Dashboard Overview

Access the Dashboard

Log In	On the BusinessPlus Login page, enter a valid username and password and press the Log In button.
Sign Out	From the dashboard header menu, select the User Information icon and click Sign Out. If SSO Is enabled, then clicking on Sign Out returns to the Sign Out page where a link appears, to return to BusinessPlus.
Forgot Password	The Forgot Password link is displayed on the BusinessPlus Login page. Enter the email address used to create the account to have your login information emailed to you. The Forgot Password functionality requires an active FORGOTLOGIN Workflow model and a valid email address in NU Manage Users (us_usno_mstr). If SSO is enabled: Forgot Password does not appear on the BusinessPlus Login page. If user is idle, the session will be valid for 24 hours and the user will not get a session time-out message.

Header & Sub-header

BusinessPlus Logo	Select the PowerSchool BusinessPlus logo to open the dashboard page.
Help	Select the Help icon to open page-related information in a new browser window or tab.
Search	Click the magnifying glass icon to open the search field. Enter a BusinessPlus mask. As information is entered, suggested results are displayed. To open a mask, select a suggested mask or press Enter in the search field.
User Information	Contains the initials of the user currently signed in. Click the icon to display: NU User Name and ID: If the user name is larger than 45 characters and contains spaces between the name parts, the user name may overlap with the Change Password and the Sign Out. Change Password: Redirects to Change Password page where the user can create a new password. The new password cannot be the same password used within the last 30 days. Sign Out: Signs out of the BusinessPlus application. If SSO is enabled, Change Password does not appear because the Login is managed with an Identity Provider (IDP) such as Microsoft. In this case, change your password at the identity provider level.
AppSwitcher Grid	Click the AppSwitcher icon to display links to available PowerSchool products.
Menu	Click the menu icon to display the menu. Available menu options are based on user security permissions.
Server ID	Informational sub-header field displays the name of the server currently logged in.

Dashboard Work Space

Depending on security settings, users may have one or more dashboards. Each user has at least one dashboard: their personal workspace. Components on a personal dashboard can be customized by the user.

Personal Dashboard

Refer to Personal Dashboard Controls and Customize Personal Dashboard for details.

Multiple Dashboards

Refer to Multiple Dashboards for details.

Administrators

Administrators with a WSEDITOR security association (refer to common code NUAS/WSEDITOR) can control dashboards by user security associations.

Access Pages

From the dashboard, to access pages:

Enter the mask name in the Search field.
Select the mask from the dashboard menu. Additional sub-menus may appear. Continue to select menus until the mask page opens.
Select mask links added to a dashboard Links component.

Alerts

System alerts are displayed in different colors to indicate the type of alert. A brief description is often included.

Alert Color	Description
Blue	Informational
Green	Record Accepted
Yellow/Orange	Warning
Red	Error