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IMPACT OSS - client-side application
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Improve user manual #460

Closed tmfrnz closed 5 years ago

tmfrnz commented 6 years ago
tmfrnz commented 6 years ago

Re CSV import:

There should be clearer instructions in the User Manual on the uploading function with illustrations or screenshots on how to fill it in (the instructions in the manual are very brief).

The User Manual also states that users should save their file as “CSV UTF-8 (comma-delimited)”, before uploading it to the website. In the version of MS Office (Excel/MS Office 2013) we used, we could not find this exact file format. In order to prevent any confusion, the User Manual could reflect the exact name of the file format that users should save their files as e.g. “.csv”.

tmfrnz commented 6 years ago

Re draft recommendations

We also encountered some difficulties uploading single items or drafts. After saving a draft recommendation, we could not find the draft on the website, except by searching all recommendations using the search tool. It might be useful to have a page for all draft recommendations.

Also see #456

tmfrnz commented 6 years ago

Re reference numbers

The requirement for a reference number may throw some users off, as they might not remember what the reference number assigned to a particular issue was.

tmfrnz commented 6 years ago

Re view modes

Under the “Implementation Plan” section, users can click on the progress indicators or progress updates symbols which expand and provide more information on the indicator. However clicking on an indicator/progress update expands all indicators and progress updates for all items in the list. There’s also no way to close the expanded items without exiting the “Implementation plan section”.

tmfrnz commented 6 years ago

Re categories vs taxonomies

We cannot add new filter categories to include SDGs or anything else. (At present, the pre-loaded filter categories are: recommendation clusters, themes, human rights, affected persons groups, recommending mechanisms, reporting cycles.) As per the User Manual, the addition of new categories is a feature that should be available but is not working in practice

tmfrnz commented 6 years ago

General

The User Manual comes across as complicated. It is best if the key functions of the data management tool can be explained more simply. We also suggest adding more illustrations and screenshots, where relevant and useful, to better explain what users can do with the data management tool.