UC3 · Step 1 of 5 — Open the dashboard

Jaspreet Singh · Production Supervisor · Dept 3630 · Tuesday, 14:21

Jaspreet signs in. The app opens to his Shift Dashboard for Dept 3630. A purple banner at the top makes the phase-one posture explicit: this is a read-only view, approvals stay with timekeeping.

Supervisor visibility dashboard

What to notice

Title bar accent — purple. Visibility apps use the purple band so Jaspreet immediately knows he's in the read-only role, not in staffing or timekeeping. (Staffing is blue; timekeeping is teal.)
Read-only banner. "Read-only view (phase one). Approval/edit workflows remain with timekeeping. Last refresh 14:21:08." Jaspreet doesn't have to wonder what he can do here — the app says so.
Toolbar. Refresh, Export, SSRS report. No save, no edit, no approve.
Scope and date. Defaults to his department (Dept 3630), all lines, current shift (A), today.
Auto-refresh: 60 seconds. Live numbers without him doing anything.
Status bar. Permissions visible at the bottom: visibility.read · no write. The app and the AD role group agree on what he can do.

Why this design choice matters

A common worry is that giving supervisors a real-time view will turn them into bottlenecks ("I have to approve everything before it's saved"). The phase-one posture is the opposite: visibility without approval. Jaspreet sees what's happening; the staffing clerk and timekeeper handle it.

If a future phase adds supervisor approval workflows, they can be turned on without changing this view. The phase-one decision is to start with visibility only.

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