With intelligentcontract, it is possible to manage Views on behalf of users.  Control over both customised and pre-defined Views allows administrators to decide the Views that are accessible to each user.  This feature allows an administrator to provide each user with only the Views that they require, and as a result, provide a clearer interface.


If administrators don’t want to use this new feature, then by default all Views are available to all users, and so no further action is required to continue as you currently do.


What Views are?

Views allow a user to restrict what records are displayed on a Summary Screen.  Views can be used on each Summary feature of intelligentcontract (Contracts, People, Parties, Risks, Alerts, and Documents, among others). An example would be when a user wants to focus their work on contracts that are currently active (i.e. not passed their end date). A user is able to select the pre-defined View “Active Contracts”, and work with just that group.

Fig 1 - Contract Views


Existing default Views can be adjusted to display data that your organisation requires; for more on this, please refer to Editing Views.


It is also possible for users to build their own customised Views. Customised views can be specific to the user’s business. Customised Views can be made private to the user that created them or can be shared with all or some users.


How does managing Views help me?

By having functionality to manage Views in a detailed way, you are able to make sure users of the system only have Views that are relevant to their job. For example, Facilities people may have only Facility related Views, and HR people may have only HR related Views. By taking away the Views they don’t need, you keep the system simple to understand and use.


If, as an administrator, you would like to manage the Views your users have access to, then a simple strategy can be devised. 


Step 1 – Create a “No-One” Security Group

If there is one or more pre-defined View(s) that you don’t want any of your users to be able to use, then you will need to create a Security Group called “No-One”. This Security Group should have no users assigned to it. Views assigned to a Security Group with no members will become invisible to all users (except administrators).


Step 2 – Review your organisation’s existing Security Groups

Views are managed by allocating them to Security Groups, so it’s worth reviewing whether you have the right Security Groups set up. 


  • List the pre-defined and the customised Views you require. It may be worth brain storming ideas with key users and agreeing to a list of Views that are useful.
  • List the groups of people that use intelliegentcontract throughout your organisation. 
  • Allocate Views to each of the groups of people. You may find you have to sub-divide your groups in order to get the right Views for the right people. Remember each View can be allocated to many groups.


When you have your Views allocated to groups of people, you now need to be sure that there is a Security Group defined in the system for each group of people. If not, go ahead and create new Security Groups.  It may be that some Views are always available to everyone – these Views need no further work. By default, a View is available to all users.


For help on defining new Security Groups, click here


Step 3 – Create the required customised Views for your organisation

Once you have a list of customised Views and Security Groups that is agreed upon, you are able create each of them using our View wizard. The options will not be enabled until you place your mouse to the right of the View drop down list. You will then see 3 options:  [New View], [Edit], and [Delete].  Click [New View] and the Wizard will be displayed for you to complete. Complete each step, and then press [Next] to progress to the next step.  


The example below is in relation to the Contract Summary screen, but views can be managed throughout most of the Summary screens within the solution, and are also managed from within a record via the tabs at the bottom of the record.


Fig 2 - New View


1. Provide the View Name - This should be something easily defined; press [Next].

Fig 3 -View Name


2. Specify the View criteria - Choose the fields that you wish to use as extraction criteria by dragging and dropping the required fields.  When you drop your field into the criteria section, a pop up will appear for you to enter your criteria requirements.  The pop up will differ depending on the type of field that you have selected.


You can add as many criteria you wish and order them accordingly using the AND/OR drop downs, or the Order of Evaluation section.


When you have entered all your criteria, press [Next].


Fig 4 - View Criteria


3. Choose Columns - Choose which fields, and order how you would like them displayed on the View.


The available columns section will list all fields available for selection on the view. The list will contain all the fields based on the feature that you are creating a new View for, such as Contracts.  

When you first come into the screen a default set of fields will be displayed in the Columns section. These field can be adjusted to what fields you require within your Custom View.


If you scroll to the bottom of the fields displayed, you will see further options to select fields ( included in any Contract related fields such as Person or Party details). Click on the option, and it will open up and list the fields for selection.


Fig 5 - Column selection 

  • Click on the required field
  • Drag across to the 'Columns' section
  • To remove a field, click the 'x' to the right
  • To move a field, drag and drop to the correct location (order of field is top to bottom and left to right)
  • Once you have made your selection, click [Next] to continue


4. Change Field Labels - The title labels of the columns are defaulted to the field labels. This next step allows you to adjust the labels if required; press [Next].

TIP: This may be useful for views that have many columns and would benefit form having an abbreviated column label.

Fig 6 - Field Labels


5. Specify who can use this View - Use your Security Groups to identify who can see this View. The default is 'Just me', but change the radio button to 'The following security Groups', and use the drop down list to add/remove required Security groups.  

Fig 7 - View Access


6. Click on the [Next] and [Close] button and you are done. Your screen will automatically update to the new view and display the relevant records.  Your new view will now appear within the view drop down list. Click on the drop down and scroll to the bottom of the list, where all the customised view are listed.


Fig 8 - New view in the View drop down list


Step 4 – Issue instructions to your users

Because new Views can be created by your users, it's worth setting out instructions about how these new Views should be allocated. It may be that you ask for all new Views to be kept private to the user that’s creating the View, or you might publish the list of Security Groups so that users can choose the group to allocate their new Views to.

Tip: Administrators can always see all Views because they have access to all security groups


Tip: Read Only Users are unable to create new Views