15. Manage Action list
Manage Action List
Used to manage the (Predefined) Actions available for the tenancy that owns the workspace. These are the predefined Development Actions that are able to be selected by individuals from their Planner to address the gaps.
Column visibility and Search/Filtering
Explained here: (Suggestion: User Right Click to select Open in a New tab or Window)
0.1 How to work with Admin Page tables and Search/Filtering
Add New Action
To add a single new Action to the list in-situ:
Select the Add New button
Provide the Action with a Name, which should be unique within the list
Select the Action Type from the drop-down list
The list of available Action Types is able to be changed according to needs via the Manage Features and Settings task, (except for Accredited Badge Issuing Action).
Provide a suitable Description to describe the new Action
Website (Optional) you can provide a Link e.g.
A Link to a training Course sign-up or a Training Provider website
A link to further information regarding the Action
Change IsActive according to your requirements. i.e. You may not wish it to be made available immediately, and this can be changed at a later stage:
False (Default) - The Action is NOT (yet) available for selection
True - The Action will be made available for selection immediately
Duration (days) or Duration (hours) (Optional) provide a Duration (days) or Duration (hours) for the Action. Note: Can also be a combination e.g. 1 day 3 hours.
You can Optionally provide dates for the following (self explanatory) fields:
Publish On
Retire On
Review On
Note: Currently, These are documentary only for your own purposes of keeping track of Actions, and NO system action will be invoked based on these dates. (This may change in the future, based on demand)
Provide a Version number for the Action (Default 1)
Select (Mandatory) one or more Levels of Responsibility Codes/Levels and/or Skills Codes/Levels from the lists provided from. .
Levels of Responsibility
Skills (Professional)
Note: These are the LoRs and/or Skills that are associated with the Action, and for which the skill gaps will be addressed in some way by the Action
Provided you have included all the mandatory fields, the Save button will have become active. Press the Save button to save the Action and include it in the list
Or use Cancel if you choose NOT to save the Action
To make use of the Action Type = Accredited Badge Issuing Action, then the following differences apply:
The Admin Setting: Allow Badges from Actions? must = Yes
The Admin must have Access Permissions for Manage Badge Actions
There are 2 separate List of Professional Skills from which to select the relevant skills:
Skills for KNOWLEDGE BADGES
Skills for PROFICIENCY BADGES
Note1: The same skills can not be selected for both
Note2: Up to 6 only skills (overall) can be selected
You will need to select a Badge Issuer from a selection of:
APMG
DSA
Import/Export
Using the Import and Export functionality you are able:
Do the initial populate the Action List and add additional Actions as required
Manage the whole list
Import Actions
Note that the contents of an Import will be merged with the existing Action NOT replace them. Therefore it will create a duplicate if a similar Action was already present.
Action with Type = Accredited Badge Issuing Action are NOT supported for Importing.
Select the Import button
If needed, you can use the Download Bulk Template button to download an Import Template which you can populate as required e.g.
Using a template, populate it with a Row for each new Action, populating the fields as required (refer Table Import/Export Action Fields)
Save your populated upload file somewhere suitable
Use the Select Files in the Import pop-up to select your populated import file
Once the file is selected, use Process Upload to begin the upload
If the Upload is successful you will get the pop-up message
If NOT successful you will get an error message
Note: When using Import, Actions are automatically set to Active. You will need to do a manual edit if you wish to make them Inactive
Export Actions
You can export a current list of Actions to an Excel Workbook, in a similar format to the Bulk Template:
Select the Export button
Move/Rename the file as required
Making use of the Exported Actions
The exported actions are able to be used to:
Keep a history of the Actions
Manage the Action List by using the Export file as an Import file
Therefore you will need to:
Delete the Actions you wish to change/update from the list using either of the Delete Actions: Delete Actions
Remove any Actions from the Exported Workbook you do NOT wish to change, and ADD any new Actions required
Carry out an Import using the Exported Actions list changed in (2) above
On this page:
Action List table
Column Header | Options & Description |
---|---|
Used to select multiple Actions required to be deleted using the Delete Selected button | |
Action |
|
Name | The name of the Action |
Type | The action Type |
Lor | The Generic Attributes (LoRs) Codes/Levels associated with the Action |
Skills | The Professional Skill Codes/Levels associated with the Action |
Active |
Whether the Action has been made Active (available for selection) or not |
Duration (days) | Duration in days |
Duration (hours) | Duration in hours |
Website | A (optional) link associated with the Action |
Version | An (optional) version number |
Sfia Version | The SFIA version associated with the Action |
Edit Actions
You are able to edit a single Action in-situ.
Use the Edit Icon in the Action column to open the edit panel e.g.
You are able to make changes to any of the fields as required
Use the Save button to save your changes
Or the Cancel button to cancel the edit
Delete Actions
There are 2 ways Actions can be deleted:
Use the Delete Icon in the Action column to delete a single Action
Use the Multiple selection and the Delete Selected button
Deleting a Single Action
use the Delete Icon in the row for the Action you wish to delete
From the resultant confirmation pop-up select OK to delete the Action
Use Cancel to cancel the delete action
Deleting multiple Actions
Select the individual Action to be deleted OR
You can use the Header Selection Box to select ALL the Actions based on the Search criteria
If needed, you can de-select any you wish to omit from deletion
Warning: if you have NOT added Search criteria ALL Action will be selected NOT just the ones showing on the current page
Use the Delete Selected button to delete ALL the selected
From the resultant confirmation pop-up select OK to delete the Action
Use Cancel to cancel the delete action
Import/Export Action Fields
* | Mandatory field |
& | Mandatory for 1 of these fields to be populated at least |
- | Optional field |
| Field Name | Options | Description |
---|---|---|---|
* | Name | Name | A suitable name, and suggest it should be unique in the list of Actions |
* | Type (Select from the dropdown) | Default Options:
| The drop-down provide a list based on the default list provided by SkillsTX when your system was initiated. However the default list is able to be changed via Manage Features and Settings So while a drop-down list is provided you are able to populate this with your own values if your organization has chosen to make changes. |
* | Description | Summary description of the action | A description that allows people to easily relate to what the Action is about |
- | Duration(days) | Number of days | The number of days expected for this Action Note: can be a combination of Days & Hours |
- | Duration(hours) | Number of hours | The number of hours expected for this Action Note: can be a combination of Days & Hours |
- | Website | URL for the website booking or information page | This URL could be directed to a training course, or a training provider or just information about the Action as required |
- | Publish On | dd/mm/yyyy | This date is currently documentary only for your own management purposes |
- | Retire On | dd/mm/yyyy | This date is currently documentary only for your own management purposes |
- | Review On | dd/mm/yyyy | This date is currently documentary only for your own management purposes |
- | Version | Version number (Default=1) | A version number for the Action |
& | LoR Addressed or Blank | Must be valid LoR Codes/Levels separated by commas which the Action addresses | e.g. AUTOn, INFLn, COMPn, BSKLn, KLGEn where n- levels from 1-7 |
& | Skills Addressed or Blank | Must be a Valid Skill Codes/Levels separated by commas which the Action addresses | E.g. PRMG4, USUP3 |
* | SfiaVersion | 8 | Currently only SFIA 8 is supported |
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