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Field Descriptions
Event Name: The name of your challenge. This will appear throughout Innovation Central such as the navigation bar if configured, the search results and exports. Keep the name brief and descriptive.
Start Date: The earliest date when the challenge will be available to users, DD MM YYYY format. The New Idea button will not appear in the Collaborate Space until 12:01 AM EST on the start date, so while configuring the challenge, include today's date to preview the Idea Form. This is a required field.
End Date: The latest date when Ideas can be submitted. The New Idea button will be disabled in the Collaborate Space at 11:59 PM EST. Leave this field blank to allow new submissions indefinitely, such as with an on-going process improvement challenge.
*The End Date only controls the end of Idea submissions, other functions are still available (for example: reviews, conclusions, posting comments, etc.) and must be disabled individually, if desired.
Sponsor: Name of the person or department supporting the event.
Contact: Name of the person, in addition to the Sponsor, who is supporting the event.
Objective: Description of the challenge that includes the intent and desired outcome. HTML tags are allowed in this field. Sponsor, Contact and Objective all appear in search results, so be as descriptive as possible. Example
Audience Size: Number of people to be invited to participate in the challenge. Participants are be contributors (submitting Ideas, comments, etc.).
Audience Description: Description of the group of people invited to participate in the challenge.
Language: Language in which the challenge will be displayed.
*A language must be selected for the challenge for any Terminology changes to take effect.
Show Language selector: When enabled, this allows the user to control the displayed language. There must be more than one language available for this to display. Options are displayed on the left of the top navigation bar on relevant pages.
Event Hero Image: Graphic image to represent the challenge in the Collaborate Space when using Visual Themes, as well as in Jive and SharePoint. Click the image button to select or change the selected image via the image selection dialog.
Event Thumbnail Image: Graphic image to represent the challenge in the Portal, Jive and SharePoint. Click the image button to select or change the selected image via the image selection dialog.
!Click the Submit button to save your choices.