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Use zone tags to manage rules at scale

Zone tags let you apply a single alert rule to many zones at once, instead of creating separate rules for each zone.

Prerequisites

  • A Blecon Track workspace with multiple zones
  • An alert rule type that supports zone tags (most do)

Step 1: Tag your zones

  1. In Blecon Track, go to Zones.
  2. Open a zone and add a tag (e.g., parking, storage, restricted).
  3. Repeat for all zones that should share the same rules.

A zone can have multiple tags.

Step 2: Create a rule using zone tags

  1. Go to Alert Rules and click Create Rule.
  2. Choose the rule type (e.g., Zone Asset Count, Geofence Entry, Dwell Time).
  3. Instead of selecting a specific zone, select Zone Tags.
  4. Enter the tag (e.g., parking).
  5. Configure the remaining parameters and click Create.

How it works

When a rule references a zone tag, it applies to every zone with that tag. For rules like zone asset count, each tagged zone is evaluated independently — you get separate violations per zone.

If you add the tag to a new zone later, the existing rules automatically apply to it.

Example

Instead of creating 50 separate "parking zone minimum" rules:

  1. Tag all 50 parking zones with parking.
  2. Create one zone asset count rule targeting zone_tags: ["parking"] with condition below and threshold 1.
  3. The rule monitors all 50 zones with a single configuration.

Questions? Contact Blecon support — we're happy to help.