Project Manager Toolbox Official Release!

• On September 4th, the Point Blue Science cloud, which hosts the AKN, is releasing Project Manager Toolbox to make it easier to manage your AKN Project
• Learn about what’s new in the fresh, easier to use interface!

Updates to Project Management Tools

Starting September 4th, the Project Leader application will be moved to an updated new user interface called Project Manager Toolbox. This upgrade is necessary as AKN moves to a modernized platform that provides better security and a better user experience.

What you need to do:

You can access the new page at https://data.pointblue.org/science/projectmanager/. The old links to Project Leader will automatically redirect to the new URL. Please update any existing links or bookmarks to the new URL for future use.

Project Manager Toolbox

Project Manager Toolbox has links to all the tools you need to manage your data, organized in groups that are named based on what you need to do. Simply click on each heading to expand each list of tools.

• Create and manage project metadata: Includes Sampling Unit Manager, Protocol Manager, Researcher Manager, and Protocol Search
• Get observation data in: Includes Biologists, Bulk Uploader, and Species Lookup
• Download data: Includes Project Downloader and Data Downloader
• Review data and set sharing levels: Includes Data Sharing Levels, Analyst, Survey Event Summaries, and Project Leader Summary

Survey Event Summaries

The update also includes a new feature called “Survey Event Summaries.” This tool allows you to view and download event summaries for data in your project. This tool is helpful if you want to quickly review survey dates, location, and number of observations at different survey events in your AKN Project.