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Open Decidesk for the first time

A first look at Decidesk — where the app lives, what the navigation gives you, and how to tell it is wired up to OpenRegister.

Goal​

By the end you will have opened the Decidesk app, recognised the dashboard and the left-hand navigation, and confirmed that the OpenRegister-backed lists (Meetings, Motions, Decisions, …) load.

Prerequisites​

  • A Nextcloud account on an instance where the Decidesk app is installed and enabled.
  • The OpenRegister app installed and enabled — Decidesk stores everything (meetings, motions, votes, minutes) in OpenRegister, so it is a hard dependency.
  • The Decidesk register and its schemas imported. An admin runs this once from Settings → Registers → Re-import configuration (see Manage Decidesk settings).

Steps​

  1. Open the Nextcloud app menu in the top bar and pick Decidesk. You land on the dashboard.

    Decidesk dashboard

  2. Read the dashboard tiles — Minutes awaiting approval, Published decisions, Open action items. On a fresh install they read 0; they fill in as work moves through the app.

    Dashboard stat tiles

  3. Open the left-hand navigation. The entries map one-to-one onto the things Decidesk tracks: Meetings, Motions, Decisions, Action items, Minutes, Tasks, Workspaces, Comments, Email links, Engagement. Below the divider sit Settings and Features & roadmap.

    Decidesk navigation

  4. Click Meetings. The list view opens with a Cards / Table toggle, an Add Item button, and a search sidebar. An empty install shows No items found — expected until someone schedules the first meeting.

    Meetings list, empty state

Verification​

You are set up correctly when: the Decidesk dashboard renders without an error banner, the left navigation lists the entries above, and clicking through to Meetings (or any other list) shows either rows or a clean No items found state — not a load error.

Common issues​

SymptomFix
"OpenRegister is not installed or enabled" bannerInstall and enable the OpenRegister app, then reload Decidesk.
Lists load but Add Item opens a modal with no form fieldsThe Decidesk register import is incomplete — an admin re-runs Settings → Registers → Re-import configuration.
Decidesk is missing from the app menuThe app is not enabled for your account — ask an administrator to enable it (and check it is not restricted to a group you are not in).

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