Help CenterThe focus mode works in the exact same way for circles and for projects. Here we will use a circle to explain how it works:
You enter circle focus mode by clicking on the little "dot in a circle" icon on the right side of the circle tile. Here we want to enter focus mode for the circle "Regional Strategy".
From V4 onwards the focus icons are always visible, not only on mouse over:
Once you have entered the focus mode the item in focus will turn red to indicate what you are now seeing on your screen:
The focus mode is also indicated be the red "FOCUS" button in the top navigation:
All other lists now adapt to this circle (or project) in focus. Every lists shows you at the top in WHITE on dark blue/yellow the items and people that are member in this circle, and at the bottom of the lists in GREY on light blue/yellow the items that are not members in this circle.
You can now delete and/or add circle members. We recommend to mainly work with the blue lists - teamdecoder automatically translates this into "names" in the yellow people list.
In this example we want to add the role "Regional Sales Agent" to the circle "Regional Strategy". So instead of adding names of the people, I tell teamdecoder to add everyone who owns this role to the circle. I do so by clicking on the "+" in the tile.
Next teamdecoder prompts me to decide whether I want to add this role as a "Core member" or as an "Extended member" to this circle in focus. "Core" means permanent member, participating in all circle meetings. And "Extended" means, participating only on request, on certain topics, when needed.
If added as core member the item will show as this:
If added as extended member it will show a little bit lower inside the role list, like this:
You can now create your circle by adding items from all other lists accordingly and then exit Focus Mode to save the changes by clicking on anything red: The X in the red tile of the circle in focus or the X next to the word "FOCUS" in the red button in the top navigation.