Icons - What the Different Icons Mean
In this article:
Menu icons
Search | find whatever you are looking for
My Messages | all your notifications in one message stream
Plan Board | all your smaller action items
Back | go back to where you came from
Goal and project icons
Responsible | the initials of the person responsible for this item; hover over the icon to see their full name
Goal | this item is a goal
Multi-year Project | a project scoped to take more than one year
Annual Project | a project scoped to take one year
Quarter Project | a project scoped to take one quarter
Project | a small project which likely supports a larger project
Professional Development | a project specifically for your professional development
Status icons
Stage
- None: Use this stage for items you don’t need reminders for.
- Not Started: New assignments will appear here. New Projects/MORs is set to Not Started by default
State
Check-in alerts
Coming Due | the hourglass on a status indicates a check-in is coming due within the next two days
Overdue | the exclamation point indicates a check-in is overdue
Note:
A clear status icon indicates this item is up-to-date based on the check-in schedule.
Row option icons
Edit | when you hover over a field that can be edited, this appears so you can do a quick-edit
Drag/Move | when you hover over a goal or project, this drag handle appears so you can move the item to where you want it in a plan or work breakdown
More Options | whenever you see these three dots, you know you have more options for the thing you are looking at
Add to Plan | add an item from your To-Do List to your plan (or another user's plan)
Work Breakdown | open item's work breakdown; appears on hover, but if the item already has a breakdown it is always visible
Messaging icons
Recent Messages | appears when a goal or project has recent messages (within 7 days); click to open
Older Messages | appears when a goal or project has older messages (beyond 7 days); click to open
Add Message | when you hover a goal or project this icon appears so you can quickly add a new message
Unread Message | when viewing a message stream, the orange triangle in the upper right of a message lets you know you have not yet read the message
Pinned Message | pinned messages have this icon in the upper left; pinned messages always appear at the top of a message stream
Toolbar icons
Add | add goals, projects, and sections from the blue plus
Expand | open a side panel in the main screen
Pin | pin a side panel so it remains put even while you navigate
Pinned | this side panel is pinned; click to unpin
Filter | not seeing what you expect? Check your filters. You can filter items in and out of your plan, To-Do List, or Work Breakdown based on different criteria
Start Self Check-in | click here to start the weekly Self-Check-in process on your individual plan
Sort | many lists in the system can be sorted so you can see items group by different criteria
Refresh | made some changes and want an update to what you are seeing? click the refresh
More Options | whenever you see these three dots, you know you have more options for the thing you are looking at