Administrator User Interface

Note

The Business Administration Portal (BAP) interface menus and functionality is defined as an interface type in VOSS-4-UC, along with the required role based access.

A default interface type is provided, but menus, features and functionality described here may not be available if your administrator has created a Business Admin Portal Custom Interface for you.

Refer to the Business Admin Portal Quickstart Guide and Core Feature Guide for details.

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The interface is divided into three main functional areas:

  1. Top Menu Bar containing:
    • Company Brand and Menu Labels Toggle. Displays your company brand as well as a Toggle switch that either exposes or hides the side menu labels. When set to ‘<’, the labels are always visible, when set to ‘>’, the labels are ‘hidden’.
    • Organization Selection icon. Opens a pop up that allows you to navigate to a specific level in the organization. See: Organization Navigation. If site level is selected, the associated Customer is displayed next to the Site to provide context.
    • Search icon. Allows you to search for a specific item in the system. See: Carry Out a Search.
    • Transaction Log. Link to the Transaction page, which lists the most recent transactions in your system. See: Transactions View.
    • Messages. Link to the Messages slide out page, which lists the most recent notification messages, as well as links to clear the list and to view all transactions.
    • Settings. A drop-down menu showing:
      • The logged in User, which links to an Account Settings card as well as a Quick Actions card, allowing the user to, for example, Change Password or Sign Out.
      • An About menu with release and version details.
      • A Sign Out option.
  2. Side Menu Bar. Provides menus according to your custom interface setting. Selecting a menu directs you to the relevant menu default dashboard.
  3. The Home Page is the first page that is displayed when you access the Business Admin Portal. It provides you with a summary view of your entire system.
    • Home. Upper bar icon that redirects you to the home page for your organization level from anywhere within the interface.
    • Dashboard Widgets and Help icons.
    • Counters. Displays the total number of Sites, Users (Subscribers) and Phones at the selected organization level. Each counter also serves as an active hyperlink, which redirects you to the associated menu landing page.
    • Quick Actions. Provides hyperlinks to common tasks such as, View Subscribers, Add Subscriber, View Phones, Add Phone, Reset Pin/Password, Login User/Phone, and Logout Phone.
    • Saved Searches. Provides hyperlinks to a user configurable list of previously saved common searches.
    • MACDs Per Day. Provides a graph indicating the number of move, add and delete transactions performed at the specified organization level over the past week. Note that graphs are only displayed if there is available data.

Refer to User Interface Controls in Appendix A for a description of the controls and indicators used in the User Interface.