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In this section, we summarize the menu options and features on the main XRAS Admin page. We discuss how these options and features can be woven together to support your allocations process in the “General XRAS Workflow” section.
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Admin Navigation Menu
The XRAS Admin navigation menu provides you options for processing and keeping track of requests, configuring XRAS, searching for requests, generating reports, and getting help. The following options are available, from left to right, at the top of all XRAS Admin pages.
XRAS Admin [Client]. Clicking on the “XRAS Admin [Client]” link will usually take you to the admin dashboard.
Dashboard icon. The dashboard icon will always take you to the admin dashboard. See the dashboard information section under “Processing Requests and Actions.”
Gear icon (settings menu). Selecting the gear icon opens a drop-down menu for options that let you configure XRAS settings, rules and other features.
Opportunities. The Opportunities menu helps you navigate to current or past allocation opportunities. See the next section.
Panels. The Panels menu option takes you to the pages for managing your review panels.
Requests. The Requests option provides a “power search” feature to pinpoint requests in your system.
Reports. The Reports option provides a list of currently available XRAS reports.
Search field. The search field in the top menu lets you quickly search by name or request number.
At the far right, three small icons provide additional options
Help icon. Provides a link to the current version of the XRAS Client Admin Guide.
Megaphone icon. If there are current XRAS system announcements, you will find them here.
User icon. You can log out of XRAS Admin here.
Opportunities
You need to set up at least one opportunity to allow your user community to submit allocation requests. And to create an opportunity, you must have already defined at least one allocation type. In the XRAS Admin application, you can click on the “Opportunities” option in the top menu and then select “All Opportunities” to show the list of all current and past opportunities as well as create a new opportunity.
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