1. The dashboard will be the first screen you view each and every time you access the system.

The dashboard is made up of a variety of widgets to allow you to view a detailed snapshot of activity from across all of the major system areas as well as interact with each of them from the one screen without being directed anywhere else. (See image below for an example)

2. My To Do's - This widget will show any outstanding tasks that you need to action. These are split into;

Outstanding - Any actions yet to be completed.

Overdue - Actions that are still outstanding past their due date for completion.

You can interact directly with any of these tasks from within this dashboard widget including, authorise event requests, action return to work forms, update new starter details, sign documents and many more.

You can also use the 'Go to To Do's' link at the bottom to visit the 'To Do's' area of the system and get a more detailed view of all To Do's including the historic items.

3. My documents - This widget allows you to view a snapshot of your recent personal documents from your dashboard and interact with them from this screen.

You can also navigate directly to the Documents area of the system from here if you want to view this section in full detail by clicking the 'Go to Documents' link at the bottom.

4. Team - In this widget you can view your team members (those on the same reporting line as you as well as those reporting into you) and their status for this working day e.g. working, on leave, sick, maternity etc.

You can also use the link at the bottom 'Go to Org Chart' to visit this area in full and see where your team sits within the wider business as well as others beyond your team.

5. Sick Leave - This is an optional widget your administrator may enable to allow employees to raise a sickness to their line manager quickly and easily.

From the dashboard, employees simply need to click the 'Notify Manager' option to open a quick and easy form to complete and submit an alert to their line manager containing the details of this most recent sickness.

Once complete and submitted, this will generate a 'To Do' action for the manager to acknowledge this notification.

6. Holiday - This widget allows employees and managers to view their holiday entitlement breakdown as well as quickly and easily request a new event from their dashboard.

To request a new event, just click the 'Book' option in the top right corner and you will be presented with the Event Request form to complete and submit for approval.

7. Outstanding Holidays - This widget will display the total % outstanding holiday still to be taken from across the team including yourself as the manager.

8. News - This widget will display the latest post from your system administrator meaning you don't have to navigate beyond the dashboard to see the latest update from HR.

You can also visit the full news feed by clicking the 'Go to News' option at the bottom of the widget. Here you can view the full history of news and is a great place to visit to catch up on any company updates after a period of leave or absence.