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Open Dossiq for the first time

A first look at Dossiq: where the app lives, what the navigation gives you, and how to tell it is connected to OpenRegister.

Goal​

By the end you will have opened the Dossiq app, found your way around the dashboard and left-hand navigation, and confirmed the OpenRegister-backed lists (Cases, Tasks, Bezwaren, …) load.

Prerequisites​

  • A Nextcloud account on an instance where the Dossiq app is installed and enabled.
  • The OpenRegister app installed and enabled: Dossiq stores cases, tasks, decisions and case types in OpenRegister, so it is a hard dependency.
  • The Dossiq register and its schemas imported. An admin runs this once from Administration settings → Dossiq → Re-import configuration (see Manage Dossiq settings).

Steps​

  1. Open the Nextcloud app menu in the top bar and pick Dossiq. You land on the dashboard.

    Dossiq dashboard

  2. Read the dashboard widgets: Cases by Status, Cases by Type, My Work, Deadline Alerts, Task Due Reminders, Stalled Cases, Case Map. On a fresh install they read Widget not available until cases are created and the register is fully configured.

    Dashboard widgets

  3. Open the left-hand navigation. The top group is your day-to-day work: Dashboard, My work, Work queue (which groups Workflow board and My work), Cases, Objections, Appeals, Reports (Processing time, Deadline monitoring), Map, and Decision-making (Proposals, Advice). Configuration lives in the Settings foldout — the gear at the bottom of the navigation — which holds Case types, Organisations, Approval routes, Automatic actions, Workflow definitions and the rest, ending in Settings.

    Dossiq navigation

  4. Click Cases. The list opens in List view, with a List / Table / Cards / Map view switcher, an Add Case button, a search box and a filter sidebar. An empty install shows No cases found: expected until someone creates the first case.

    Cases list, empty state

Verification​

You are set up correctly when: the Dossiq dashboard renders without an error banner, the left navigation lists the entries above, and clicking Cases (or any other list) shows either rows or a clean No cases found state: not a load error.

Common issues​

SymptomFix
"OpenRegister is not installed or enabled" bannerInstall and enable the OpenRegister app, then reload Dossiq.
Lists load but Add Case opens a dialog with no form fieldsThe Dossiq register import is incomplete: an admin re-runs Administration settings → Dossiq → Re-import configuration.
Dossiq is missing from the app menuThe app is not enabled for your account: ask an administrator to enable it (and check it is not restricted to a group you are not in).
Dashboard widgets all read Widget not availableThe register is not connected: see Manage Dossiq settings.

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