HqO Help

HqO Visitor Management - Watchlist

Overview

The Watchlist feature helps property teams proactively flag and manage high-risk or restricted individuals during the visitor registration process. When a tenant submits a visit request, HqO automatically checks the submitted visitor information against the active Watchlist and initiates the appropriate escalation workflow if a match is found.


Enable at Property

HqO can enable the watchlist at a property by navigating to Settings gear, Features tab, and turn “Enable Watchlist” toggle on

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Adding users to watchlist


  • Security Admin can add people to the watchlist by navigating to Visitor Management, then navigating to the Watchlist tab

  • Click on the Manage watchlist button

    • Click Add button to open the Add to watchlist form

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  • Enter person's information:

    • First name (required)

    • Last name (required)

    • Aliases (separated by commas)

    • Email

    • Phone

    • Reason

    • Upload photo (png, jpeg)

  • Click Add button

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Watchlist Criteria

If a visitor matches one of the following critera with a person on the building’s watchlist then their visit will require building’s approval

  • Last name and first two letters of first name

  • Email

  • Phone

Tenant Registers Visitor that Matches Watchlist Criteria

  • Tenant registers a visitor including first and last name, phone or email, and visit details.

    • The REX platform automatically scans the submitted data for matches against the Watchlist.

  • If a visitor’s information matches the watchlist criteria then the visit is flagged for the building

  • Tenant host that submitted the visitor that meets the watchlist criteria receives a Visit Pending alert after submitting visit

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  • Tenant host receives an email advising that their visitor is pending the building’s review

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Visit Pending email to Tenant Host
  • Visit Status is Pending watchlist until visitor is approved or denied by the building’s security team

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Security Team Reviews Visitor that Matches Watchlist Criteria

  • Security Admin receives an email that a visitor matches the Watchlist

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Watchlist Match email to Security Admin


  • Security Admin can see a new notification badge on the watchlist tab

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  • Security Admin clicks on the Watchlist tab to review the watchlist match and follow the building’s protocol

  • To approve the visit click the Approve button on the visitor

    • Add note with any details

    • Click Approve button

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  • Visitor’s Status is now Approved on Watchlist page with Security Admin’s name who approved

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  • Tenant host receives email that their visitor has been approved

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Visit Approved email to Tenant Host



  • To deny the visit click the Deny button on the visitor

    • Add note with any details

    • Click Deny button

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  • Visitor’s Status is now Denied on Watchlist page with Security Admin’s name who denied visitor

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  • Tenant host receives email that their visitor has been denied

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Visitor Denied email to Tenant Host