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The Repairs overview

The board Repairs opens on, the period it counts over, and the four controls that change what it shows.

Repairs opens on the Overview: a board of widgets reading the work in front of you. It is the screen that answers "how is the workshop doing?" before anybody has to open a single ticket, and it is yours to arrange.

Highlights

  • Nine widgets ship on the default board, in four kinds.
  • A period applies to the whole board, and some widgets carry their own as well.
  • Two cards ignore the period entirely and read live instead.
  • The pencil turns the board into a canvas you can drag and resize.
  • Everything here is per person. Your board is not your colleague's.

The board

The Repairs Overview screen headed Overview with the subtitle Repair activity across the whole company. A Company scope picker, a This Month period picker, a refresh control, a pencil and a Widgets button sit at the top right. Four stat cards read Total Tickets 22, Active Repairs 56, Ready for Pickup 28 and Total Revenue 58.5 thousand pounds.
The default board. Four counts across the top, two charts under them, and three lists below the fold.
The period picker
Sets the window the board counts over. It reads This Month until you change it.
The refresh control
Re-reads the figures without reloading the page. Useful on a screen left open on a wall.
The pencil
Turns on editing, so widgets can be dragged, resized and rearranged.
Widgets
Opens the panel that adds and removes widgets from the board.

The period the board counts over

The period picker open on the Repairs Overview, headed SHOWING DATA FOR. Five entries read This Month with the range 31 Aug to 7 Sept and a blue selected dot, This Quarter 30 Jun to 7 Sept, This Year 31 Dec to 7 Sept, Last 90 Days 9 Jun to 7 Sept, and Custom Range with a chevron leading to a submenu.
Four fixed windows and a custom range. Each option shows the dates it actually covers.
The period options
OptionWhat it covers
This MonthThe current calendar month to today. The default
This QuarterThe current quarter to today
This YearThe year to date
Last 90 DaysA rolling window, useful when a month boundary would cut a busy spell in half
Custom RangeAny two dates you choose

Where the board is saved

Your arrangement is yours. Two people looking at the same organisation can have entirely different boards, because the layout, the widgets you turned off and the period you left it on are all held against you rather than against the company.

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