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In Zntri, Areas are another one of the 3 major components that make up the alert system. Areas are important because they help to isolate where an alert is happening especially when the person reporting is not physically located where the incident is happening. When a new alert is created, the person reporting the incident will be able to select the area where the incident occurred based on the areas you provide.

Creating an Areas

To create or edit an area you will need to open the areas applet. You can find the areas applet in the more applet if you have the required permissions. Inside the areas applet you will see a list of all existing areas you have added. To add a new area tap the "+" button at the top of the list. When creating a new area you will need to supply the area name (example: Building 1, Parking Lot or Cafeteria). You will also want to add an area type and description. To finish, tap the add button at the bottom to return to the area list with the new area added.

To edit an existing area simply tap an area from the areas list.

Area Definition

The area definition is currently not used in the app. Soon we will be providing a way for you to map out the area visually. 

Key Contacts

Key contacts can be added in several places throughout the Zntri app. Key contacts provide you with a way to add important contact information that are associated with a particular area regardless of if they are a part of the Zntri system of not. This allows you to include contacts both within and outside your organization so that when an alert at a particular location happens those responding to the alert can quickly connect with these people. For example, if the alert is a place of worship or office building, you may have a specific person that needs to be contacted.

To add a key contact tap the key contacts button when editing an alert type. This will give you a list of all key contacts currently added to the specific area. From this list you can tap the "+" button to add or remove a contact. This will give you a list of existing key contacts within your system. You can check or uncheck a contact to add of remove them. To add a completely new contact tap the "+" button on this list. Add a name, title and a method for contact and tap the add button. This will auto select the new contact for the area you were editing. Use the back button at the top to return to the main alert type settings.

The "Key contacts" button should now be updated with the number of key contacts added.

Files

Files can be added to an area so that when an alert at this area takes place, those responding can have quick access to important details that may only be available in different files. These could be anything from PDFs and Photos to Word Docs. With files you can attach preplan documents and even floor plans.

To add files tap on the files button when editing an area. This will give you a list of existing files for this area. Tap the "+" button to add a new file. For each file you will need to provide a name and description. Lastly you will need to select the file to be uploaded. You will need to make sure the file is accessible from your phone either in your photo gallery or via files. Depending on your device you should be able to select local files as well as cloud hosted files such as through Dropbox or other services. 

When tapping the browse button to select the file you will be prompted to allow the app to access your files. It's important that you allow full access in order for the app to get to the file you want to include.

Once you have selected a file, tap the add file button at the bottom. You will be taken back to the file list with the new file added. Tap the back button at the top to return to the main area details with the files button updated with the total number of files.

Tasks

Adding tasks to an area will allow alert responders that cover a specific area to receive tasks to be performed that are relevant to the area where the alert is taking place. To add tasks to an area tap the Tasks button when viewing an area. You will now see a list of all of the task types that have been assigned to this area. To add or remove task types simply tap the edit button at the top. Next check any task type you want to include or uncheck any task type you want to remove. Task types need to be added to the task type applet before they will show up in this list. Once you have added a task type to the area you can also tap the assign task type to add additional area specific details to it. For example, if you are adding a task to open a door you might include the door code for this specific location. 

When you're done, just tap the back button and the Tasks button will be updated with the total number of tasks that have been assigned to it.

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