Workflow Layout

This section explains the basic layout of the EL-CID Online Requests Dashboard.

Users access the EL-CID Online workflow through role-based user accounts. When the user logs into the application, the Requests dashboard will appear. This is the main work screen in the EL-CID Online workflow.

The Requests dashboard features 8 basic components identified in the image below and described in the table beneath the image. The rest of this section provides brief overviews of each layout component.

Component 1: Dashboard Selection Bar

The dashboard selection bar is located in the top-left corner of the interface. It allows users to select which dashboard to view. The dashboard currently being viewed will be highlighted in green.

Component 2: Graphical Display

The graphical display is a visual tracking and reporting component located in the middle-left section of the interface. The current capability is minimal, and provides an inbox tracking overview chart which tracks the speed with which the user completes the tasks in their “inbox”— i.e., items in the “My Tasks” table (see Component 4). The boxes below the circle graph indicate whether the user is “On Track” by completing their tasks in a timely manner, “Overdue” by failing to read messages in a timely manner, or “Due This Week,” by approaching the threshold of application determined deadlines for reading messages.)

Component 3: Start New Request Bar

The Start New Request bar, located in the bottom-left of the interface, is where users initiate a new SRB processing request.)

Component 4: My Tasks Table

Non-sorted look-up tables used to store large amounts of data require users to exert considerable effort to find the information they need. To alleviate this need, EL-CID Online automatically sorts certification request processing information into three searchable and sortable tables: tasks, active requests, and completed requests (Components 4, 5, and 6).

Component 4 in the top-middle of the screen contains the My Tasks table which stores requests requiring actions on the part of the user. The My Tasks table is the primary work area users will visit within the Requests dashboard.

The My Tasks table contains 13 information columns:

Most of the columns contain self-explanatory labels with which EL-CID desktop users will be familiar. The table below explains the information type contained in each My Task table column.

Column	Contains
ID	Identification number generated by EL-CID Online and given to the request
Cls	Classification of the request. U = unclassified, C=classified.
Task in Request	Description of task needed and associated request title. The first part of this description will always identify the processing sub-process. The second part of the description details the exact task type, plus the request title.
Stage	Operational status stage of the request. 1 = conceptual, 2 = experimental, 3 = developmental, 4 = operational
J/F 12	Identification number used for DoD systems
SPS#	Number assigned to a request by the NTIA Spectrum Planning Subcommittee (SPS)
Agency	Agency that submitted the request
Received On	Date that the task was received
Assigned To	User or group to whom the current task has been assigned
Assigned Engineer	Review engineer to whom the request has been assigned

Component 5: My Active Requests table

For all groups except SRB Chief, the My Active Requests table contains all open requests initiated by the user or that the user participated in at some point. Instead of a My Active Requests table, the SRB Chief views an All Active Requests table which contains all open requests in the workflow.

To maintain workflow integrity, both active requests and completed requests are view-only and cannot be edited. To view basic information about an active or completed request, the user should click on that specific request.

Component 6: My Completed Requests table

The My Completed Requests table is located in the bottom-middle of the interface. It stores requests that are completed, initiated, or processed by the user. Because these requests require no further actions on the part of the user, the My Completed Requests table is view-only, and will primarily be used for record keeping and performance assessment purposes. Instead of a My Completed Requests table, the SRB Chief views an All Completed Requests table which contains all completed EL-CID Online requests.)

Component 7: User Profile Space

The user profile space is located in the top-right of the interface. This space identifies the user, contains preference options, houses the help menu, and allows the user to log out of the workflow.

The help menu can only be accessed from the main Requests screen using the button. For this reason, when new users log onto EL-CID Online, as a first step they should select the Help button, which will open up online help as a separate browser tab, and keep that tab open as long as they remain in the application.

Component 8: Filter, Search, and Export Bar

The Filter, Search, and Export Bar low users to identify and access specific certification requests quickly and easily.