Mission Control
Take control and streamline your content operations with Mission Control. Equipped with actionable insights and daily activities, you get a bird’s eye view of your content deliverables, track tasks and comments, and establish accountability. With Mission Control, you can ensure everything goes according to your plan.
The video below summarizes how you can get the most out of Mission Control, showcasing five in-platform actions you can add to your content production process.
Start your day with your work
Glance at your daily activities in
Mission Control > Your work, where you’ll find a summary of:
- Items you recently edited
- Items you’re assigned to
- Tasks that you’re assigned to
- Tasks that you assigned to your team
to see the full list of items or tasks.
Observe content deliverables in the dashboard
The dashboard in Mission Control > Dashboard lets you observe the success rate of your content deliverables using our helpful widgets. You’ll get quick insights on your content progress, your team’s task performance, and trends in your published items. You’ll also find content items that need a refresh or update after a certain period.
Content progress
At a glance, you can see the progress of your content production using the content progress widget. The content progress widget accounts for the content items edited within the past 90 days. The items are grouped into the following categories:- Without due date
- Scheduled to publish
- On track
- Close to due date
- Delayed
Tasks done on time
Complement your observation of your team’s work with the tasks done on time widget, where you can track their task completion performance. The widget calculates how many tasks are completed within their due dates during the selected period and displays the percentage as a result.Items published on time
Gain more control of your content deliverables by utilizing insights from the items published on time widget. The widget calculates how many items were published within their due dates at a selected period and displays the percentage as a result.Overdue tasks
The overdue tasks widget helps you stay informed by providing a clear view of all late tasks. This widget displays a list of assignments and their respective due dates for each contributor. Click on a task to check out the content item that addresses it. You can also click Show more to see the overall list of late incomplete tasks.
Unchanged items
The widgets below highlight content items that haven’t been updated after a certain period to assist your auditing process and ensure all your items are up-to-date and relevant.Unchanged published items
The unchanged published items widget shows content that has remained unchanged since it was last published after 90 days. You can sort the items you want to see according to their content type. Click Show more to view the whole list of unchanged items in various collections, contributors, and the number of days they remained the same.
Unchanged unpublished items
The unchanged unpublished items widget displays content items, including previously published items that have not been updated in either of the following ways:- Changes in the workflow step
- Content changes made in the past 30 days
to view the detailed list of items in various languages, collections, and contributors and see how long they stayed unchanged in a specific workflow step.
Recent published items
The recent published items widget gives you an overview of what, when, and how many items were published in the:- Past 30 days
- Current month
- Current week
- See what content went live to aid in your planning.
- Assess cadence in different time frames.
- Maintain team accountability.
- Quickly reference published items to inform your teams.
to see which contributor published the content and in which language.
Oversee your content creation in content status
With content status, you can see an extensive overview of your content creation across your teams, brands, and regions. You’ll get to:- Stay on top of content items in different languages, collections, and workflow steps.
- Track due dates and contributors assigned to the tasks.
- Review unresolved comments and tasks without the need to open the content items.
to reveal a list of unresolved comments
to reveal a list of unfinished tasks
Mission Control > Content status.
Customize what you see
In content status, you can customize what to include in your view so that you see what matters to you the most. You can spotlight specific information relevant to your progress or simplify your navigation across the view to reduce distractions. For example, if you only wish to see everything in the view except the Content type column, you can hide the column:- Go to Mission Control > Content status.
- In the Content status tab, click
. - Select Content type to hide the column.
Track your content’s pace
Track the advancement of your content in Mission Control > Content pace. With content pace, you can:
- Prevent delays in your project outcomes.
- Identify any potential bottlenecks.
- Gauge content value by measuring effort against impact.
- Optimize productivity.
- View newly created content or recent updates to published content.
- Select specific content types.
- Choose a time frame.
Strengthen your content creation planning
Couple the insights and status from the dashboard, content status, and content pace with project overview and editorial calendar to track your project’s overall content production. You can ensure you stay on top of deadlines, avoid any slip-ups, and maintain consistent quality.