Current Student Maintenance - Action Centre tab

Use the Action Centre tab to view Action Centre messages linked to the selected current student.
Note: You can populate this tab by either linking or allocating Action Centre messages to the selected current student. See Using the Action Centre window in the Introduction manual.
Tip: Click the Action Centre icon to quickly navigate to the Action Centre tab to view items linked to the currently selected current student.

Opening the Action Centre tab

To open the Action Centre tab of the Pastoral Care tab:

Select Module > Students > Current Student Maintenance from the main menu.
The Set Current Student Search Criteria window is displayed.
Tip: You can also access the current student functions by clicking .
Search for the student. See Searching for existing students (on page ) in the Current students manual.
Click the Action Centre tab.
The Action Centre tab of the Current Student Maintenance window is displayed.

Current Student Maintenance - Action Centre tab key fields and buttons
Fields

Field	Description
Summary	Summary of the Action Centre message.
Linked to Student	Current student linked to the Action Centre message.
Allocated To	Community member allocated to the Action Centre task. Note: Clicking automatically allocates the community ID linked to the current Synergetic user. Click to assign to another community member.

Grid area fields

Field	Description
Description	Description of the Action Centre message.
Summary	Summary of the Action Centre message.
Created	Creation date of the Action Centre message.

Buttons

Button	Description
	Remove the link between the student and the selected task. Note: You can link the task to another maintenance record using the Linked to fields and buttons in the Action Centre. See Using the Action Centre window in the Introduction manual.
	Launch Community Maintenance window for the displayed record.
	Reallocate the task to a different community member.
	Start the selected task. Note: Clicking automatically allocates the community ID linked to the current Synergetic user. Click to assign to another community member.
	Mark the selected task as complete.
	Launch the Save Task as Template window to save the current task as a template to be used for future tasks. See Managing tasks in the Introduction manual.
	Open the User Task window to display the selected task. See Using the User/Workflow Task window in the Introduction manual.
	Delete the selected task.
	Apply changes to the selected task.
	Cancel changes to the selected task.

Description sub-tab fields

Enter a description of the Action Centre task in the comment field.
Detail sub-tab fields

Field	Description
Created	Date the task was created.
Self Actioned/Read	Whether the task has been self-actioned or read.
Actioned	Whether the task has been actioned.
Actioned By	Community member that actioned the task.
School	Name of the originating organisation.
User	Synergetic user that created the task.
System	The system/program used to create the task.
Created	Date the task was created.
Subscriber	Subscribers to the task. See Group Security Maintenance - Groups View in the System maintenance manual.

Advanced sub-tab fields

Field	Description
Start Date	Start date for the task.
Due Date	Due date for the task.
Completed Date	Date the task was completed.
Task Status	Status of the task.
Time Spent In	Unit of time to be used for the task.
Estimated Duration	Estimated time required to complete the task. Note: Use the Time Spent In field to determine the unit of time.
Reminder Date	Select a date for the Action Centre to display a reminder relating to the currently selected task.
Reminder	Select to set a task reminder to display the specified number of weekdays, days or weeks either: before the due date after the start date.
% Complete	Percentage of the task completed.
Current Estimate	Estimated time required to complete the task.
Elapsed	Amount of time elapsed.
Seq	Unique identifier for the task.

Dependencies sub-tab fields
The Dependencies sub-tab displays tasks that must be completed before the task selected in the main grid area can be started.

Field	Description
Description	Description of the task.
Summary	Summary of the task.
Status	Status of the task.
Created	Creation date of the task.
Allocated To	Community member allocated to complete the task. Note: Clicking automatically allocates the community ID linked to the current Synergetic user. Click to assign to another community member.

Related tasks sub-tab fields
The Related tasks sub-tab displays tasks related to the task selected in the main grid area

Workflow sub-tab fields and buttons
The Workflow sub-tab displays for full workflow for the task selected in the main grid area.

Fields

Field

Description

Extra Data to Display

Select fields in this area this area to display extra information on the workflow. You can display:

statuses
allocations
linked records
estimated durations
% complete figures.

Buttons

Button	Description
	Launch the selected task in the User/Workflow Task window. See Using the User/Workflow Task window in the Introduction manual.

DocMan sub-tab fields
See the Current Student Maintenance - DocMan tab (on page ) for details of the fields and buttons of this tab.
About sub-tab fields
The About sub-tab displays a summary of the Action Centre task.