Pre-Planning: Annotation Color Palettes

Pre-Planning: Annotation Color Palettes

Purpose

  1. To explain how to create and update a color palette within Annotations.
Notes
BEST PRACTICE: Standardization of coloring across a departments preplans makes the information much easier for personnel to quickly reference the information that they need to make timely decisions on an incident. It is recommended that a SOP, SOG or Policy be created to standardize the Pre-Plan process. This will ensure consistency of data entry and provide a reliable and consistent Pre-Plan Program.

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Permissions

1.  Navigate to ADMIN>ROLES AND PERMISSIONS. In the permissions section of the Roles search for Annotation. Three (3) Permissions are associated with Annotations Color Palette
  1. Pre-Plan Annotation Color - Create - Allows the user to add to the color entry list.
  2. Pre-Plan Annotation Color - Delete - Allows the user to delete established color entries.
  3. Pre-Plan Annotation Color - Update - Allows the user to modify the coloring and label of already established color entries.





2. While editing a Pre-Plan, select an annotation to edit, and then select the Color dropdown list.





3.  To create a color palette select ADD at the bottom of the Color dropdown list.





4. Using the Color palette, the color slider or the Hex field select the desired color. 


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5.  Add the name of the color or a description of what the color will represent (i.e. Supply Line, EVAC Zone etc.). Then Select Save
Notes
As a best practice to make standardization easier,  you can name the color palette items to represent certain features on the pre-plan, as in this case Supply Lines. Other examples could be Dangerous Access, Do Not Enter or EVAC Zone, etc.
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6.  To update an established entry in the color palette:
Choose the Pencil icon next to the color you wish to modify





7.  To delete a Color Palette item, select the Trash Can Icon



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