The Messages feed displays chats and geomessages that occur throughout a mission. Tools are available for interacting with these activities, such as replying to chats or viewing attachments from geomessages. The More menu allows you to only view your messages, view your feed as conversation, and filter your messages. The Tasks feed displays tasks that are taking place or completed during a mission. The Reports feed contains previously created reports that you can view.
Messages feed
The Messages feed display geomessages and chats in various ways to help you maintain awareness of all the communications taking place during a mission. Geomessages and chats are displayed in the order in which they are created, with the most recent displayed at the top.
Geomessages
Geomessages are displayed in the panel with the following information:
- Messages—This feed display activities that occur throughout the mission through chats and geomessages. Tools are available for interacting with these activities, such as replying to chats or viewing attachments from geomessages.
- Sender—The name of the mission member who sent the geomessage.
- Title—The title of the geomessage.
- Time—The approximate time the geomessage was sent.
- Attachment—An icon appears if an image or images are attached in the geomessage.
Use the following tools to interact with geomessages in the panel:
- Zoom To—Zooms the mission map to the geomessage and displays a dialog box containing information created as part of a geomessage.
- Members—Displays the creator of the message and its recipients.
- GeoMessage—Displays the geomessages description in the current panel.
- Attachment viewer—Click View Attachments in the drop-down menu to open the Attachment dialog box where you can view the images in the geomessage.
Chats
Chats are displayed in the panels with the following information:
- Sender—The name of the mission member who sent the chat
- Time—The approximate time the message was sent
- Last Message—The most recent message sent as part of that chat thread
Use the following tools to interact with chats in the panel:
- Reply—Opens the Reply To Conversation dialog box in the actions panel.
- Members—Opens a dialog box displaying the creator of the message and its recipients.
- Teams—Opens a dialog box displaying the teams to which the chat was sent. If the chat was not sent to any specific teams, this icon is unavailable.
- Expand/Collapse—Displays all of the messages that have been sent as part of the chat. These messages are displayed with sender, date, and time. At the bottom of this dialog box is a link to the Reply tool.
More menu
The More menu allows you to view messages only you are involved in, view your feed as conversation, and filter your messages. The default behavior of the Messages feed is to display all messages in the mission. Clicking View My Messagesdisplays only messages that the you are part of. The View as List button changes your feed between collated conversation or segregated messages when they come into the feed without collating them.
The Custom Filter button allows you to separate mission members or teams, chats, geomessages, and their activities, from others in the mission. Selecting a mission member or team from the list allows ArcGIS Mission Manager to display in the Messages feed and mission map only the message traffic associated with them. This helps you to emphasize or isolate specific events or chains of activity that occur in the mission. It also makes it easier to find a specific feed item, especially in missions with heavy feed traffic.
Tasks feed
Previously created tasks are accessed through the Tasks feed. The Tasks feed updates throughout the mission with any new tasks or changes to existing tasks. The tasks are displayed in the order they are created, with the most recent task at the top. You also have the option to filter your tasks. A message appears in the feed if you have no tasks in your mission.
Task status
Tasks have different symbology based on their status of completion. The task status can be changed throughout the mission. You must be the task creator, assignee, or an admin to change the task status. The different symbology for task status are:
- Unassigned – gray circle
- Assigned – gray circle with a white border
- In Progress – green circle with a white border
- Completed – green circle
- Declined – red circle
- Paused – yellow circle
- Canceled – white circle with a red strikethrough
Clicking on the task symbol will zoom-to the location of the task and a pop-up window will display with the task information. You can also click the Dock icon to lock the task on the mission map.
View a task
You can only view the task in read-only mode if you are not the creator of the task, an admin, or are not assigned the task. To view a task, complete the following steps below.
- Navigate to the Tasks feed and identify a task of interest.
- Click the Information icon.
The task will open in the actions panel.
- View the details of the task.
- Click Close to close the task.
View a task attachment
There can be attachments associated with a task to add additional information to the task. A message indicates how many attachments are associated with the task. To view an attachment:
- Navigate to the Tasks feed and identify a task of interest.
- Click the Attachment icon to view the attachments in the task.
The Attachment Viewer opens
- Click Close to close the Attachment Viewer.
You can also view the task attachments by clicking the Attachments button when viewing a task in the actions panel.
Edit a task
You have the option to edit a task during the mission if you are the task creator or admin.. This includes who the task is assigned to, the mission Due Date, Priority, Attachments, and Notes. To update a task, complete the following steps.
- Navigate to the Tasks feed and identify a task of interest.
- Click the Edit button to view and edit the task.
The report opens with selective editable sections in the Actions panel.
- Choose to edit the task location, assignee, the Due Date, and Priority.
The Update button enables once a change has been made.
- Click Update to update the task. Click Cancel to return to the default view of the Actions Panel.
Submit a task
Users from Mission Manager and Mission Responder can submit tasks assigned to them. To learn more about submitting a task in Responder, see Tasks. To submit a task in Manager, complete the following steps:
- Navigate to the Tasks feed and identify the task assigned to you.
- Click the Edit button to view and edit the task.
The report opens with selective editable sections in the actions panel.
- Choose to edit the Status or Notes fields, or add Attachments.
The Update button enables once a change has been made.
- Click Update to update the task. Click Cancel to return to the default view of the Actions Panel.
Some tasks may require a report to be submitted. For these tasks, a Submit Report button will display. Upon successful submission of the required report, the task Status will automatically be set to Complete.
Filter tasks
You can filter tasks based on the following fields to organize your tasks feed:
- Assigned To
- Created By
- Status
- Priority
To filter tasks, complete the following steps:
- Navigate to the Tasks feed.
- Click the More menu.
- Click Filter Tasks.
- Expand the desired section and make the appropriate selection.
- Click Apply.
The Tasks feed updates based on your selection with most recent on top.
To clear your Tasks filter, complete the following:
- Navigate to the Tasks feed.
- Click the More menu.
- Click Filter Tasks.
- Click Clear All.
The Tasks feed updates to display all reports.
Reports feed
Previously created reports are accessed through the Reports feed. The Reports feed updates throughout the mission when new reports are created. The reports are displayed in the order they are created, with the most recent report at the top. You also have the option to filter your reports. A message appears in the feed if you have no reports in your mission.
View a report
To view a report from the Reports feed, complete the following steps below.
- Navigate to the Reports feed and identify a report of interest.
- Click the Information button to view the report.
The report opens in a read-only mode and is selected on the map.
- Click the Zoom-to Report button in the report to zoom-to the report on the map.
- Click Close to close the report.
Filter reports
You can filter reports based on who submitted a report. To filter a report, complete the following steps:
- Navigate to the Reports feed.
- Click the More menu.
- Click Filter Reports.
- Expand the Submitted By section.
- Choose one or more members to filter the reports feed.
- Click Apply.
- The Reports feed updates with the members you selected with most recent on top.
To clear your reports filter, complete the following steps:
- Navigate to the Reports feed.
- Click the More menu.
- Click Filter Reports.
- Click Clear All.
- The Reports feed updates to display all reports.