On April 18, two new software features will become available to all access control customers:

• Users with access: From the door access report and the door page, users can now select the 'users with access' column to display a side panel widget of all users with access to that door.

• AUX input P2P door unlocks: P2P local device connection now supports door unlocks triggered by AUX Inputs. This feature eliminates the need to broker door unlocks between controllers via the cloud. To simplify the management of this feature, users can also see the cross-device connection status of any P2P connected AUX Inputs from the device page in Command. This new intuitive icon displays the connection status to let users quickly understand if a P2P AUX input unlock is being processed locally or via the cloud.

We’ve enhanced the CSV  User import and export workflow to make it easier to create many user profiles via CSV upload. From the Users page in Command, admins can now navigate to the ‘Import Users’ tab to launch the create users flow. 

With the new flow, users can export a sample CSV template to preview and format their file with the correct headers, encoding, and data formats. Once uploaded, admins can easily see and fix any errors with their upload as well as troubleshoot errors with clear instructions on resolving errors, such as file size too large, attempting to overwrite users, or required header not being found. Once the preview is complete and Command identifies no errors with the file formatting, administrators can submit the upload and receive an email confirmation. The email indicates the number of users successfully imported and those who have yet to be imported due to errors on the file. The email will include a CSV file of the errors with clear instructions on how to resolve the errors.

Access control alerts now include enhanced multi-select filters to make it even easier to configure the exact alert needed to capture a particular event. Additionally, a new user filter allows admins to apply relevant access control alert filters to specific users, for example, all access denied events for a particular user. To learn more, read the full announcement.

The new standalone and exportable door access report gives administrators more visibility into the access provisioned for individual doors. It is also available as a CSV delivered via email. To learn more, read the full announcement.

Double badging toggles a door's schedule from unlocked to access controlled, and vice versa, when the same credential is read twice in a row through two subsequent taps. Double badge is available to both users and access groups. Double badge-initiated state changes create Command events. Double badging for a single door works regardless of internet connectivity. To learn more, read the full announcement.

Admins can now configure areas with multiple entrances and exits and turn on anti-passback badge policy for any area. Users attempting to badge into an area twice in a row without badging out at an exit door—or vice versa—will be in violation. To learn more, read the full announcement.

Cross-device connections allow Verkada controllers to activate and deactivate auxiliary devices based on inputs from other access controllers in the same Command organization. Cross-device outputs communicate and operate via cloud and local connections. For example, organizations can now respond to any emergency exit door event by turning on emergency exit lights across the building. To learn more, read the full announcement.

We've enhanced the CSV credential creation workflow to make it possible to create multiple credentials per user. To learn more, read the full announcement.

Customers can now easily create a person of interest alerts from the access control user profile page. This feature is built for use cases such as creating POI alerts for disgruntled former employees, expelled former residents, and other similar scenarios. To learn more, read the full announcement.

All sites functionality allows Command users to view all access devices, doors and configurations across sites in a single click. From the Access Control homepage, users can tap the new "X" in the site selector dropdown to see the new all sites view. Users can view all doors across sites from the Door tab or view all Lockdown scenarios from the Lockdown tab. Users can return to a specific site view from the selector. This update is now available for all existing and new Access Control customers.