Improving user experience: New updates in Community Insight

The development team here at OCSI are always working on a number of different projects. And looking for ways in which work from one project can be used to improve another and make your user experience even better. Today we are rolling out a collection of these improvements.

We noticed that people are creating more and more stock groups in Community Insight and it is great to see people making the most out of the stock groups feature! As a result we have adapted the way you can search for your stock groups, on the Map and on the Manage stock groups pages, to make it easier for you to find specific areas within a long list. We’ve also made some minor improvements to help people understand and effectively use the Dashboard.

What’s changed?

Maps page

Previously when you wanted to view a stock group on the map, you would click on the stock icon and select the stock group from the drop down box. We have now created a specific button for stock groups. This new button is called the Areas button and can be found nestled between the stock and settings buttons on the Map page. Click the Areas button and a list of all the stock groups on Community Insight with a filtering option appears.

Use the filtering box to type in the name of a particular stock group and then select that stock group to view on the map. Next to each stock group is a little information icon. Click on this icon to open up a popup detailing information about that stock group. Information includes; a list of stock within the area, how the stock group was created, when it was created, who created it and which constituent regions are contained within the area.

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Manage stock groups page
If you are a group admin or power user who creates stock groups for your group, you will also see improvements on the Manage stock groups page. We have added a filter box so you can easily zoom to a stock group within a long list.

Ci new filter bar

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To refresh your knowledge on the different ways of creating stock groups in Community Insight, check out the stock groups section in the Knowledge Base.

 

Dashboard 

The Dashboard is a great way of visualising how your stock groups compare to one and another on multiple indicators. To ensure that everyone understand how the dashboard works and what it is showing, we have added a link to a detailed Knowledge Base article. Hover your cursor over the colour key in the top left hand corner to find the link to the Knowledge Base article.

If you haven’t used the Knowledge Base before, it is full of bite sized articles which help you get the most out of Community Insight. It can be found on the Support tab in the top right hand corner of Community Insight.

If you have any questions about the recent improvements to Community Insight then please contact us on support@ocsi.co.uk