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Setting Up Manager Assist


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Qtip: This page describes how to configure Manager Assist as a Brand Administrator. For information on using Manager Assist as a standard user, see Using Manager Assist.

About Manager Assist

manager assist home page

The Manager Assist app is a centralized workspace where managers can view and act on employee experience insights. Within Manager Assist, managers can view all of their Employee Experience dashboards and related tools, such as action planning and idea boards. Manager Assist is available for any brand with access to Employee Engagement projects.

Manager Assist can only be configured and activated by users with the Manage Manager Assist permission enabled. Brand Administrators have this enabled by default. Once it is activated, all users with the Use Manager Assist permission have access to this app. See Permissions for more information.

Attention: Manager Assist is enabled by default for all brands created after May 13, 2024. Brands created before this date have to configure Manager Assist for it to be visible.

Configuring Manager Assist

If you are a Brand Administrator, you can configure Manager Assist for your organization. As you make changes, the preview on the right will update dynamically with your choices. After Manager Assist is activated, changes you apply will impact all users in your organization.

  1. Using the global navigation menu in the top left, go to App Configuration.
    app configuration tab within global navigation
  2. Within the Settings tab, add a contact email from your organization to appear in the help menu.
    manager assist settings tab within configuration window
  3. Choose which pages will appear to your users. The Home and View results pages cannot be hidden. See Manager Assist Pages for details on each page type.
  4. If you want to add your organization’s logo in place of the Qualtrics logo in the top-left, click on the Design tab.
    design tab within configuration of manager assist
  5. Paste the URL of your logo in the Logo URL box.
    Qtip: This logo will appear in the top-left corner of Manager Assist for your entire organization.
  6. Click Update. If you change your mind and want to remove your custom logo and revert to the default Qualtrics logo, click Remove.

Viewing Manager Assist Status

While configuring Manager Assist, you can view the status in the top-left corner of the preview.

manager assist status within preview

The available statuses are:

  • Inactive: Manager Assist is not activated. Select Launch Preview to begin activating it.
  • Preview: A preview of Manager Assist is live for administrators. Select Activate to roll it out to your whole organization.
  • Active: Manager Assist is activated. Published changes will be visible to anyone with access.

Previewing Manager Assist

If you are a Brand Administrator, once you’ve configured Manager Assist you can enable a preview for users with the Manage Manager Assist App permission before it is available for your whole organization.

Attention: Manager Assist is available in 40 different languages. To see how the preview looks in different languages, change your account language within user settings.
  1. Within Manager Assist, click Launch Preview.
    launch preview button within manager assist
  2. Click Activate.
    activate button to confirm launch of manager assist preview
  3. Now that preview is active, other users with the Manage Manager Assist App permission will be able to view Manager Assist by clicking on the app switcher in the top-right of their account. Any changes you make will be visible to these users. To enable Manager Assist for all users, see Activating Manager Assist.
    app switcher button within account

Activating Manager Assist

Once you’ve configured and activated the preview for Brand Administrators, you can activate Manager Assist for all managers within your organization.

  1. Within Manager Assist, select Activate.
    "activate" button visible to managers within manager assist
  2. Click Activate.
    activate button
  3. Now that Manager Assist is active, select Publish Changes if you make any changes to your configuration. Any changes you publish will be visible to all users.
    publish changes button
  4. For more information on viewing the published version of Manager Assist, see Using Manager Assist.

Deactivating Manager Assist

Attention: This will revoke access for all users. We do not recommend deactivating this unless you absolutely need to.

Select Deactivate to deactivate Manager Assist. This option is available when Manager Assist is active or in preview.

the Deactivate button at the bottom of the page

Permissions

There are 2 permissions that control who has access to Manager Assist. You can use these permissions to restrict who can view and edit Manager Assist.

  • Use Manager Assist App: This permission allows users to use Manager Assist once it is fully activated. This is enabled by default for Brand administrators, Employee Insights Admins, EX Administrators, and Participants. See Existing User Types for more information on these user types.
    Qtip: Users with only this permission enabled will not be able to see the Manager Assist preview.
  • Manage Manager Assist App: This permission allows users to configure, preview, and activate Manager Assist. This is enabled by default for Brand Administrators.

User Types

Follow these steps to enable Manager Assist permissions for specific user types.

  1. Select Admin from the global navigation menu.
    permissions within the "user types" section of admin tab
  2. Click on the User Types tab.
  3. Select an existing user type, or create a new one.
    Attention: Manager Assist permissions can only be enabled and disabled for custom user types, not default user types.
  4. Click on the General permissions tab.
  5. Scroll to the AppPermissions section.
    manager assist permissions within user types tab
  6. Enable or disable the Manager Assist permissions as desired.
  7. Click Apply.

Individual Users

Follow these steps to enable Manager Assist permissions for an individual user.

  1. Select Admin from the global navigation menu.
    users tab within admin menu
  2. Click on the Users tab.
  3. Select an existing user.
  4. Scroll to the App Permissions section within the General tab.
    manager assist permissions for an individual user
  5. Enable or disable the Manager Assist permissions as desired.
  6. Click Save.

Types of Dashboards Included in Manager Assist

All dashboards your user has access to will appear on their View Results page. To share dashboards, see our resources on Configuring Dashboard Access.

Just about every dashboard the user has access to that’s categorized as Employee Experience will be shown on this page. This includes:

360 and Employee Journey Analytics dashboards are not shown in Manager Assist.