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PowerSteering System Requirements 1
- What are the PowerSteering System Requirements?
Working with Commonly Used Features 5
- How do I export data from PowerSteering pages?
- How does the legend work?
- How do the hyperlinks work?
- How do I use the Show More/Less function?
- What is the Formula Builder?
Getting Started with PowerSteering 6
- How do I sign into PowerSteering?
- How do I sign into PowerSteering as a LDAP user?
- How do I self-register for PowerSteering?
- How do I add PowerSteering to my Internet Explorer favorites?
- How do I add a bookmark for PowerSteering in Firefox?
- How do I change what language is used?
Understanding the User Interface 5
- What is the Header?
- What is the Profile Menu?
- What is the Icon Bar?
- What is the Navigation Menu?
- What does the Pin do?
Using the Search Feature 5
- How do I search for something?
- How do I search by category?
- How do I use Advanced Search?
- How do I search inside documents?
- How does search logic work in PowerSteering?
Using Help 7
- How do I view context sensitive help?
- How do I view all online documentation?
- How do I use the online help?
- How do I submit a help desk request to my administrator?
- How do I access the Upland Community for PowerSteering?
- How do I view replaced terms?
- How do I view the PowerSteering version?
Working with My Settings 11
- How do I edit my user profile?
- How do I add a picture to my user profile?
- How do I edit my preferences?
- How do I update my default location in the Work Tree?
- How do I edit my profile permissions?
- How do you navigate the Alert Subscriptions page?
- How do I edit my alert subscriptions?
- How do I view other users that are subscribed to a work item?
- How do I edit my personal rates?
- How do I edit my history?
- How do I edit my favorites?
Managing User Profiles 1
- How do I add a document to my user profile?
Working with My Agenda 12
- How do I access my Agenda?
- How do I navigate the Action Items tab in my Agenda?
- How do I update an action item in my Agenda?
- How do I view an action item in my Agenda?
- How do I navigate the Issues tab in my Agenda?
- How do I view an issue in my Agenda?
- How do I navigate the Risks tab in my Agenda?
- How do I view a risk in my Agenda?
- How do I navigate the Ideas tab in my Agenda?
- How do I view an idea in my Agenda?
- How do I navigate the Projects tab in my Agenda?
- How do I update a project in my Agenda?
Using Workload 3
- How do I navigate the Workload page?
- How do I change the Workload display?
- How do I view availability on the Workload page?
Working with Timesheets 8
- How do I access my timesheet?
- How do I navigate the Timesheet page?
- How do I enter time?
- How do I use the Copy Last feature?
- How do I add a work item to Favorites?
- How do I get more information about a work item?
- How do I save my timesheet without submitting?
- How do I submit my timesheet?
Working with Users 10
- How do I invite or create a new user?
- How do I set or change a user's password?
- How do I search for users?
- How do I view a user profile?
- How do I edit a user profile?
- How do I delete a user?
- What is a role?
- What is a no-access user?
- What is a proxy user?
- How do I create a proxy user?
Navigating the Home Page 3
- What is the Home Page?
- How do I configure my Home Page?
- How do I acknowledge an announcement?
Using Quick Links 1
- Where do I find Quick Links?
Using My Inbox 4
- What is the Inbox?
- How do I access and manage questions / notifications?
- How do I access and manage Alerts?
- How do I access and manage Status Reports Due?
Creating a Project 5
- How do I create a project?
- How do I assign people to roles?
- How are roles and assignments for users synchronized in PowerSteering?
- How do I change the owner of a project?
- How do I change the owner of a gated project?
Working with Ideas 7
- How do I create an idea?
- How do I request approval for an idea?
- How do I approve an idea?
- How do I return an idea for revision?
- How do I reject an idea?
- How do I convert an idea to a project?
- How does an idea status get updated automatically?
Using the Report Wizard 27
- How do I access the Report Wizard?
- How do I create a Report Wizard report?
- What do Run and Save do?
- What do the different tabs mean in the Report Wizard?
- What does the Report Wizard Type tab do?
- What does the Report Wizard Definition tab do?
- What are the Report Wizard Period options?
- How do I include or exclude archived work in a report?
- How do I add multiple exchange rates to a report?
- How do I include phase columns in a report?
- What does the Report Wizard Columns tab do?
- How do I add an arithmetic calculation to a report?
- How do I add a currency conversion to a report?
- How do I add a Gantt chart to a report?
- How do I add a metric value to a report?
- How do I add row numbers to a report?
- What does the Report Wizard Filter tab do?
