Ideas
Learn more about ‘Ideas‘
What’s New
The intranet wide update in August 2023 includes significant improvements and changes.
In addition to there being new features and functionalities there have been changes made to the current areas on the intranet. Some of the changes surrounding Social Apps (Message Wall, Ideas, Groups, Queries & Blogs) are:
Admin Tab – The admin tab is now accessible from within the section of the social app. Here you can now administer:
- The category (Message Wall, Ideas, Groups & Queries)
- Comment options
- App Icon
Dashboard – Dashboard chart headers have been updated to have standardised labeling across social apps
Home
View the Ideas ‘Homepage’
Steps
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- Navigate to the ‘Workbar’ and select ‘Apps ’option and then ‘Ideas’
Select apps
- You will be directed to the Ideas ‘Home’ tab
- From here you can:
- Navigate to the ‘Workbar’ and select ‘Apps ’option and then ‘Ideas’
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- See the Ideas home screen
- View all published ideas
- Search for ‘Ideas’
- Create an ‘Idea’
- ‘Dashboard’ tab
- ‘Manage ideas’ tab
- ‘Admin’ tab
- Save an ideas to read/refer to it later
- Like an ‘Idea’
- View all current comments on ideas
- View number of likes each idea has and names of people who have liked that ‘Idea’
ideas dashboard
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View screen
View published ideas
Steps
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- Navigate to the ‘Workbar‘ and select ‘Apps’ and then ‘Ideas’
- You will be directed to the Ideas ‘Home’ tab
- Select the ‘Idea’ you would like to read
- You will be directed to that ‘Idea‘. From here you can:
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- Read the ‘Idea’
- Leave a comment – If you start adding a comment, you will see the WYSIWYG appear which allows you to insert an image, link, table, horizontal line, format and style the text. Click ‘Post’ to post comment
- ‘Save’ idea
- ‘Like’ idea
- View previous comments left on the idea
- See the number of likes the idea currently has and the names of people who have liked the idea
- View the Idea’s history – showing the field, status and the date it was last updated
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Filter results
Filter results to see certain ‘Ideas’
Steps
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- Navigate to the ‘workbar‘ and select ‘Apps’ and then ‘Ideas’
- You will be directed to the Ideas ‘Home’ tab
- Navigate to the left hand side of the screen if you want to filter results
- Sort by:
- ‘Order’
- ‘Created date’
- Filter by:
- ‘Category’
- ‘Author’
- Select “Apply”
Create idea
Create new ‘Idea’
Steps
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- Navigate to the ‘Workbar’ and select ‘Apps’ option and then ‘Ideas’
- You will be directed to the Ideas ‘Home’ tab
- Select the ‘+Create’ option
- You will be directed to the ‘Create Idea’ screen. From here:
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- Add the ‘Title’ for your Idea
- Add a ‘Summary’
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- Once completed, select ‘Save’ or “Save as draft”
Create Idea
- Once completed, select ‘Save’ or “Save as draft”
Edit Idea
Edit existing ‘Idea’
Steps
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- Navigate to the ‘Workbar’ and select ‘Apps’ and then ‘Ideas’
- You will be directed to the Ideas ‘Home’ tab
- Select the Idea that you would like to edit
- Select ‘Edit’ then “content”
- You will be directed to the ‘Edit Idea’ screen. From here you can update the existing idea
- Once completed select ‘Update’
Dashboard
View the ideas ‘Dashboard’
Steps
- Navigate to the ‘Workbar’ and select ‘Apps’ and then ‘Ideas’
- You will be directed to the ‘Ideas’ homepage
- Select the ‘Dashboard’ tab
- If you would like to, sort by “Time range”
- You will be directed to the dashboard. From here you can view numbers on:
- Idea counter
- Idea by location
- Idea by team
- Idea by category
- Idea by status

ideas dashboard
Admin
View the ‘Admin’ screen
Steps
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- Navigate to the ‘Workbar’ and select ‘Apps’ and then ‘Ideas’
- You will be directed to the ‘Ideas’ homepage
- Select the ‘Admin’ tab
- You will be directed to the ‘Ideas admin’ screen. From here you can access the following tabs:
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- “Idea category”
- Add “Idea category”
- “Idea status”
- Add “Idea status”
- ‘Comment options’
- ‘Activate comments’ – Users can add comments to ideas
- ‘Activate WYSIWYG editor’ – Users can style the text for comments
- “Idea category”
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- ‘App icon’
- Select ‘Choose file’ and select image you would like displayed as app icon
- ‘App icon’
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- ‘Select ‘Save’
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Social Apps – Customise Page
Please see attached ‘Customise Page – How to’ documentation for more information
Demo
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