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Open Procest for the first time

A first look at Procest: where the app lives, what the navigation gives you, and how to tell it is connected to OpenRegister.

Goal​

By the end you will have opened the Procest app, found your way around the dashboard and left-hand navigation, and confirmed the OpenRegister-backed lists (Cases, Tasks, Bezwaren, …) load.

Prerequisites​

  • A Nextcloud account on an instance where the Procest app is installed and enabled.
  • The OpenRegister app installed and enabled: Procest stores cases, tasks, decisions and case types in OpenRegister, so it is a hard dependency.
  • The Procest register and its schemas imported. An admin runs this once from Administration settings → Procest → Re-import configuration (see Manage Procest settings).

Steps​

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

    Procest dashboard

  2. Read the dashboard widgets: Cases by Status, Cases by Type, My Work, Deadline Alerts, Task Due Reminders, Stalled Cases, Case Map. On a fresh install they read Widget not available until cases are created and the register is fully configured.

    Dashboard widgets

  3. Open the left-hand navigation. The top group is your day-to-day work: Dashboard, My Work, Work Queue, Cases, Bezwaren, Beroepen, Beslissingen op bezwaar, Tasks, Map, Voorstellen, Advice, BAC-adviezen, Transfers. Below the divider sits the configuration group: Case Types, Legesverordeningen, Parafeerroutes, Automatische acties, Handhavingsstrategie, and the rest of the admin entries: ending in Settings.

    Procest navigation

  4. Click Cases. The list view opens with a Cards / Table toggle, an Add Item button, and a search/actions row. An empty install shows No items found: expected until someone creates the first case.

    Cases list, empty state

Verification​

You are set up correctly when: the Procest dashboard renders without an error banner, the left navigation lists the entries above, and clicking Cases (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 Procest.
Lists load but Add Item opens a dialog with no form fieldsThe Procest register import is incomplete: an admin re-runs Administration settings → Procest → Re-import configuration.
Procest 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).
Dashboard widgets all read Widget not availableThe register is not connected: see Manage Procest settings.

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