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Bravo Reporting Systems
Quick Start Guide
Version 3.0
3/10/16
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1 Bravo Reporting Systems Overview ......................................................... 4
2 Bravo Activation and Sign In ..................................................................... 5
2.1.1 To begin signing in follow the steps below. .......................................... 5
3 Getting Started with Bravo ....................................................................... 7
3.1 New Company Setup Step 1 ‐ Account Administration ............................... 7
3.1.1 To Establish Projects: ............................................................................ 7
3.1.2 To Establish Categories: ........................................................................ 7
3.1.3 Add/Change Company Logo .................................................................. 8
3.2 New Company Setup Step 2 ‐ Group Administration .................................. 9
3.2.1 To Establish Groups ............................................................................... 9
3.2.2 Editing a Group .................................................................................... 11
3.2.3 Deleting a Group ................................................................................. 12
3.3 New Company Setup Step 3 ‐ Adding a New User ..................................... 12
3.3.1 Adding a New User .............................................................................. 12
3.3.2 What the New User Will See ............................................................... 13
3.3.3 Editing User Information ..................................................................... 14
3.3.4 Making a User Inactive ........................................................................ 15
4 Activities ................................................................................................. 17
4.1 Adding an Activity Report .......................................................................... 17
4.2 Viewing Activity Report details .................................................................. 18
4.3 Updating and Deleting an Activity Report ................................................. 18
4.4 Viewing Activities by Weeks ...................................................................... 19
4.5 Exporting Listing View to Excel .................................................................. 19
4.6 Search ........................................................................................................ 20
5 Action Items ........................................................................................... 21
5.1 Adding Action Items .................................................................................. 21
5.2 Editing Action Items................................................................................... 22
5.3 Delete an Action Item ................................................................................ 23
6 Reports ................................................................................................... 24
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6.1 Creating Reports ........................................................................................ 24
6.2 Exporting ................................................................................................... 25
6.3 Cherry Picking ............................................................................................ 26
6.4 Designer ..................................................................................................... 27
6.5 Report Options .......................................................................................... 28
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1 Bravo Reporting Systems Overview
The Bravo Reporting System is a web‐based application designed to take the pain out of creating and assembling activity reports. As a manager it is important and often a requirement to prepare activity reports, but doing so can be cumbersome. To subordinates this chore can take away from the very productivity that they are reporting on. For the person responsible for collecting the data, dealing with cutting and pasting and formatting issues is a continuous hassle.
The highest compliment that we consistently get is that Bravo is so easy to use. Since no one really likes doing activity reports, it has to be simple or people will not use it, and if that happens then the open communication within an organization is at risk of being stifled. Although simple on the surface, there really is a lot going on behind the scenes. Before Bravo was ever released to the global market place its product evolution included input from thousands of users. Today Bravo is designed to meet the specific needs of project‐focused organizations that would like to:
Know what’s going on
Improve overall communication within the project
Have an efficient way for team members to enter noteworthy events
Generate reports with one click without any formatting or cutting andpasting
Stay on top of open Action Items and Issues
Complete more projects successfully
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2 Bravo Activation and Sign In
After you have created a new account for a new company you will receive an e‐mail to activate your account that will take you through the initial sign process. Since this is new account/company in Bravo you will be recognized as the Bravo Systems Administrator.
2.1.1 To begin signing in follow the steps below.
a) Enter the URL: https://www.bravoreporting.com in the address bar.
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b) At the home page enter valid email and password in the Sign In area, and press the Login button.
c) Once you have logged in, your company’s wall will be displayed.
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3 Getting Started with Bravo
Bravo was designed to be as intuitive as possible and getting started with Bravo is relatively straight forward, but there are a couple of concepts that are helpful to understand for the implementation phase.
Making entries in Bravo for both weekly reports and action items will require the selection of following key fields:
1. Projects 2. Groups 3. Categories
As the Bravo Systems Administrator it is best to set these up prior to inviting other team members to join Bravo.
3.1 New Company Setup Step 1 ‐ Account Administration
The first thing to do after setting up your account as the Bravo System Administrator is establish Projects and Categories from the Account Administration area in Bravo.
To do this click on the Settings tab and click on Account Administration in the sub‐navigation bar.
3.1.1 To Establish Projects:
a) Under Projects enter the name of your Project or Projects. b) Click Add
Once Added you can Edit the Projects or re‐order them by simply dragging the Project name to the position you would like to see it appear in drop down listings.
3.1.2 To Establish Categories:
a) Under Categories enter the name of your Categories. When creating Categories think about how you would like to be able to view sections on a report. Categories will also be an excellent way to sort and filter entries.
b) Click Add Once Added you can Edit the Projects or re‐order them by simply dragging the Project name to the position you would like to see it appear in drop down listings.
