CustomerCenter Administration

The 'CustomerCenter Administration' manager is only accessible to sysadmins through the admin section of the back-end interface.

The Theme Manager allows for the customization of the front-end look and feel of the CustomerCenter. Menus and Links allows for the customization of the appearance of Menus and Links within the CustomerCenter. Custom Content allows for the customization of Widgets that are displayed across the CustomerCenter Portal.

Theme Manager

The Theme Manager is divided into different sections depicting different areas of CustomerCenter. Themes may be saved for later revision or activation, saved Themes are grouped together in the dropdown next to the

• Theme Name: Descriptive name of the theme in the theme manager.
• Reset Theme button: Reset the theme to default settings.
• Preview Theme button: Allows the User to preview the theme settings. Clicking will redirect the User to the home page with styling for the current theme setting being previewed. A header notice will bring you back to the theme manager.
• Theme Logo: Upload an image to replace the theme logo displayed in the upper left of every CustomerCenter page.
• Website Title: Modify the website title displayed in the tab of a browser window.
• Welcome Message: Change the welcome message displayed on the home page.
• Custom Font: All text within CustomerCenter can be updated to match your Organization's style of choice.  PCR-360 has the available fonts:
  1. Helvetica Neue
  2. Roboto
  3. Antic Slab
  4. Trispace
  5. Slabo
  6. Raleway
  7. Nunito
  8. Lora
  9. Work Sans
  10. Noticia Text
  11. Lato
  12. Lucida Bright
  13. Tahoma
  14. Palatino
  15. Arial

Note: Helvetica Neue is the default font within CustomerCenter

To deactivate a theme, first, select the activate theme from the "Choose an Existing Theme" drop-down menu. This will activate the "Deactivate", "Copy", "Preview", "Reset", and "Delete" buttons. Click the "Deactivate" button and "Yes" on the ensuing pop-up to deactivate the current theme and apply the default theme.

Header

The header section includes options to change various element colors including:

• General settings for changing the Bottom Border Color, Text Color and Background Color.

• Link: Text Color.

• Link Hover: Text Color.

• Menu: Border Color and Background Color.

• Menu Link: Text Color.

• Menu Link Hover: Background Color and Text Color.

Body/Content

This section includes options to change various element colors in the main content/body section of CustomerCenter. Options include:

• Text color and background color.

• Link: Text color.

• Link Hover: Text color.

• Pagination Current Page: Background color and text color.

• Primary button: Background color and text color.

• Primary Button Hover: Background color and text color.

Content Box

This section controls the color assignments of various elements in the content box section of CustomerCenter including:

• The general Border Color, Background Color, Text color and Box Shadow Color.

• Link: Text Color.

• Link Hover: Text Color.

• Header: Background Colors and Text Color.

• Header Link: Text Color.

• Header Link Hover: Text Color.

Footer

The footer is a good place for a given organization to place a contact email. For example, the Help Desk email for PCR is help@pcr.com. By using the footer to include the organizations general help email, an Admin can ensure that all the Customers using the CustomerCenter will email a single contact point for tracking purposes. Using the editor, the Admin can link to the email to automatically open email programs.

Styling for the footer section of the page including:

• Top Border Color, Background Color, Text Color.

• Link: Text Color.

• Link Hover: Text Color.

• Content: Content to display in the footer.

Catalog

This section includes styling of the catalog categories and cart labels:

• Categories Link: Background Color and Text Color.

• Categories Link Hover: Background Color and Text Color.

• Request Cart Service Label: Background Color and Text Color.

• Request Cart Equipment Label: Background Color and Text Color.

Request Tracking Activity Types

This section allows a User to change the default style used for how Request Tracking displays various Requests are Created, Updated, or when Remarks are added to them.

Menus and Links

The Menus and Links section allows a User to update Menu and Link permissions and labels to further customize the appearance of your Organization's CustomerCenter. It also allows for changing the Order or currently available Menus and Links, as well as creating new Menus and Links to display.

Once updated are finished, a User can click the 

When an item is deleted, it will still display on the screen until the changes are saved. The Menu/Link will display similar to the below image:

Menus

Menus can be dragged around the page to change the order in which the Menu Options appear within the CustomerCenter Navigation Menu.  Menu Items display in order from right-to-left, and top-to-bottom.

The Permissions Dropdown Menu opens when the User hovers over on the Permission Builder Icon. It displays all Permission Sets that grant access to the Menu. Clicking on any selection opens the Permission Sets Grid so that the User can update the Permissions.

The Edit Menu form allows the user to configure the displayed label and destination for the User to be navigated to. Users can also enable new pages to open for the navigation.

Note: The Destination Link for Default PCR-360 locations can not be edited.

Note: Default PCR-360 Links can not be deleted.

New Menu options can be created by clicking the 

Links

Users can use the Link Sorting Icon (

The Permissions Dropdown Menu opens when the User hovers over on the Permission Builder Icon. It displays all Permission Sets that grant access to the Link. Clicking on any selection opens the Permission Sets Grid so that the User can update the Permissions.

The Edit Menu form allows the user to configure the displayed label and destination for the User to be navigated to. Users can also enable new pages to open for navigation.

Note: The Destination Link for Default PCR-360 locations can not be edited.

Note: Default PCR-360 Links can not be deleted.

Note: Default PCR-360 Links can not be deleted.

New Menu options can be created by clicking the 

Change Request Menu

Much like the Main Menu, the Change Request Menu that is available on the My Services/Equipment and Department Services/Equipment Widgets can be customized to use the terminology used within your organization, and the order they appear in the menu.

