NetResults Tracker

Tracker has a wide variety of features & options, but some situations require a minimalist approach. Tracker has the flexibility to allow you to pare things down to show users the bare minimum to keep them focused on what's important.

Restricted Users

For users such as customers, vendors and end users, who only need to see the records they've reported, a Restricted user account is a great fit. No extra configuration is needed for the user to only have access to their own records. The following video has more information about Restricted Users.

User Group Privileges

A good place to scale things back is in the user group privileges. All standard users are members of the Users group and all Restricted users are members of the RestrictedUsers group. When deciding which privileges to disable for other user groups, you should ensure the privileges are also disabled in these groups since users inherit a basic set of privileges from these groups.

To make changes to user group privileges:

1. Login as Admin and click on the Admin icon.
2. Click on the User Accounts link.
3. Click on the Manage Groups button.
4. Click on the Edit button to the left of the user group you wish to modify.
5. Check the box for a privilege to enable or UNcheck to disable, then click OK to save the changes.

See the Online Help Guide for a description of each privilege.

View Page

Each section on the View Page is tied to a privilege so you can hide sections that are not necessary for a user group.

You can also set which fields are displayed for each user group. This allows you to show users only the fields they need to see.

To choose which user groups can see a field on the View Page:

1. Login as Admin and click on the Admin icon.
2. Click on the Fields link.
3. Click on the Edit button to the left of the field you wish to modify.
4. Scroll down to find the View Page Visibility option.
5. Select the user groups that should be able to see the field on the View Page. To select multiple user groups, hold down the Ctrl button on your keyboard as you select user groups.
6. Click OK to save the changes.

Reports

For some users, you may want to make reports available to them without giving them access to the Search and Metrics pages. They can run reports you make available to their user group on the Home Page, but cannot run ad-hoc report or save their own. This is done by disabling the Query Privileges and selecting "Home Page Only" in Metrics Privileges.

A Simple View

The end result: A few toolbar icons and only the necessary fields and attachments. Alerts, Discussions and Record History disabled.

Attach files that are not tied to a specific record and can be accessed by anyone.

There are two kinds of attachments in Tracker:

• Record attachments are files or links that can be saved in a record (e.g. a screenshot of an error being reported or a related web site link).
• Global attachments are files that are independent of an individual record. These can include documents that are used in your process, training materials or any other resource that is helpful to your end users. These attachments are accessible to anyone with the appropriate URL. It is not required for a user to login to Tracker to access these attachments.

Global attachments are managed in the Admin section.

To add a global attachment:

1. Login as Admin and click on the Admin icon.
2. Click on the Global File Attachments link.
3. Click on the Add Attachment button.
4. Enter a description of the attachment, then click Choose File.
5. Select the file and click Open.
6. Click OK to save the attachment.

More information about Global Attachments can be found in the Online Help Guide.

Use Tracker to develop, manage and maintain your organization's training materials.

Document List

One approach is to simply keep a list of each training document and who owns it. Or, perhaps you just need to keep track of who has received training. These can easily be done by setting up a project and form. And, these can be added to an existing Tracker system while maintaining secure access (users only see the projects and forms accessible to them based on user group privileges).

This blog post explains how to set up a list without a formal workflow.

Review Reminders

You can set a reminder specific to each document for updating it (e.g. some require annual updates, other need more frequent reviews depending on product releases or other milestones).

Use the Alerts feature to send reminders for updating training documents.

Workflow

If desired, you can create a formal workflow for developing and publishing these documents.

The Getting Started Guide is a good resource for building a new workflow. Need Help? Technical Support can answer your questions or even help configure Tracker for you.

Set rules for notifying users throughout your process.

Notify Based On Actions

Trigger emails based on actions such as adding, editing, processing via the Task operation, change of status or assignment.

For each rule, you can choose who will be notified, the subject line and an operation description, which is a quick explanation of the notification.

Details for configuring rules can be found in the Online Help Guide.

Set Different Rules Based on a Pulldown

You can set up a different set of rules based on a pulldown. For example, if the rules are based on the Product field, you can have different content or actions triggering email notifications for each of your products.

Perhaps you have a new product and upper management wants to keep a close eye on the issues being reported for this product. You can set the Based On property to be "Product" and add a user group to be notified when issues are added for this product only. "<pulldown0>" is a variable that will include the product name in the email.

Steps for setting the email rules to be based on a pulldown can be found in the Email Rules section of the Online Help Guide.

Include Record Details in the Email

There are variables you can use in the email content to include specific details from the record. For instance, if a notification is being sent because a record was re-assigned, you can include the name of the assignee in the subject line.

Use One Rule for Similar Actions

Sometimes one basic rule can be used for multiple actions. In this example, the reporter is notified for any action where the record will no longer be processed (e.g. the record was closed, deferred, marked as a duplicate of an existing issue, or included in a release). A single rule can handle all of these cases by setting up a state group called "Inactive". The <new status> variable in the Subject and Operation Description will fill in the appropriate state name in the email (Closed, Released, etc.).

The Workflow States section of the Online Help Guide explains how to add a state group.

Point the Help icon to your own documentation or other link to guide users on your process.

When a user clicks on the Help icon in the Button Bar, it can display a page or document that gives the user more information to assist them with how they use Tracker. For example, if you use Tracker to provide customer support, the Help link can provide more information about the information you need from them when they open a ticket.

You can configure a different link for Restricted Users (e.g. customers, vendors, other users external to your company) than the one you show to Standard Users.

To set the link:

1. Login as Admin and click on the Admin icon.
2. Click on the General Preferences link.
3. Scroll down to the Help Options section.
4. Enter the desired link for Custom Help Link for Restricted Users and/or Custom Help Link for Standard Users.
5. Click OK to save the change.

This option does not apply to members of the Admins user group.

Additional Help Options are described in the Online Help Guide.