- What does the Report Wizard Group/Sort tab do?
- What does the Report Wizard Summary tab do?
- What does the Report Wizard Layout tab do?
- What does the Report Wizard Chart tab do?
- What does the Report Wizard Details & Schedule tab do?
- How do I use an alternative calendar to schedule reports?
- How do I preview a report?
- How do I create a sub-report?
- What are the timesheet report options?
- What are the metric report options?
Using Associated Excel Templates 3
- How do I create an associated Excel template?
- How do I update an associated Excel template?
- Associated Excel templates post Spring 2015 (v13)
Working with Data Extracts 12
- How do I access the Data Extract?
- How do I create a data extract job?
- What do the different tabs mean in the Data Extract?
- What does the Data Extract Type tab do?
- What does the Data Extract Definition tab do?
- How do I include or exclude archived work in a data extract job?
- What does the Data Extract Columns tab do?
- What does the Data Extract Filter tab do?
- What does the Data Extract Layout tab do?
- What does the Data Extract Details & Schedule tab do?
- How do I view my data extract jobs?
- How do I create a data extract job using a Custom Report template?
Working with Organizations 3
- How do I create an organization?
- How do I view an organization?
- How do I edit an organization?
Creating New Work 1
- How do I create other work?
Viewing Dashboards 17
- What is a Dashboard?
- How do I access the Dashboard?
- How do I remove columns from my Dashboard?
- What are my Dashboard Options?
- How do I view multiple exchange rates in a Dashboard?
- How do I export data from a Dashboard?
- How do I add to a portfolio in the Dashboard?
- How do I copy a portfolio in the Dashboard?
- What does the Programs menu do in the Dashboard?
- What does the Charts menu do in the Dashboard?
- How do I sort by a column in a Dashboard?
- How do I group items on a Dashboard?
- How do I filter information in a Dashboard?
- How do I make in-line edits in the Dashboard?
- How do I summarize a column in the Dashboard?
- How do I include or exclude information from Dashboard summaries?
- How do I create a target for a Dashboard column?
Using Dashboard Portfolio Planning 6
- How do I turn on Portfolio Planning?
- How do I turn off Portfolio Planning?
- How do I save items to a new portfolio?
- How do I add a comparison portfolio?
- How do I exit comparison mode?
- How would I use portfolio planning to do annual planning for alternative portfolios?
Working with the Visual Portal 7
- What is the Visual Portal?
- How do I access the Visual Portal?
- How do I create a Visual Portal?
- How do I manage the Visual Portal properties?
- How do I edit a Visual Portal?
- How do I share a Visual Portal?
- How do I export data from the Visual Portal?
Using the Resource Review 13
- What is the Resource Review?
- How do I access the Resource Review?
- How do I view resource availability?
- How do I see which projects need resources?
- How do I save a Resource Review layout?
- How do I delete a Resource Review layout?
- How do I filter the allocation section?
- How do I filter the unstaffed demand section?
- How do I change the Resource Review display?
- How do I assign a person to a project?
- How do I assign resources in bulk?
- How do I update effort for an item?
- How do I export data from the Resource Review?
Working with the Executive Review 4
- What is the Executive Review?
- How do I access the Executive Review?
- How do I display work items on the Executive Review?
- How do I change the currency on the Executive Review?
Using the Financial Review 6
- What is the Financial Review?
- How do I access the Financial Review?
- How do I add data to the Financial Review?
- How do I lock metrics using the Financial Review?
- How do I unlock metrics using the Financial Review?
- How do I set the Ready for Rollup flag using the Financial Review?
Working with Portfolios 9
- What is a portfolio?
- How do I access portfolios?
- How do I create a new portfolio?
- How do I view a portfolio?
- How do I edit a portfolio?
- How do I copy a portfolio?
- How do I delete a portfolio?
- How do I disable a portfolio?
- How do I share a portfolio?
Working with Reports 21
- How do I navigate reports?
- How do I create a new report subfolder?
- How do I rename a report subfolder?
- How do I delete a report subfolder?
- How do I create an advanced report?
- How do I delete a report?
- How do I run and view a report?
- How do I copy a report?
- How do I edit the details and schedule of a report?
- How do I edit filters of a report?
- How do I edit a report using the Report Wizard?
- How do I add a Public Report to My Reports?
- How do I navigate the Manage Reports page?
- How do I search for a report?
- How do I remove a schedule from a report?
- How do I view report assets?
- How do I filter report assets?
- How do I upload a new report asset?
