This information primarily refers to the Online Help for PLANTA pulse. Information on the Online Help for PLANTA project can be found here.

General

Information

  • From Release 32 of PLANTA pulse and Release 39.5.17 of PLANTA project onwards, the PLANTA documentation is available in the new PLANTA Online Help.

Structure

Information

  • The PLANTA Online Help is divided into 6 spaces.
  • One of these spaces belongs to PLANTA pulse, while the other 5 spaces belong to PLANTA project.
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PLANTA pulse


PLANTA pulse

Here, you can find all information regarding PLANTA pulse and, for example, answers to the questions:

  • How do I create a board?
  • How do notifications work in PLANTA pulse?
  • Which system requirements do I need to consider when setting up PLANTA pulse?
PLANTA project


Einstieg und Bedienung

Here, you can find basic information regarding the structure and the operation of PLANTA project and, for example, answers to the questions:

  • How do I edit records?
  • What is a module?
  • How is the interface structured?

PLANTA project/portfolio

Here, you can find detailed information regarding the use of PLANTA project and PLANTA portfolio and, for example, answers to the questions:

  • How do I plan a project?
  • How do I create status reports?
  • How do I record my hours worked?
  • How do I work with linked systems, as for example PLANTA Hybrid?

PLANTA customizer

Here, you can find detailed information regarding the use of PLANTA customizer and, for example, answers to the questions:

  • How do I adjust a module?
  • How do I create a new module?
  • What do I need to consider when customizing the PLANTA software?

PLANTA link

Here, you can find detailed information regarding the use of PLANTA link and, for example, answers to the questions:

  • Which interfaces does PLANTA link offer?
  • How do I link PLANTA project and PLANTA pulse (PLANTA Hybrid)?
  • How can I adjust interfaces?

Technik / Installation / Update

Here, you can find technical information and information regarding installation and update of PLANTA project and, for example, answers to the questions:

  • Which system requirements do I need to consider when setting up PLANTA project?
  • How can I update PLANTA project?
  • How can I keep my individual customizing when updating?

Content

Information

  • The space for PLANTA pulse is structured by topics.
  • It is divided into thematic groups based, on the one hand, on types of planning elements in the software (project, boards, cards) and, on the other hand, on special topics such as time recording and notifications.

Versions

Information

  • In the new PLANTA Online Help, the entire content of a space is versionized.
    • This means that as soon as you have selected a version, the entire content of the space will be displayed in this version.
    • When the Online Help is opened from the program, the content will automatically be displayed in the version used in the system.
  • The versions of the Online Help correspond to the individual PLANTA pulse releases.
    • Via a listbox in the upper right, you can switch versions. 
    • The version is also included in the URL: https://help.planta.de/pulse/33/en
    • The placeholder latest can be used to open the newest version: https://help.planta.de/pulse/latest/en

Variants

Information

  • In the space for PLANTA pulse, two variants of PLANTA pulse are described: base and premium.
    • In the base variant, no premium features are described.
  • In the upper right corner of the header, you can switch between the variants.
  • When the Online Help is opened from the program, the content will automatically be displayed in the variant used in the system.

Languages

Information

  • The PLANTA Online Help is available in German and in English.
  • Via a listbox in the upper right, you can change the language.
  • The setting is applied to the entire Online Help.

Access

Information

  • You can access the PLANTA Online Help either via the browser or out of the program.

Access Via the Browser

  • Enter https://help.planta.de/en into your browser.
  • You are now on the entry page of the PLANTA Online Help (Image 1). Here, all available spaces are listed as individual boxes.
  • If you do not know yet in which space you will find the required information, you can use the search field on the entry page to search for a search term in all spaces.
  • If you are looking for information regarding PLANTA pulse, click on the PLANTA pulse box to open the home page of this space (Image 2). Here, all the topics of the space are listed.
  • If you cannot find the required topic on the home page of the space, you can use the search field to search for a search term in the entire space.
  • If, for example, you are looking for information regarding the user interface and operation of PLANTA pulse, click on the User Interface and Operation box to open information on this topic (Image 3).


Image 1: Entry page of the Online Help

Image 2: Home page of the space

Image 3: Example of a page

By clicking PLANTA Online Help in the upper left of the header, you can return to the entry page from all spaces.

By clicking on the title of a space in the upper left of the header, you can return to the home page of the space from the individual pages of the space.

Access From The Program

Information

  • The PLANTA Online Help can be opened from various places in PLANTA pulse.
    • In the Help ( menu item), various links to the Online Help are listed.
      • In the News tab of the Help, links to the Release Notes from Release 31 onwards can be found.
    • In the update notifications which are displayed after PLANTA pulse was updated, the Release Notes of the current release are linked.

When you open the Online Help directly from PLANTA pulse, the content will automatically be displayed in the version and variant used in the system.

Information

  • In the PLANTA Online Help, the search can be opened in three places:
    • On the entry page, which is opened when opening help.planta.de/en
      • If the search is started here, all spaces are searched
    • On the home pages of the individual spaces
      • If the search is started here, the currently opened space is searched.
    • On the individual pages of the space in the upper right
      • If the search is started here, the currently opened space is searched.

Details

  • When the search results are displayed, the information which space is being searched is also displayed.
  • If needed, another space can be selected in the according listbox above the search results.
  • To search all spaces, the Search All option can be selected.
  • The paths above the results also contain the information in which space the search result can be found.