The Net-Chef Dashboard
The Net-Chef Dashboard is the first screen users see after logging in. The screen is divided into topical menus for Purchasing, Inventory, Sales, Production, Labor, Reports, and Administration. Each of these menus displays options for the transactions and reports that are related to the selected topic. Each menu also has an “Overview” option which, when selected, displays a page with sections showing the related recent transactions. {Notes}
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The Net-Chef Dashboard allows managers to see up-to-date information concerning the location’s operations. Store-level application users will see information for their own location. For application users linked to an hierarchy level designated for "Consolidated Dashboard" access, the application will display consolidated information for all of the locations linked to the user’s hierarchy. Users can toggle between the current week or previous week, and consolidated users can choose a consolidated view for either week by clicking the Weekly Snapshot selector arrow and choosing a view.
The Dashboard layout is divided into several rows and/or sections. The default layout can be configured by Corporate but authorized Net-Chef users will be allowed to define their own layout. Two sections which are a required part of any layout and cannot be removed are the “Performance Metrics” and the “Today’s Tasks” list. Based on corporate configurations, some performance metrics may be pre-defined for all users while others can be selected by each user. The list of “Today’s Tasks” may include tasks defined on Staffing Templates.
All Dashboard values are recalculated automatically once per day. Consolidated Dashboard users linked to the "Corporate" level of the hierarchy can click the Recalculate Dashboard control to do this as needed. If another user has recently done this, a message will appear offering the current user the option to use the last set of recalculated values.
Search Field, User Menu & Header Controls
The Search field, the Other Applications and Help icons, the User menu, the Location selector , and the Log Out icon appear in the header and are visible from every Net.Chef screen.
- In the Search field, start entering the name of the screen you want to locate. The field will dynamically present a list of options based on your entry. You can select an option to open that screen without having to locate it on one of the pop-out menus.
- The Other Applications (Squares) icon allows you to navigate to Teamworx, and BizIQ (as accessible) using the single sign-on functionality (i.e. you will not have to re-enter your user name and password to log in)
- The s (Help) icon will display the "Show Me How" and "Support Center" options.
- The down-arrow ( v ) to the right of the User Name displays the User menu with the following options potentially available, based on those enabled for your user group:
- Use Change Language to select either English or any other language enabled in your database. (These options also appear on the initial login screen.)
- Use Change Password to change your password for logging in to the Crunchtime applications.
- Use the Daily E-Mail Alert Preferences to configure the email alerts you want to receive
- Use the Corporate News options to display messages configured by Corporate to be available for all locations.
- About Net-Chef will display a pop-up showing the release Version and links to our Privacy Notice and Conditions of Use.
- The Location selector lets you choose another location to log in to (if allowed).
- The Light Bulb icon will display the "Recommended Actions" panel, which shows alerts (Weather, Forecast changes, etc.) based on setup configured in Enterprise Manager.
- The [ -> (Log Out) icon will exit the session when you are finished using Net-Chef.
Dashboard Layout & Widgets
The Dashboard Layout is divided into several rows and/or sections. The default layout can be configured by the system administrator but authorized users will be allowed to define their own layout. To see the list of widgets available for display on the Dashboard, click HERE.