- How do I update a report asset?
- How do I download a report asset to my computer?
- How do I delete a report asset?
Working with Groups 9
- What is a group?
- How do I access groups?
- How do I create a group?
- How do I add a user to a group?
- How do I remove a user from a group?
- How do I edit a group?
- How do I send an email to a group?
- How do I edit permissions for a group?
- How do I know what groups I belong to?
Working with Resource Pools 9
- What is a resource pool?
- How do I access resource pools?
- How do I create a resource pool?
- How do I view a resource pool?
- How do I edit a resource pool?
- How do I delete a resource pool?
- How do I remove a user from a resource pool?
- How do I reassign a user in a resource pool?
- How do I know what resource pools I belong to?
Using the Certification Page 2
- How do I find users using the Certification page?
- How do I mass edit tags or custom fields associated with Users?
Managing Time 12
- How do I enable / disable time entry for work?
- How do I restrict time entry to only assigned persons?
- How do I navigate a manage time page?
- How do I filter data on a time page?
- How do I view time waiting to be approved?
- How do I approve time?
- How do I reject time?
- How do I view time that has not been submitted for approval?
- How do I view time I rejected?
- How do I view time I approved?
- How do I email users about a timesheet?
- How do I use the Monthly Report tab?
Working with Costs 15
- How does project accounting work?
- What is the rate lookup algorithm?
- How do I set a budget?
- How do I view my costs as a percentage of my budget?
- How do I add estimated costs?
- How do I update estimated costs?
- How do I delete an estimated cost?
- How do I change the display on the estimated costs page?
- How do I filter data on the estimated costs page?
- How do I add actual costs?
- How do I update actual costs?
- How do I change the display on the actual costs page?
- How do I filter data on the actual costs page?
- How do I compare my estimated costs against my actual costs?
- How do I change the display on the Compare page?
Managing Rate Tables 11
- How do I add a new rate table?
- How do I view a rate table?
- How do I edit a rate table?
- How do I copy a rate table?
- How do I set a default rate table?
- How do I delete a rate table?
- How do I filter data in a rate table?
- How do I add a new rate to a rate table?
- How do I edit a current rate?
- How do I edit a future rate?
- How do I view the history of a rate?
Managing Personal Rates 6
- How do I view personal rates?
- How do I edit a current personal rate?
- How do I edit a future personal rate?
- How do I set a default personal rate?
- How do I view the history for a personal rate?
- How do I delete a personal rate?
Managing Rate Codes 6
- How do I view a rate code?
- How do I create a new rate code?
- How do I edit a current rate code?
- How do I edit a future rate code?
- How do I view the history of a rate code?
- How do I delete a rate code?
Importing and Exporting Data 14
- How do I format a metric import file?
- How do I import metric data?
- How do I format a user import file?
- How do I import user data?
- How do I format a tag import file?
- How do I import tag data?
- How do I format a timesheet import file?
- How do I import timesheet data?
- How do I view timesheet history?
- How do I export timesheet data?
- How do I delete timesheet data?
- How do I format a cost import file?
- How do I import cost data?
- How do I view cost history?
Using the Metric Bulk Actions 3
- How do I lock the metrics for a group of projects?
- How do I unlock the metrics for a group of projects?
- How do I copy a metric view for a group of projects?
Managing the Work Tree 7
- What is the Work Tree?
- How do I access the Work Tree?
- How do I view an item in the Work Tree?
- How do custom permissions impact the Work Tree?
- How do I edit an item in the Work Tree?
- How do I move an item in the Work Tree?
- How do I reorder items in the Work Tree?
Using the Summary Page 3
- What is the Summary Page?
- How do I access the Summary page?
- How do I edit work details?
Working with Gated Projects 9
- How do I request a gate approval?
- How do I address a gate approval request from my Inbox?
- How do I address a gate approval request on the Summary page?
- How do I advance a gate?
- How do I skip a gate?
- How do I reactivate a gate?
- How do I add a document to a gate?
- How do I view gate information on the Summary page?
- How do I view gate approval history?
Working with Deliverables 3
- How do I view deliverables?
- How to I add a new deliverable?
- How do I delete a deliverable?
Using Programs and the Program Console 19
- What is Program Management?
- How do I create a program?
- What is the Program Console?
- How do I access the Program Console?
- How do I add work to a program in the Program Console?
- How do I remove work from a program in the Program Console?
- How do you change program membership from the Summary page?
- How do I create a sub program?
- How do I remove columns from my Program Console layout?
- What are my Program Console Options?
