Configure Tiles¶
Some tiles require configuration, e.g., project parameters, date parameters or state parameters.
These tiles are displayed on the cockpit page. You can get there via the “Cockpit” button in the main menu.
On the cockpit page, click on the “Edit” link at the top right, below the product icon.
The screen will change, and a floating box will appear on the right, with a list of all available tiles.
Right click in the tile you wish to configure. If a tile can be configured, a “Configure” option will appear in the context menu.
The form that appears depends on the type of tile. Make the appropriate changes and save them.
You will be returned to the cockpit design page. When you are finished, click the “Back” icon on the toolbar.
You have changed the Cockpit. You will now see the cockpit configured with the new settings and tiles.
Activity Stream: This tile shows you the last activities on items you can specify through a filter.
Traffic Light Diagram: The traffic light diagram clearly presents the state of a project with regard to its adherence to schedules, its effort, and its quality. The criteria for red, yellow and green can be selected.
Meetings: Projects require meetings in which the project status is discussed and a list of action items is created. In Allegra, there is a special item type named “meeting”. The tile described here gives you a list of all your meetings and their associated action items.
Budget Overview: The “Budget Overview” tile gives you a quick overview of the current project or release status. In a table, you can see summaries for all overdue items, items due this week, items due next week, and all remaining items.
Average Processing Time: The “Average Processing Time” tile visually represents, for a reporting period and the reporting intervals within it, the time that items took from their creation to their completion.
Modified Files: This tile shows you all files that have been modified for a specific version. This will only work if you have connected your version control system to Allegra and added the corresponding issue numbers in the comment when committing changes to your version control system.
Calendar: The calendar tile shows you the start and end date of a filtered set of tasks, if they exist.
Filtered Item Overview: This tile allows you to display a list of items with their item number and title, based on a pre-configured query. This is useful, for example, if you want to display the most recently changed items in your tile instead of explicitly running a query each time.
Manager List: This tile gives you a quick overview of the number of open and closed items, grouped by priority and by responsible person, for each project.
Milestone Trend Analysis: This graphical cockpit tile allows you to monitor the schedule evolution of important items over time.
My Filters: This tile provides you with a list of query filters that you can execute by clicking on them. This will give you the corresponding list of items in the Item Navigator.
My Items: The “My Items” tile helps you get a quick overview of how many items related to you are still pending. It clearly shows for how many items you are either the original author, the current responsible, or the current manager.
My Watch List: This tile gives you a list of items for which you are either the editor or reader. You can also remove yourself from these items here.
Project Navigator: The Project Navigator provides you with a set of quick links to get the information you need most often. For example, you can run reports, get all the items or just the recently added items, see how many items are in what state, or see which team member is assigned to how many items. The Project Navigator automatically works for a specific project when used within a project cockpit, and for a specific release when used within a release cockpit.
Project Overview: This tile gives you an overview of your projects and releases. You can configure which projects and releases you want to include. You can group items by different aspects, e.g., by priority, item state, currently responsible person, etc. As with all other views, you can, of course, have multiple instances in your cockpit, for example, one grouped by responsible and one grouped by state.
Release Notes: The “Release Notes” tile gives you a list of all open and completed items in a release, grouped by item type.
Quick Search: The “Quick Search” tile gives you a filtered task list based on room/project, item type, and state.
Version Control Activity: This tile allows you to see the last X commits for a set of projects, where you can configure X and which projects to include.
State Over Time: This powerful graphical cockpit tile allows you to visualize the evolution of your project over time. The change in the number of items per state can be a good indication of how close you are to project completion and can give you essential information about the workload you need to manage.
Two-Dimensional Project Statistics: This tile allows you to create a matrix of numbers and items based on any two item attributes. For example, you can show which user has how many items assigned as responsible in which state. You can limit the items to be included with any predefined filter.