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3.1.3 Add/Change Company Logo
Bravo also makes it easy for you to add your company’s logo to the page from the Account Administration area.
a) Simply go to the Change Company Logo area and Upload Photo. It is recommended to use a .png, .gif or .jpg image that is a reasonable size.
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3.2 New Company Setup Step 2 ‐ Group Administration
Because it is also key to how entries will be made, sorted, filtered and reported, it is important to establish Groups. Groups typically represent your organizations structure or departments.
Common Group names:
o Accounting o Administration o Business Development o Controls o Engineering o Human Resources o Marketing o Project Management o Sales o Software o Systems Engineering
3.2.1 To Establish Groups
a) Click on “Group Administration” under the Settings tab. b) Under Add a New Group, enter a Group Name c) Enter an Abbreviation for the Group d) Select yourself from the Group Members drop down.
Please note that when you send an invitation to future team members you can add them to existing groups at that time or come back to the Group Administration area and add them here as well.
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3.2.2 Editing a Group
After you have established Groups they can be edited by clicking on the edit button next to the group name. The default groups Admin, Public, and Personal cannot be edited.
From here you can edit the:
a) Group name b) Group abbreviation c) Group members
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3.2.3 Deleting a Group
Click on the edit button next to the group name; then click on the delete button.
3.3 New Company Setup Step 3 ‐ Adding a New User
Once Projects, Categories and Groups are established you are now ready to invite team members to join Bravo.
3.3.1 Adding a New User
a) Go to the Settings tab and click on “Add Users,” filling in all fields, and clicking on “Invite User” to send an invite to the new user’s email address.
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3.3.2 What the New User Will See
Upon their first login, new users will be prompted to enter their account information and create a password.
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3.3.3 Editing User Information
Under the Settings tab, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the last name of the user whose information you want to edit.
Edit the fields you wish to edit and click “Save”.
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3.3.4 Making a User Inactive
To make a user and free up a user license, click on the check box in the active column of the user list. The account owner cannot be made to be inactive.
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The remaining sections of this document are focused on how to use Bravo once an account has been activated. If you have any questions about getting Bravo setup, please email: [email protected] or call 866‐620‐1390.
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4 Activities
4.1 Adding an Activity Report
a) To add an Activity Report Entry click on Activities tab click “Add”. b) Select the User, Project, Group, and Section. c) Use the formatting tools to create your activity report. d) Click “Save” when you are finished.
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4.2 Viewing Activity Report details
To update or delete an Activity Report Entry, hover over the activity until it is highlighted, then click on it.
4.3 Updating and Deleting an Activity Report
To update or delete an Activity Report Entry, first view details, then click “update” or “delete”.
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4.4 Viewing Activities by Weeks
In order to select a particular Activity Report Entry based on the week, click “Activity Reports for Week Ending mm/dd/yyyy” and a drop down will appear allowing you to select the week.
4.5 Exporting Listing View to Excel
Click on “EXPORT TO EXCEL” to export the currently selected activity reports to Microsoft Excel.
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4.6 Search
a) Go to the Activities tab and use the contextual search box to search within any part of the activity entry.
b) Click on ADVANCED SEARCH to search by Date, User, Group, Project,
Category, or Keyword.
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5 Action Items
Action Items are used to assign task to each user by specifying its Type, priority, status, etc.
5.1 Adding Action Items
a) Go to Action Items tab on the menu bar and click Add.
Here fill in the different fields for Title, Entry Group, Due Date, Category, Priority, Assignee, Project, Status, Complete Date, Entry.
Once complete click “Save”.
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5.2 Editing Action Items
Go to Action Items tab on the menu bar and click on any action item which you have permission to edit.
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5.3 Delete an Action Item
Follow the instructions to edit, then, to delete click “Delete”.
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6 Reports
Reports are the backbone of the Bravo system; allowing you to easily generate activity
6.1 Creating Reports
a) Go to the Reports tab and click on Reports. b) Select a report type, a timeframe, and a filter. c) Press Go.
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6.2 Exporting
After generating a report, press export in the upper right hand corner of the page to download the report as an Excel file.
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6.3 Cherry Picking
After having generated a report, click “cherry pick” in the upper left corner of the page. With this, you can select which entries you would like to include or exclude.
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6.4 Designer
Go to Reports tab and Click “Designer”.
Here you can create a customized report based on the Report Options.
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6.5 Report Options
a) Name the new design b) Select whether or not to include open action items in the report. c) Select to include the fields project, group, category, or user. d) Format selected fields.
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