Pricing is loaded differently for Coordinators and Non-Coordinators within CustomerCenter.  Default prices in the Catalog will load for Coordinators. Non-Coordinator pricing will load based on who is viewing the Catalog.

Non-Coordinator Pricing Rules

• The Price displayed is based on GLA_PRICING_MODEL configuration.
• For "billing_group" setting:
  • Catalog Page:
    • Show User's Billing Group Prices - the User can't order for anyone but itself, so no other pricing will apply.
  • Cart Page:
    • Always display selected Owner's Billing Group Prices

• For "gla_component" setting: 
  • Catalog Page
    
    • Special Pricing cannot be determined until a GLA is selected in the Cart.
    • After an account owner is selected, special pricing will be displayed at the Checkout
  • Cart Page 
    • Always display selected GLA's Prices
    • If GLA was selected on Catalog page, keep its selection, but allow changing it. Show popup that the Account's pricing has been applied.
• For "none" setting:
  • The default price will always be displayed on the Catalog and Cart. Billing Group and GLA pricing do not apply.
    
     

Coordinator Pricing Rules

Billing Group

When using "billing_group" pricing, Pricing Options are available on:

Catalog Page:

The Default Catalog Price will be displayed for the current User. Coordinators have the ability to change the Owner for the Request to a different User. When a different Owner is selected, the Pricing will be updated to reflect that User's Pricing Option.

Cart Page:

The Pricing Option for the currently selected Owner's Billing Group is displayed.

For "gla_component" setting: 

Catalog Page

Default Catalog price will be displayed for your user. Coordinators have the option to change the Service Order to a different user. Pricing will update to reflect that of the selected Owner.

After an account owner is selected, special pricing will be displayed at the Checkout

Cart Page 

Always display selected Owner's Billing Group Prices

For "none" setting:

The default price will always be displayed on the Catalog and Cart. Billing Group and GLA pricing do not apply.

Custom Content

Custom Content allows Users to customize the feel of their CustomerCenter Portal by adding and updating the Widgets that appear on the Home Page, as well as at the Top and Bottom of defined pages. To create or modify Top and Bottom Widgets, you must first access the Customer Center Admin page. This is done by navigating to Admin > CustomerCenter Admin. 

Widget Management Options

All Widgets available within CustomerCenter for use are found on the Widget Carousel, located towards the top of the page. It enables a User to navigate the selection of available Widgets and allow for them to be displayed on desired pages.

There are a number of buttons/icons on the widgets.

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  - The Preview Icon, when clicked, will allow a User to see what the Widget will display when a User navigates to the page with the Widget present.

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  - The Delete Icon, when clicked, will delete the custom Widgets. This is only for custom Widgets.

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  - The Edit Icon, when clicked, will allow a User to update the properties of a Widget.
  

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  - The Remove Icon. When a Widget is added to a page, the Delete icon is replaced with the Remove icon. Clicking the Remove icon will return the Widget to the Widget Carousel.
  

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  - The System Widget Icon denotes a Default System Widgets that can not be Edited or Deleted.

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  - The Lock Icon Indicates there are roles assigned to that widget. If there are roles assigned to a Widget, then only Users with one of those roles can see the widget. You can click the icon to see which permission is assigned. If no roles are assigned, then any User will see those widgets.
  

Note: Default PCR-360 Widgets can not be edited.

Create a New Widget

When a User selects the Create New Widget link on the page, they will open the Create New Widget Dialogue. Using this form you can name your Widget, add custom content, and assign Role(s).

Once you have finished adding content to the new Widget, click the

Note: If there are roles assigned to a Widget, then only Users with one of those roles can see the widget. If no roles are assigned, then any User will see the Widget. If a Widget has roles assigned, it will be indicated by the lock icon.

Adding Video to Widgets

1. Create or edit an existing Widget
2. On the Content Editor click the 

   

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3. Go to your video platform of choice (YouTube, Twitch, Facebook) and click the "Share" button.
   

   

   
   
4. Then select "Embed"
   

   

5. Copy the source ("src") and width/height (optional)
   

   

   
   
6. Back on the widget, add the copied information to the widget inside an embed tag within the Content Section. The Width/height can be any size.
   

   

   
   
7. Click the submit button to save. You can then use the preview icon to see if the video will embed properly.
   

   

   
   Note: When editing a widget with embedded video, the embed info will only be visible when using the "Source" button. It is discouraged to use the source button to enter any other formatting/data.

Home Page

The home page gives users the flexibility to create a new, or add an existing Widget to the active zone. While adding, removing, and/or rearranging Widgets, Users can use the

Top of Page Widgets

This page gives a User the ability to click and drag existing Widgets into the "Droppable Zone".

This will activate the Widget and allow you to assign it to a page(s). Once you select the proper pages and click the

Note: Only one Widget can be at the top or bottom of a page at a time.

You can then navigate to the selected page(s) and see the Widget.

Bottom of Page Widgets

This page gives you the ability to click and drag existing Widgets into a "Droppable Zone" to create a new Widget.

This will activate the Widget and allow you to assign it to a page(s).

Note: Only one Widget can be at the top or bottom of a page at a time.

You can then navigate to the selected page(s) and see the Widget.

Assigning Widgets to Pages

You can assign multiple Widgets to multiple pages but only one Widget can be on a page at a time.

If there are no applicable pages when you click "Select Pages", a message will pop up declaring all pages are in use. 

Account Profile Page

From the Account Profile page, a User can individualize their displayed Widgets as defined by their Organization, or restore the system setting by clicking on the