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Understanding the Navigation & Admin menus and key icons used in Simply Stakeholders.

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Written by SiSta (Customer Success)
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Understanding Simply Stakeholders' menus and iconography will make your user experience easier and smoother. The Platform has two main menus - the Navigation Side Bar and the Admin Menu. Our User Interface has a number of common icons that are used across the Platform.

Main Dashboard view of Simply Stakeholders

Top Bar Menus

Drop-down menu – shows a list of the Project Group and Projects

Search anything bar

Notifications Centre

Links to the Help Notes

Admin Menu (settings)

Account Settings (will display your initials)

Navigation Side Bar

The menu on the left of your screen is the main navigation for Simply Stakeholders. Each Icon represents a different page/function. Please note that your Simply Stakeholders Account might not have all the functions as some are optional like Properties and Forms.

This is the add button that is used to create all new records, including Stakeholders, Interactions, Complaints, Commitments, Tasks, Properties, Forms, Outgoing Communications and Reports.

Dashboard – A customisable overview of the project via interactive widgets/cards.

Stakeholders – Access to all Stakeholder records and used to view, search, filter, bulk edit and export. Records can be viewed in a list or opened as singular records to edit individually.

Interactions – Access to all Interaction records and used to view, search, filter, bulk edit and export. Records can be viewed in a list or opened as singular records to edit individually.

Complaints* - Access to all Complaint records and used to view, search, filter, bulk edit and export. Records can be viewed in a list or opened as singular records to edit individually.

Commitments* - Access to all Commitments records and used to view, search, filter, bulk edit and export. Records can be viewed in a list or opened as singular records to edit individually

Tasks – Access to all Tasks and used to create Tasks and Task boards, view, search, filter, bulk edit and manage your Tasks. Tasks can be viewed in a list, calendar, by customisable Kanban Task Boards, or opened as singular records to edit individually.

Properties* – Access to all Property records and used to view, search, filter, bulk edit and export. Records can be viewed in a list or opened as singular records to edit individually. This is a paid optional add-on.

Forms* – This is your Forms Module and is the interface you will use to create, edit and send out Forms to your Stakeholders. This is a paid optional add-on.

Outgoing communications * – This is your Outgoing Communications Module and is the interface you will use to create and send out SMS and Group Mail.

Reports – This is your custom Reports Module and is the interface you will use to build custom Reporting dashboards. You can create as many Reports as you need, unique to your project reporting needs.

* These are Premium modules/features. Please contact the Customer Success Team to find out pricing for optional add-ons and integrations, or email [email protected].

Simply Stakeholders Icons

There are different icons on every page to guide users through Simply Stakeholders. They are used to represent functions, frame important information or provide a link to another page. Some of the commonly used Simply Stakeholders icons can be found within the Modules and Record View pages are listed below.

Simply Stakeholder Module Icons

Individual Stakeholder record

Organisation Stakeholder record

Shared record – indicates record has been shared across projects

Bulk edit – allows you to apply an action to a selection of records

Mini-dashboard – An overview of the records via interactive widgets/cards.

Print PDF report

Send report / notification email

Export records (exports in .xlxs format)

Delete

AI Feature information

Filters – opens a side bar of filter categories

List view

Map view* - not available for Tasks, paid option

Calendar view - only available for Interactions and Tasks

Add more toggle

Show less toggle

Voice recorder

Duplicate record - creates a copy of the existing record. To save the copy, some details will need to be changed.

Preview record / visibility toggle

Sort toggle

Sorting filter

Inserting image...

Date created

Time created

Admin Icons

Tag visible icon

Edit Admin record / setting icon

Stakeholders Module

Network Chart View – Shows a network map of how the Stakeholder is connected to other Stakeholders and Relationship Manager records in your Project

Change to Individual

Change to Organisation

Changes the Stakeholder category from Individual to an Organisation

Change to Inactive - Marks the Stakeholder as inactive and they will not be able to be linked to future interactions. We recommend that you perform this action, rather than deleting the stakeholder profile. This will retain the history of the stakeholder and keep a record of their involvement within the project, including emails, meeting records, complaints etc.

Change to Active - reactivates Stakeholder

Export Report* - to export the Customized Stakeholder Report

Delete - Delete the record. Only available to certain User levels

Print – Prints a PDF report of the individual Stakeholder record

Unsubscribe - Stakeholders who have asked to be removed from mailing lists. Stakeholders with this setting would not be included in any Group Mail distribution lists.

Subscribe - You can also toggle this back on this if a Stakeholder requests to be resubscribed.

Interactions Module

Call / Phone Interaction type

Email / Mail Interaction type

Event Interaction type

SMS Interaction type

Group Mail record

Tasks Module

Recurring task

Kanban view

Open Side Bar to view Task Boards

Forms Module

Send out form – opens a window to send Form by mail, copy a link or iFrame code

Video overview of the Navigation in Simply Stakeholders

For more help

For more information, to arrange a demo or for product training please contact our Customer Success Team or email [email protected].

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