The Project Dashboard

Owned by Guy Avery
Last updated: Feb 07, 2023 by Charlotte Dakin-Norris
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Introduction

This page covers navigation of the Project Dashboard and the creation and management of your projects.

Contents

Project Options: This contains the project options allowing you to search for existing projects and to create new ones.

Search Filter: This allows you to search for particular projects.

World View: The World View button on the dashboard can be used to show you the location of exported projects around the world. Please refer to for more information.

Projects: This space displays up to 12 projects per page. If you have more than 12 projects then these will appear on separate pages.

Project Menu: This allows you to control individual projects.

Page Navigation: This allows you to navigate between the pages of projects.

Logout: Click the Logout button to log out of the Web Planner Tool.

Project Options

Project Status: This allows you to filter the projects that are displayed on the Project Dashboard by their Status:

All: This will display all of the projects regardless of status but depending upon the other filters selected.

Open: This is the default option and will display projects that currently have a status of Open.

On Hold: This will display projects that have a status of On Hold.

Closed: This option will display closed projects.

My Projects: Click this button to display your projects in the Project Dashboard.

All Projects: Click this option to display projects that have been created by others as well as yourself.

Search Filter: This allows you to search for particular projects. When you start typing into the filter the dashboard will display all of the possible results that match on Description, Customer, Owner and Name.

New Project: This will allow you to create a new project.

Creating a New Project

To create a new project:

  1. Select the New Project button:

     

  2. You will be presented with the New Project screen:

     

The screen is split into two sections.  The top section contains project information, such as its name and description. The larger lower section displays a map.

Project Details

The new project will have the following fields to complete, and it makes sense to make them meaningful for your project:

Project Name: The name of your project.

Project Description: A brief description about your project.

Application Description: The name of the application that you will be using, e.g. AdvanceGuard®.

Customer: The name of your customer.

Here is an example:

Locating your Site

The next step is to locate your site on the map.

At the top right of the map there is a search box. It is linked directly to Google Maps, so anything you can find with Google Maps can be found here.  

When you type into the box, Google will populate a drop down list with possible results:

You can also search for a company name or an address instead.

If you do not have an address, but you have latitude and longitude co-ordinates, you can use this in the search box to find your site. 

The format should be like this: 

51.590555, -1.387478

Note: this is in decimal degrees and the lat/long values are separated by a comma. Certain tools, like Google Earth will provide coordinates in minutes and degrees by default (i.e. 51°35'26.0"N 1°23'14.9"W). We can't support this format but you can normally change the application settings to provide the coordinates in decimal degrees.

Once you select the result, the map will be updated with a map marker showing the location.

This marker can be dragged to the centre of your site.

To drag it, simply click and hold the left mouse button on the marker and drag it around the map:

Google Map Type

You have a choice of two map types:

Map: By default, Map mode will be displayed. This is a stylised map, showing roads and basic landscape details. There is also an option to enable terrain if you select it.

This map is very useful if you are creating a plan for a city area, where information about buildings and other structures are not usually present.

Satellite: This displays the Google satellite image of the area. There is an option to show labels which is selected by default.

Clicking the button which is not in bold type will change the map type.

Create

Once you have completed all of the Project Details, the Create button will be enabled:

Once you press the Create button, your project will be saved to the database and you will be returned to the Project Dashboard:

Managing Existing Projects

Via the Project Dashboard

There are several ways to manage your projects from the Projects Dashboard.

Open

  1. Click Open to open your project:

     

  2. This will open your project as in this example:

     

  3. You can then start working on your project scenarios. This is explained further here: .

    To return to the Project Dashboard click the Back button:

     

Edit

  1. Click the Edit button to open a dialogue allowing you to edit some of the project details:

     

  2. The Edit Project dialogue will open:

     

  3. You can close the edit without making any changes by clicking the close icon, or you can make changes:

     

  4. Both fields are required, so you will need to complete both or a warning message is given as in the above example.

  5. Once you have completed the fields the Update Project button will be enabled:

     

  6. When you click the Update Project button the focus will return to the Project Dashboard and the changes will have been made:

     

Delete

  1. Click the Delete button to delete one of your projects:

     

  2. A confirmation dialogue is displayed:

     

  3. Click No or the icon to not delete the project and you will return to the Project Dashboard. Alternatively clicking Yes will delete the project.

Deleted projects cannot be restored.

Copy

The final option is to copy a project. To do this:

  1. Click the Copy button:

     

  2. The project will be copied and will be displayed in the Project Dashboard:

Changing the Project Status

Underneath the header marked Project Information lies a row of buttons that show the status of the project.

Open: This is the default status for all new projects.

On Hold: This status is useful when you waiting for more information on a project, such as feedback about a proposal of radar locations.

Closed: The status of Closed is used once you are no longer actively working on the project.

When you select a different status this change will be reflected in the Project Dashboard, and can be used to filter your projects: