers, or approve or deny access requests for an area, you must add your area managers.
- Adding schedules to an area
  Before you can grant people access to an area, you must add schedules to your areas.
- Granting access to an area
  To grant people access to an area, you must add identities or roles to an area and schedule access on a person-by-person or role-by-role basis.
- Reviewing area access
  To perform an audit or check who has access to an area, periodic reviews must be performed by an area owner, area approver, or site owner.
- Approving area access requests
  To approve area access requests, an Area owner, Area approver, or a Supervisor must review the pending approvals. They can then decide which requests to approve.
- Rejecting area access requests
  To reject area access requests, an Area owner, Area approver, or a Supervisor must review the pending approvals. They can then decide which requests to deny.
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About nested areas

2024-02-06

In Security Center, nested areas can be used to logically group areas so that access can be automatically granted to people for associated nested areas when access is requested in Genetec ClearID™ for one of the nested areas.

Nested areas are useful for organizations with lots of restricted areas, lots of logical grouping, or area dependencies. For example, when secure areas require access to other areas to get to the secure area:

Example 1: Requesting access to a server room might automatically grant access to the floor that the server room is on.
Example 2: Requesting access to a restricted area might automatically grant access to the floor the restricted area is on, and also grant access to the building that the floor and restricted area are in.

Note: In Config Tool, nesting areas using Parents or Children options in the Relationships section of the Area view does not inherit access.

Best Practice: Nest areas using Access rules options in the Relationships section of the Area view to inherit the required access. You can create nested areas to add access rules relationships for up to three logically associated areas. More than three areas nested together is not recommended.

Area view in Config Tool showing two examples of nested area relationships.

Adding multiple access rules to an area creates the logical group association for nested areas. This relationship association ensures that the areas automatically grant access to the other associated areas when access is requested for one of the nested areas. By default ClearID automatically creates access rules for each schedule that is added to an area.

Important: If the schedules for any of the nested areas change, the area relationships (access rules) must be configured again.