HFU Home Page

I)   Home page Overview
II)  How to navigate through the Tasks Overview Dashboard?
     1) Customize the Tasks Overview Dashboard
III) Quick Access Tool
IV) Advance Switchboard


I) Home Page Overview

The Humanitarian Financing Unit (HFU) home page automatically displays all the tasks pertaining to projects that currently require the HFU’s action or attention.

The HFU home page also includes several features that will allow you to navigate through the OneGMS and access the wanted content:

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1- The Fund you are registered in;
2- Your OneGMS user role;
3- The Fund Home button, click on this button to access your Fund’s home;
4- The log out button: click on this button to log out;
5- Menu options at the top, which are accessible from every page of the OneGMS;
6- Quick Access tooltip, which is accessible in every page of the OneGMS;
7- The Tasks Overview Dashboard; which allows an easy access to all pending tasks, sorted thematically.
8- A [Customize Task list] button; which allows to customize your Tasks Overview dashboard, namely, to show/hide your task lists.
10- The Advance Switchboard section to easily find a project.

A detailed explanation of the sections is given below under sections titled "Tasks Overview", "Quick Access" and "Advance Switchboard".

 

II)  How to navigate through the Tasks Overview Dashboard?

The tasks overview section in the home page will display the following lists depending on the rights given to the user role.

  • Projects Task List
  • Disbursement Task List
  • Report (financial and narrative) Task List
  • Revision Task List
  • Audit Task List
  • Sharepoint Projects Task List
  • Timelines Task List
  • Monitoring Task List
  • Refund Task List
Each task list has been provided with certain common functionalities which are mentioned below: 
 
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1. The Date Assigned column in every task list provides you with a link to open individual task items.
The information in this column can be sorted chronologically. An upward arrow indicates that the information is in ascending order and downward arrow indicates descending order.
2. The Code column provides you with a link opening the project proposal.
3. The ‘Exclude configured [instance] statuses’ option. HFU officers can request the OneGMS Support by email to exclude specific statuses from their task lists. Hence, the requested statuses are hidden by default from the task list. However, you can still view the excluded ones and access the full list of pending tasks by un-ticking this box. 
4. A ‘Refresh’ option, allowing users to update the task list.
5. The Count option available on each task list provides you with the number of tasks currently present in the task list and a mouseover action would provide you with a status count of the tasks.
6. An ‘Export to Excel’ option, which enables the user to extract the filtered information into an excel sheet.
 

     1) Customize the Tasks Overview Dashboard

You can choose to hide, show or set as default view the task lists by clicking on [Customize Task List].

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In the pop-up window, tick the boxes of the task lists’ names to select them. Then click on one of the three different options:

- Set as default: this will configure the selected task lists as appearing by default on your OneGMS homepage,
- Refresh: This will temporarily configure your dashboard as per your selection. However, to set this configuration as permanent, you will need to click on [Set as Default].
- Cancel: click on this button to close the pop-up window, this will have no impact on the dashboard.

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III) Quick Access tool

The Quick Access tool, accessible on all pages of the OneGMS, enables users to quickly access sections in the OneGMS.

To access the Quick Access tool, click on this icon  on the right-hand side of the menu bar:

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The tools displayed in the Quick Access panel depend on the system functions made available for your user role by the OneGMS Admin team.

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The tools displayed in the Quick Access panel for HFU home page are:

 

Tool Name

Description

Navigation

 

$ Fund Overview

This option redirects the user to the $ Fund Overview tab which provides a summary breakdown of projects budgets in the form of cost tracking components as per allocation.

Report  > Report >
$ Fund Overview

Audit Overview

This option redirects the user to the Audit overview and search tool, which enables users to search for and access an overview of projects under an audit-related workflow stage. Report > Report > Audit Overview

Bulk Project Print

This option redirects the user to the Bulk Project Print Tab where the user can do a bulk project print in various formats.

Report > Report > Bulk Project Print

Fund Overview

This option redirects the user to the Fund Overview Tab where the user can view the status flow of the project cluster wise.

Report > Report  > Fund Overview

 

CBPF Milestones

This option redirects the user to the Funding Process Tab where the user can review projects that has reached selected ‘Fund Milestones’

Report > Report  > Funding Process

Disbursement Overview

The Disbursement overview lists the status of the disbursement workflow for all or filtered projects. User can search the disbursement information using different search criteria.

Report > Report  > Disbursement Overview

 

Process Monitor

This option redirects the user to the Process Monitor where the user can monitor the progression of projects through the various project workflow statuses within an allocation.

