🌐 Layout (Main and Side) → The Cosmos Dashboard is organized into Main and Side content areas. While most modules are available in both these sections with different designs, some are unique to one or the other. This allows for greater flexibility in organizing features to fit different purposes and topics.
🛠️ Build Your Own Experience → Mix and match feature panels to create a dashboard that aligns perfectly with your team's unique needs. Each module is fully customizable, giving you the freedom to adapt the dashboard to your specific use case.
🔒 Licensing Requirements → While the dashboard provides an expansive feature set, please note that a valid license for MacroSuite and Content Viz is required if you wish to use these features as macros on other Confluence pages.
Widgets
Welcome Message
The one that is always visible on a Cosmos Dashboard, the Welcome Message greets every user upon landing on the page.
Customizable → Admins have the ability to edit the welcome message text and choose the banner background color to align with brand style guide.
Dynamic display → Elevate user engagement by enabling the dynamic display of Confluence action items and Jira issues assigned to the logged-in user.
Welcome message is only available in Cosmos. It is not possible to use it as a single macro on Confluence pages.
Company and Team News
Keep your employees updated right from Cosmos Dashboard. The Company and Team News module dynamically pulls in Confluence blogs to keep everyone informed and engaged.
Custom filters → Admins can specify which spaces and labels to pull news from, making it a highly flexible feature for targeted updates.
Dynamic feed → News is automatically fetched and updated based defined filters.
Different views → Toggle between different view styles to consume information your employees prefer.
Watch (YouTube)
Elevate user engagement and knowledge sharing effortlessly with the ability to embed YouTube videos directly on Cosmos dashboard.
Boost engagement → Videos are proven to capture attention and facilitate learning, making this feature a valuable addition to your dashboard.
Knowledge sharing → Use this module to share tutorials, company announcements, or industry insights, enhancing the knowledge base within your company.
New Starters
Welcome the newest additions to your team and help them integrate faster with our New Starters module. Get a real-time list of all new employees who have recently joined or who will join the company in upcoming weeks.
Real-Time Updates → The list of new starters is updated as soon as the new employee is synced with the Employee Database.
Warm Welcome → This feature allows the whole company to recognize and welcome new employees, fostering a more inclusive environment.
Quick Integration → Accelerate the process of new employees becoming part of the team by making them visible and known right from day one.
Upcoming Birthdays
Never miss to celebrate a team member's special day with our Upcoming Birthdays module. Built directly from the "Birthday" column in the Employee Database, this feature keeps you in the loop about upcoming birthdays.
Data-Driven → Automatically fetches birthday data from the Employee Database, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information.
Advance Notice → Provides timely alerts so you can prepare celebrations or simply send well-wishes to colleagues.
Work Anniversary
Celebrate milestones and foster a sense of community with the Work Anniversary module. This feature automatically displays work anniversaries based on employee entry dates.
Automated tracking → No need to manually keep track; the module does it for you by automatically fetching entry dates from Employee Database.
Celebrate milestones → Acknowledge the dedication and hard work of your team members by highlighting their work anniversaries.
Build community → Use this feature to encourage team interactions and recognize the long-term contributions of your staff.
Countdown
Promote events with our Countdown module. Whether it's an important company meeting or an industry conference, keep your employees informed right from your Cosmos dashboard.
Time-Sensitive alerts → The countdown clock keeps everyone aware of how much time is left until the event, building anticipation and ensuring timely participation.
Promote Events → Use this feature to highlight upcoming company or industry events that you don’t want your team to miss.
Stay Focused → The visible countdown serves as a constant reminder, helping teams stay focused on preparing for important milestones.
Important Spaces
Navigate through your Confluence with our Important Spaces module. Whether dynamic based on different filters or manually, this feature allows you to highlight the spaces that are most relevant to your team's needs and use cases.
Dynamic or Manual → Choose between automatic selection based on predefined filters or manually spaces to highlight the Confluence spaces that matter most.
Easy Navigation → Simplify the Confluence navigation by having all significant spaces accessible right from your dashboard.
Info Panel
Inspired by Atlassian design styles, the Info Panel module provides a visually appealing way to disseminate crucial information, alerts, or updates to your team.
With the Info Panel module, you can ensure that essential information is not only presented but also captures attention.
Poll
Gather invaluable insights with the Poll module. This feature offers a quick and stylish way to engage your team on various topics, from simple questions to important business decisions.
Instant Feedback → create real-time polls to gauge opinions, collect data, or simply break the ice with your team.
Decision-Making → Use this feature to quickly gather consensus on business-related questions, making decision-making more democratic and inclusive.
Quick Links
Inspired by MacroSuite Cards, the Quick Links module serves as your convenient shortcut hub for tools, apps, and resources you use daily.
Quick Access → Organize your essential tools and apps for immediate access, reducing the time spent searching through menus or bookmarks.
Customizable → Admins can configure which links are displayed, making it easy to adapt the module to fit various team needs.
Assigned to Me
Stay on top of your to-dos with the Assigned to Me module, designed to fetch and display all Confluence Action Items assigned to you. Never miss a deadline or overlook an important task again.
Personalized view → This feature offers a tailored list of action items that are directly assigned to the logged-in user, ensuring focused productivity.
Real-Time updates → The panel refreshes in real-time, providing you with the most current list of your action items for optimal task management.
Streamlined workflow → By centralizing all your assigned tasks in one panel, this module simplifies your workflow and boosts efficiency.
Gliffy Diagrams
Gliffy Diagrams widget allows users to embed either one or multiple Gliffy Diagrams directly within Cosmos dashboard. By incorporating Gliffy, renowned for its powerful diagramming capabilities, users can enhance collaboration and increase the visibility of information.
To display multiple Gliffy diagrams on a Cosmos Dashboard, follow these steps:
Navigate to your Cosmos Dashboard within Confluence.
Open the edit mode, locate and select the option to add a new widget, then choose the Gliffy Widget from the available selections.
Choose the specific Confluence space from which you want to display diagrams. This will populate the widget with all Gliffy diagrams created within the selected space.
To embed a single Gliffy diagram on a Cosmos Dashboard, follow these steps:
Navigate to the Confluence page containing the Gliffy diagram you wish to embed.
Hover over the diagram and click on the "Embed" icon.
In the embed options, choose the "Custom".
Copy the provided embed code to your clipboard.
Go to your Cosmos Dashboard within Confluence.
Select the option to add a new widget and choose the Gliffy Diagram widget.
In the Content Tab of the widget settings, select "Manual" and paste the copied embed code into the designated field.