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:

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, managers, and 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 Requests, and Resource Assignments. The respective workspace displays the list of ideas, demands, projects, programs, project tasks, resource requests, and resource assignments created within the application. Create: It displays the options to create a new Idea, Demand, Project, Program, Portfolio, and Resource Request. Portfolios: This has 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 Foundation Data, Timecard Approvals, Resource Timecards, Resource Availability and Competency Search.
		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.
		Application Settings: Shows the configuration settings in Portfolio Management application. For more information, see Administering.
		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.
		My Profile: Displays the following user options: My Competencies: Redirects the users to the My Competencies section, where they have different consoles to add and manage their qualifications, trainings and examination certificates and keep track of their assessment history. For more information, see Managing My Competencies. Log Timecards: Redirects the user to the Timecard Dashboard, where they can enter a new timecard. For more information, see Timecard Dashboards. 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.
5		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.
6		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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