Idea management console


The Idea Management console provides a single point where Idea Contributors like employees, customers, and partners of an organization, can consult, vote, and evaluate ideas.

There are two ways for users to access the Idea Management console:

  • Log in Portfolio Management application and click on Workspaces > Ideas.
  • Log in to BMC Helix Digital Workplace and click the Idea tab.

The following figure shows the options once you access the Idea console.

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The following table describes the Idea console UI elements:

Annotation

UI element

Description

1

Navigation bar


Access menus

Navigate to the following options available in Portfolio Management application:

  • Dashboard: The dashboard is visible to all resource contributors, resource managers, and resource masters. It consists of the Pre-Configured Cards and a Card’s settings icon that would allow the currently logged-in user to create new Custom Cards for easy access.
  • Workspace: The menu displays the available workspaces, which include, Ideas, Demands, Projects, Programs, Project Tasks, Resource Requestsand Resource Assignments. The respective workspace displays the list of ideas, demands, projects, programs, projects tasks, resource requests, and resource assignments created within the application.
  • Create: It displays the options to create a new IdeaDemandProject, ProgramPortfolioand Resource Request.
  • Portfolios: Has the two categories, Business and Application Portfolios, that redirect you to the respective list of Portfolios created within the application.
  • Resources: This menu displays the list of consoles related to Resource Management, which includes Resource Qualifications, Timecard Approvals, Resource Timecards, and Resource Availability.

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Messages: Shows the notifications for your profile.

For example, when a project task is assigned to the currently logged in user, they will get a notification that will appear under this bell icon.

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Application Settings: Shows the configuration settings in Portfolio Management application.

For more information, see Administering.

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Application Launcher: Contains all the applications, offered by BMC. Click to launch the Reporting dashboard and access reports.

For more information, refer to Viewing Reports.

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My Profile: Displays the following user options:

  • My Qualifications: Redirects the user to the My Qualifications console, where they can add and manage their qualifications. Refer to My qualifications console for more.
  • Log Timecards: Redirects the user to the Timecard Dashboard, where they can enter a new timecard. Refer to Timecard Dashboards for more.
  • My Availability: An availability tag that can be applied to a user's profile to show they are available for assignment.
  • My Preferences: A field to enter the preferred language of the user.
  • Sign Out: Click to log out of the application.

2

Workspace

List of Ideas.

3

Idea ID

Open an idea.

4

Search grid

Search for an idea by entering the keywords or idea ID.

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Filter the listed records by entering or selecting values.

For example, you want to view ideas with type Requirement. To view these records, in the Filter list, select Requirement from the Idea Type field and click Apply.

You can use preset filters that are available for cases, tasks, and knowledge articles to narrow down your search. Preset filters are filters that are available out of the box for cases, tasks, and knowledge articles. Learn more about creating filters in Defining filter presets to search records.

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Modify the visible columns in the workspace.

The list of columns contains -

  • Created by
  • ID
  • Idea ID
  • Idea Manager
  • Idea Type
  • Modified Date
  • Portfolio
  • Primary Label
  • Status 
  • Summary 
  • Vote Count


 

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