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Overview

ObservV organizes property content in a clear hierarchy. Understanding this structure makes the rest of the platform easier to understand. The ObservV hierarchy is: Organization → Property → Floor → Hotspot → Photo → Attached photo

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The content hierarchy

  • Organization. The workspace that contains members, roles, and properties.
  • Property. A digital representation of a real-world location. A Property contains the floors, hotspots, and photos for that location.
  • Floor. A level, wing, section, or meaningful area within a property.
  • Hotspot. A specific location on a floor where photos are stored.
  • Photo. The visual record of a hotspot. ObservV recommends 360 photos for hotspot photos.
  • Attached photo. An additional photo linked to a specific point on another photo.
A photo with attached photos becomes a Parent photo.

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How the hierarchy works

A property contains floors. Floors contain hotspots. Hotspots contain photos. Photos can have attached photos. This means every photo is connected to a specific place in the property, and attached photos can add closer detail or extra context to a specific point on another photo.

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Access model

ObservV uses a role-based access model with three role types:
  • Global roles. Apply across the entire organization.
  • Property roles. Apply to a single property.
  • Project roles. Apply to a single Project.
A user can hold a combination of Global, Property, and Project roles at the same time. ObservV also supports special access patterns, including Guests, Externals, and No Global Role users. For more detail, see Access model overview.

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Organizing and sharing content

ObservV also includes tools for organizing, sharing, and adding context to photos:
  • Tours. View-only collections of selected photos from a single property.
  • Projects. A way to manage work within a defined area of a property, using selected hotspots, selected photos, members, roles, and optional expiry.
  • Markers. Interactive notes, links, or videos added directly to photos.