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+id: events_setup
+title: Setting Up Events
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+[Snapshots](snapshots.md) and/or [Recordings](record.md) must be enabled for events to be created for detected objects.
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+## Limiting Events to Areas of Interest
+
+The best way to limit events to areas of interest is to use [zones](zones.md) along with `required_zones` for events and snapshots to only have events created in areas of interest.