- What does the Programs menu do in the Program Console?
- How do I export data from the Program Console?
- How do I sort by a column in the Program Console?
- How do I group items in the Program Console?
- How do I filter information in the Program Console?
- How do I summarize a column in the Program Console?
- How do I create a target for a Program Console column?
- How do I view work that is part of a program?
- How do I create a portfolio of projects that belong to a program?
Using Project Central 46
- How do I access Project Central?
- How do I save a Project Central layout?
- How do I overwrite an existing Project Central layout?
- How do I delete a Project Central layout?
- What are my Project Central display options?
- How do you use the Team Panel?
- How do you assign resources in the Team Panel?
- How to I exclude/include effort from Team Panel totals?
- What are the Project Central column options?
- How do I add / remove columns?
- What are my filter options?
- How do I filter my display?
- How do I view the top and master project information in Project Central?
- How do I run the scheduler?
- How do I modify the date range display?
- How do I print from Project Central?
- How do you expand / collapse the project display?
- How do I set the Project Central display options to "remember" my selections?
- How do I use the bulk edit feature for a single project?
- How do I use the bulk edit feature for multiple projects?
- How do I use the bulk edit feature to change the owner of multiple projects?
- How do I use the bulk edit feature to re-assign project roles?
- How do I add new items in Project Central?
- How do I copy / paste items in Project Central?
- How do I use Indent / Outdent to move items in Project Central?
- How do I capture a baseline in Project Central?
- How do I delete a task from my project?
- How do I see more information about a task?
- How do I set dependencies in my project schedule?
- How does the Finish No Earlier Than (FNET) constraint affect my project schedule?
- What are the available constraint types?
- How does the As Soon As Possible (ASAP) constraint affect my project schedule?
- How does the As Late As Possible (ALAP) constraint affect my project schedule?
- How does the Enforced Sequential Gates (ESG) constraint affect a gated project schedule?
- How does the Fixed Dates (FD) constraint affect my project schedule?
- How does the Finish No Later Than (FNLT) constraint affect my project schedule?
- How does the Must Start On (MSO) constraint affect my project schedule?
- How does the Must Finish On (MFO) constraint affect my project schedule?
- How does the Start No Earlier Than (SNET) constraint affect my project schedule?
- How does the Start No Later Than (SNLT) constraint affect my project schedule?
- What are the Scheduling Options for Scheduling Conflicts?
- How do I assign a resource in Project Central?
- How do I assign two or more resources to a task?
- How do I hide or display multiple resource assignments?
- How are duration, effort, and % allocation calculated?
- How do I use the bulk edit feature to change the calculated field?
Working with Documents 13
- How do I view documents?
- How do I add a new document?
- How do I download a document from PowerSteering?
- How do I update an existing document?
- How do I preview an image?
- How do I request approval of a document?
- How do I approve a document?
- How do I reject a document?
- How do I view document details?
- How do I edit document details?
- How do I lock a document?
- How do I copy or move a document to another location?
- How do I delete a document?
Using Discussions 9
- How do I view discussions?
- How do I create a new discussion?
- How do I view a discussion in my Inbox?
- How do I edit a discussion?
- How do I escalate a discussion into an issue?
- How do I move a discussion to another location?
- How do I sort my discussions by date?
- How do I filter my discussions by author?
- How do I delete a discussion?
Working with Issues 11
- How do I create a new issue?
- How do I view issues?
- How do I view an issue in my Inbox?
- How do I view an open issue from the Summary page?
- How do I update existing issues?
- How do I edit an issue?
- How do I add an action item to an issue?
- How do I close an issue?
- How do I de-escalate an issue to a discussion?
- How do I move an issue to another location?
- How do I delete an issue?
Working with Issues in v17.3 16
- How do I create a new issue in v 17.3?
- How do I view issues in v17.3?
- How do I add / remove columns on the Issues page in v17.3?
- How do I filter information on the Issues page in v17.3?
- How do I view an open issue from the Summary page?
- How do I view an issue in my Inbox?
- How do I edit an issue in v17.3?
- How do I add a document to an issue in v17.3?
- How do I add an action item to an issue in v17.3?
- How do I add a discussion an issue in v17.3?
- How do I close an issue in v17.3?
- How do I re-open an issue in v17.3?
- How do I de-escalate an issue to a discussion in v17.3?
- How do I move an issue to another location in v17.3?
- How do I delete an issue in v17.3?
- How do I export data from the Issues page in v17.3?
Working with Action Items 8
- How do I view action items?
