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Interface, profile, notifications, and installed app

The interface adapts its menu to your mode, role, and permissions. On mobile it presents the same work in a compact, touch-friendly layout.

On phones, side navigation stays hidden under the Menu button so work content comes first. Open it when you need to change sections; close it with the same button, by tapping outside, or by pressing Escape.

Availability: authenticated people; each additional option depends on the organization, permissions, browser, and device. Level: Basic.

What it is for

It helps you move among Home, Reports, and enabled areas, manage your account, choose a visual theme, receive alerts, and add ReportArea to the home screen.

Before you start

You need an active organization. ReportArea automatically resolves your single membership; there is no selector for switching among multiple active organizations.

Basic navigation

  • Home: summary of work visible to you.
  • Reports: queues, filters, creation, and report details.
  • My work: assigned active tasks and field agenda; operational staff only.
  • Other sections, such as inventory, assets, customers, sales, or related companies, appear only when your mode and permission allow them.
  • Less frequent destinations are grouped under Customers and sales, Network and collaboration, and Work and resources. Press a heading to show or hide its options; the group containing the current screen opens automatically.
  • Settings stays collapsed outside configuration screens and, when opened, separates team and workflow, reports and closing, and asset structure.
  • The bell shows in-app notifications.
  • The theme switch changes between light and Petrol Night and remembers the choice on the device.
  • The person icon opens My profile and Sign out.

On screens that support it, the floating help button starts or repeats a guided tour. Progress can be saved to your account.

Use My profile

The profile lets you update your name, email, and password; view your organization and role; configure alerts; and manage your organization relationship when appropriate. Administrators can also adjust the organization's language, time zone, and currency. The time-zone field suggests matches by city or region and only accepts valid identifiers. Those preferences affect dates, public text, and new documents, not just one person's screen.

Configure notifications

  1. Open My profile.
  2. Under Notifications, activate this device and accept the browser permission.
  3. Choose which events should alert you.
  4. Save the preferences.

By default, alerts are enabled for tasks assigned to you, new reports in your line, and activity on your reports. Alerts for every new company report are optional and start disabled. Activating a device and selecting event types are separate controls. Activation must be repeated in every browser or device.

Install the app

If supported, use the browser's Install app or Add to Home Screen option. The installed version opens without the browser's usual interface and may offer shortcuts to New report and My work.

Rules and effects

  • Alerts require device permission and an enabled notification service.
  • The bell and device notifications may reflect recent activity, but the report itself is the final source of truth.
  • Changing the email requires verification again.
  • Changing the password closes sessions on other devices.

Required and optional

Required: an internet connection to view or change data. Optional: installing the app, allowing notifications, selecting events, changing the theme, and running tutorials.

Example

A technician installs ReportArea on a phone, enables assigned-task alerts, and opens My work from the shortcut. When a task is assigned, tapping the notification opens that report.

Limits and privacy

The installed app does not support offline work. Without a connection it only shows a retry screen; it does not store forms, messages, or attachments for later submission. On shared devices, avoid notifications and sign out after use.

This guide describes the features currently available to organization users.