Report > Report  > Process Monitor

Report Overview

This option redirects the user to the Report Overview Tab which focuses on providing the user with reports regarding a project.

Report > Report  > Report Overview

 

Revision Overview

This option redirects the user to the Revision Overview Tab which displays all revision requests and revision associated with a project.

Navigation: Report  >Revision Overview

 

OCHA Assurance

OCHA Assurance dashboard provides a consolidate data output from single/multiple pooled funds based for single/multiple allocation years, including the total number of projects with audit status, financial reporting status, program report status, and monitoring actions status with respect to the filters set. Report > Report > OCHA Assurance

Monitoring Overview

This option redirects the user to the Monitor Overview tab which enables the user to access the pooled Fund Monitors created to keep track of Implementing Partner’s performance. Report > Report > Monitoring Overview

FTR Overview

The FTR Overview enables users to access the data related to Fund Transfer Request. Report > Report > FTR Overview

 

IV) Advance Switchboard

The Advance Switchboard is by default shown in the homepage, unless it has been unticked from the [Customize Task List] pop-up window. 

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The Advance Switchboard enables the user to display projects from the Pooled Fund based on the filter criteria selected. The data retrieved displays all projects which are in the OneGMS system for the selected pooled fund.

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Following are the filter options available for an HFU user role: 

Under the Quick Filters section (this section’s filters might differ according to your pooled fund):

Approved check box): Select the checkbox to display projects approved by EO for the pooled fund.
First disbursement completed (check box): select the checkbox to display projects which have completed the first disbursement status.
Approved Projects (check box): Select the checkbox to display only the approved projects.

Please note: you can hover over the question mark icon near the filter’s title to access more information.

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Under the Filters section:

 Select Allocation year (drop down box): lists the years of allocation available in the OneGMS system for the pooled fund.
• Select Allocation Type (drop down box): list of allocations related to the pooled fund (Standard or Reserve Allocation).
• Select Cluster (drop down box): list of clusters defined for the pooled fund.
 Select Organization type (drop down box): list of Organization Type in the pooled fund (International NGO, National NGO, Other, UN Agency).
• Project Code (text box): Search a project using its project code.
• Select Organization (drop down box): list of organization names for organizations that have created a project in the pooled fund.
• Select Admin Location 1 (drop down box): lists the regional locations in the country.
• Select Project Status (drop down box): lists the project statuses currently available in the pooled fund. for the filtered projects. The list of choices applies for both Standard and Reserve Allocation Project Statuses.
• Select Report Status (drop down box): lists of narrative and financial reports available for the pooled fund on which basis projects can be filtered.

Under the Implementation section:

Date (drop down box): select the start and end dates to filter the relevant projects,
Duration (drop down box and text box): choose the duration characteristic from the drop-down list, and insert the duration in the text box, to filter the relevant projects.

, Click on [Reload Filters] to reset the bottom filters and on [Clear] to reset the entire Advance Switchboard filters.

Example: A list of projects that meets a set of filter criteria

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A brief description of the columns and buttons is given below:

Admin Actions:

Print Proposal: clicking on this icon will print the project proposal.
View:  clicking on this icon will allow viewing the project on the OneGMS. 
Edit : clicking on this icon will allow editing the project on the OneGMS. This icon will be displayed only if the user can edit in the current project status.

  • Primary Cluster: displays the primary cluster group(s) to which the project proposal belongs to.
  • Project Code [Allocation]: displays the system generated project code and allocation that the project proposal belongs to.
  • Org: displays the Implementing Partner's organization name
  • Project Title: displays the project proposal's title.
  • Budget: displays the project proposal's budget.
  • Project Status: displays the current status the project.
  • Start Date: displays the project's implementing start date.
  • End Date: displays the project's implementing end date.
  • Due Diligence: displays whether the Implementing Partner's Due Diligence has been approved or not.
  • View Version(s): displays if project revisions have been made.
  • Partner Project Risk: is determined at budget clearance stage of the project. At budget clearance, the partner’s risk becomes the partner project’s risk. The partner project risk is used to define the operational modalities applicable to this project. The partner project risk never changes, even if the partner’s risk is re-calculated through the Partner Performance Index.
  • Partner Risk: displays the current risk of the partner. It can be different from the Partner’s project risk, as it can be re-calculated any time through the Partner Performance Index.

Click on the [Show Filters] button to revert to the Advance Switchboard present on the OneGMS Home page.
Click on the [Export Project Summary] button to export the project summary information in an Excel format.
Click on the [Export Full Dump] button to export the detailed project information in an Excel format.