- How do I create a new action item?
- How do I view an action item in my Inbox?
- How do I search for an action item?
- How do I update existing action items?
- How do I edit details of an action item?
- How to I copy or move an action item to another location?
- How do I delete an action item?
Working with Risks 10
- How do I create a new risk?
- How do I view an open risk from the Summary page?
- How do I search for a risk?
- How do I update existing risks?
- How do I edit details of a risk?
- How do I add a document to a risk?
- How do I add an issue to a risk?
- How do I close a risk?
- How do I move a risk to another location?
- How do I delete a risk?
Working with Metrics 13
- How do I navigate a metric?
- How do I attach a metric to a project?
- How do I enter data into a numeric metric?
- How do I enter data into a scorecard metric?
- How do I enter data for a metric with tag beneficiaries?
- How do I copy data from one tab to another?
- How do I display metric versions?
- What does Ready for Rollup mean?
- What does Metric Lock mean?
- How do I change a metric view?
- How do I add / remove lines from the metric display?
- How do I add comments to a metric?
- How do I remove a metric from a project?
Using Measures 20
- How do I add a new measure template?
- What are some Formula Builder examples for measures?
- What is a variance indicator?
- What is a goal indicator?
- How do I edit a measure template?
- How do I copy a measure template?
- How do I delete a measure template?
- How do I switch a measure template between online and offline?
- How do I mass attach measures templates to work within a portfolio?
- How do I mass evaluate measures within a portfolio?
- How do I attach a new measure to my project?
- How do I view measures on the Summary page?
- How do I view a measure chart?
- How do I recalculate a formula measure?
- How do I manually enter values for a measure?
- How do I edit a value for a measure?
- How do I delete measure values?
- How do I view properties of a measure?
- How do I show/hide a measure on the Summary page?
- How do I remove a measure from a project?
Using References 3
- How do I view references for a project?
- How do I add a new reference?
- How do I delete a reference?
Using Related Work 1
- How do I view Related Work?
Using Work Generation 4
- How do I use Work Generation to change the template used for work?
- How do I use Work Generation to change basic work into gated work?
- How do I use Work Generation to change gated work into basic work?
- How do I use Work Generation to replicate work in multiple locations?
Working with Status Reports 9
- How do I view a status report?
- How do I view a status report on the Summary page?
- How do I create a new status report?
- How do I view status report history?
- How do I change the view on the Status Reports page?
- How do I view status reports due in my Inbox?
- How do I edit a status report?
- How do I change the frequency of a status report?
- How do I use an alternative calendar for status reports?
Using Workflow Manager 7
- How do I create a workflow project?
- How are workflow action items configured?
- What happens once workflow has been initiated?
- How do I view workflow action items?
- How do I pause workflow?
- How do I resume workflow?
- How do I cancel workflow?
Managing Work 21
- How do I change the status of gated work?
- How do I change the status of non-gated work?
- How do I view a work's history?
- How do I subscribe to alert subscriptions for work?
- How do I capture a baseline for my entire project?
- How do I edit permissions?
- How do I assign approval roles?
- How do I nominate a best practice?
- How do I approve or reject a best practice nomination?
- How do I change ownership of descendants?
- How do I change the status of a descendant?
- How do I change the way PowerSteering calculates the percent complete for a project?
- How does the manual percent complete method work?
- How does PowerSteering calculate automatic percent complete methods?
- How does the associated gated process percent complete method work?
- How do I edit the tags of descendants?
- How do I reorder descendants?
- How do I copy or move work?
- How do I cancel work?
- How do I archive or unarchive work?
- How do I delete work?
Using Favorites 5
- How do I create a Favorites list?
- How do I access the Favorites Manager?
- How do I create a Quick Link from a Favorite?
- How do I update the description of my Favorites?
- How do I delete a Favorite?
Using My History 5
- How do I look at my history?
- How do I access History Management?
- How do I search my history?
- How do I delete information from my history?
- How do I create a favorite from my history?
Using Important Links 1
- How do I access important links?
Working with Microsoft Project 9
- What do I need to know about using MS Project with PowerSteering?
- How do I export a gated PowerSteering project to MS Project?
- How do I import an MS Project file into PowerSteering?
- How do I import resources and roles from MS Project to PowerSteering?
- How do I import roles from MS Project to PowerSteering?
- How do I update a resource assignment for MS Project?
- How do I update an existing PowerSteering project from MS Project?
- How do I update progress on a task within MS Project?
- How do I view PowerSteering custom fields in MS Project?

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