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System "Notification" Banner

Problem Context The current system banner does not distinguish between informational messages and alerts that users need to be aware of when an outage or performance impact has been detected. This leads to confusion, both from the system admin and...
5 months ago in BC Connect 0 Tracked

User Defined Landing Pages

Problem Context: Users are not able to select a specific page that they always want to start at when logging in. This leads to additional effort to navigate to that page before starting work. Idea: Provide the ability for users to directly access ...
5 months ago in BC Connect 0

Activity Log

Problem Context: The activity log lacks sufficient information to provide a comprehensive understanding of project events. There are several important actions that are not currently logged, and there is no capability to search for specific records...
5 months ago in BC Connect 0 Tracked

Notifications

Problem Context: The current notification system is cumbersome to use and the information provided is lacking in clarity for identifying action items. The settings do not allow the user clear control over what/when they get notifications or what t...
5 months ago in BC Connect 0 Tracked

Wasted Space on UI

Problem Context: The Top Nav and page metadata areas occupy a significant amount of space, pushing down the important content on the page. As a result, users have to scroll a lot and struggle to view the critical project data that needs to be revi...
5 months ago in BC Connect 0 Tracked

"RFO" Save Process

Problem Context: I have been working with BC Connect for quite a while. Every time I click to set a material list to "Ready for Optimization," I have to click through a prompt reminding me that I am going to lock the list. Since I am comfortable w...
5 months ago in BC Connect 0

Custom Required Fields

With the implementation of the UJL, different branches might require different required fields. It would be useful to have this ability to help all designers correctly fill out the Job Log before moving on.
about 2 years ago in BC Connect / Design Management / Projects 1

Add Dealer selections in filters/selectors and create new project from create material list tab

Attached are two screen shots. On the picture labeled search, it would be beneficial for the column labeled as builder to be replaced with dealer. When we used our customer names in the builder tab this wasn’t an issue, but now it can make finding...
over 2 years ago in BC Connect / Material Lists / Search 1 Tracked

Warning message for users changing joist series - change may delete hole data

Problem Context: Changing the joist series when importing a .prod material list into BC Connect may cause the joist to lose all its hole information. A warning message such as "Warning, changing joist series may cause the joist to loose it's hole ...
over 2 years ago in BC Connect / Material Lists 1 Tracked

Sort on the Attachments tab hiding the trash can icon?

Use case scenario: I have a job with many attachments and need to delete some unneeded files. I sort by type and I no longer have the ability to delete. Present in Chrome, Edge, Firefox and IE.
over 4 years ago in BC Connect / Other 1 Tracked

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