1️⃣ How to navigate in smenso

Basic Structure

The structure of smenso is clear and straightforward, allowing you to easily organize and manage your projects. It always follows this hierarchy:

1. Project Portfolio
   The project portfolio consolidates all your projects. Here you can see, organize, filter, and prioritize all ongoing projects at a glance.

2. Project
   A project is the central object where all project management activities take place. Here, you manage all tasks, responsibilities, schedules, resource utilization, and project progress.

3. Folder
   Folders help you further structure and group your tasks, for example, by process steps or thematic focus. This way, you maintain an overview even in large projects.

4. Task
   Tasks are the fundamental work units within a project. They can take various forms, such as scheduled to-dos, meeting minutes, or classic work packages. Each task is an essential element for the progress of your project.

5. Subtasks
   Each task can have up to seven levels of subtasks. This allows you to break down even complex tasks into smaller work steps and track them in detail.

Main Areas

The web interface of smenso is divided into four main areas:

• Sidebar / Navigation
• Menu
• Actions
• Workspace

* The mobile view differs in display.

Sidebar / Navigation 🟪

The sidebar on the left side of the application provides access to five (currently) main areas:

• Home 
• Projects
• Tasks
• Times
• Absences

Below the main menu items, there are two additional segments:

• In the Favorites section, the favorited projects are displayed (this is hidden if no projects, views, or tasks, etc., are marked as favorites).
• In the Recently Opened Projects section, the five most recently opened projects are always displayed in descending order.

The Favorites and Recently Opened Projects sections can be collapsed using the chevron icon. The setting (expanded or collapsed status) is saved. 

More information about favorites

The navigation area can be collapsed by clicking on the logo at the top left, or at the bottom of the navigation by clicking on the double arrow. The bar is then displayed in a narrow format and can be restored by clicking on the burger icon or the double arrow icon.

Menu Area 🟩

In all areas of smenso, the (secondary) menu offers various content related to the corresponding areas depending on the context.

In the project, the tabs provided might look like this:

In the portfolio or tasks menu, other tabs are available. 

Additional information displayed in this area includes:

• The yellow star next to the project name serves to mark it as a favorite and display its favorite status.
• The avatars of people show who is assigned to tasks in this project.
• The three-dot menu offers more context options for managing a project.

Action Area 🟨

The action area can be divided into

Globally available buttons

• The magnifying glass opens the search function.
• The clock icon opens the time tracking.
• The gift icon opens a menu with information about the latest smenso updates.
• The bell icon opens a menu with incoming notifications.
• The avatar icon opens a menu with various links to help, create support requests, and open settings.

Context-dependent buttons

In the action bar below, buttons are always displayed that change depending on the context. Often these are filter, grouping, or view options. In the case of the project, a New button is also displayed to create new tasks.