Occupancy
Occupancy is the number of people inside an area at a given moment. It moves up when people enter, down when they leave — a live measure of how busy the area is right now.
Occupancy is the number of people inside an area at a given moment. It rises when people enter, falls when they leave — a live measure of how busy the area is right now.
How it’s measured
Aura Vision tracks every person from the moment they cross an entry line until the moment they leave the area. Occupancy at any point in time is the count of people currently inside. The dashboard shows live values that update continuously and historical values in 15-minute intervals via the Explorer view.
Worked example
- At 12:00 the Womenswear area had 8 people inside.
- Between 12:00 and 12:15, 12 new visitors entered and 7 left.
- Occupancy at 12:15 = 8 + 12 - 7 = 13 people.
What you can do with it
- Live floor management — push extra staff to a department when occupancy spikes.
- Capacity planning — see peak loads against floor area to assess if a layout is working.
- Queue and dwell signals — sudden occupancy spikes around tills or fitting rooms point at queue build-up.
- Compliance — track maximum occupancy against any building or fire-marshal limits.
How it differs from entries
- Entries counts the total flow into the area over a period — a cumulative number.
- Occupancy is a snapshot: how many people are in the area right now.
A high entry count with low average occupancy means lots of brief visits; a low entry count with high average occupancy means a few visitors who stayed a long time.