Platform Overview¶

Knosc provides a unified workspace for supply chain operations. All data - purchasing, sales, inventory, forecasting, and manufacturing - is centralised in one place, refreshed automatically from your connected systems, and presented with the planning intelligence needed to act on it.

The main navigation is organised into functional areas accessible from the top navigation bar. Each section is a dropdown menu:

Section	Screens
Procurement	Purchase Order, Purchase Order Archive, Supplier Allocation
Manufacturing	Manufacturing Order, Manufacturing Order Archive
Inventory	Current Inventory
Demand	Sales Order, Sales Order Archive, Sales Forecast, Sales Forecast Archive, Sales Forecast Snapshots, Advanced Shipment Notice
Analytics	Planning, Transactions Flow, Scenario Analysis, Supplier Net Allocation, Forecast vs Sales, Forecast Over Time
Dashboard	Historical Analytics, Current Analytics, Spend Analysis, Sales Performance, Procurement Patterns, Delayed Shipments, Inventory Evolution, World Map, Trends, Sales at Risk
Master Data	Items, Bill of Materials, External Items, Units, Suppliers, Warehouses, Customers
Administrator	Users, Roles, Custom Columns, Settings

The right side of the navigation bar contains the bell icon (notifications) and a profile icon, which provides access to Profile, Notification Settings, Requests, and Sign Out.

Screen Layout¶

Every screen in Knosc follows the same structural pattern:

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│  Screen Title                    [Action Buttons]       │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Advanced Search                 [Advanced Menu ⋮]      │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                                                         │
│  Data Grid                                              │
│  (rows + columns, sortable, filterable)                 │
│                                                         │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│  Pagination Controls                                    │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Action Buttons¶

Located in the top area of each screen. Common actions include:

Button	Description
Upload	Import data from a spreadsheet template
Download Template	Download the import template for this screen, including a Help tab that explains each field
Run Integration	Manually trigger a data sync from connected systems
New [Record]	Create a record manually
Accept Suggested Orders	Available on the Planning screen - convert suggested purchase orders to live orders

Advanced Search¶

Click Advanced Search to open the filter panel. Filters apply across columns and can be combined freely. All active filters are shown as chips inside the panel. Closing the panel hides the chips but keeps the filters active.

See UI Reference - Search and Filtering for full details.

The ⋮ icon opens a context menu with additional actions grouped into sections:

Help Menu - toggle field-level help tooltips
Data Menu - export visible data to Excel
Views Menu - manage column visibility, naming, ordering, and saved views

The Advanced Menu may appear in the screen toolbar or next to specific tables and graphs within the screen.

Data Levels¶

Most screens display data at two levels selectable via a toggle:

Level	Description
Item	Aggregated across all warehouses / locations. Each item appears on one row.
Item-Location	Per warehouse. Each item appears on one row per location it exists in.

The default level is configured per screen and can be changed per session or saved in a named view.

See Key Concepts - Item vs. Item-Location for a full explanation.

Real-Time Data¶

Knosc refreshes data from connected systems automatically. The frequency depends on the integration configuration - typically hourly for transactional data (orders, inventory) and daily for master data. The timestamp of the most recent sync is visible in Settings → Integrations.

When data is being actively synchronised, affected rows may display a processing indicator. Rows involved in a background planning run are locked for editing until the run completes.

Drill-Down Modals¶

Clicking certain cells or values on the Planning screen opens a detail modal that shows the underlying records contributing to that value. Common drill-downs include:

Click target	What opens
Expected (PO) quantity on Planning	All open Purchase Order lines for that item
Demand quantity on Planning	All open Sales Order lines for that item
Forecast quantity on Planning	All open Forecast Order lines for that item
Inventory quantity on Planning	Current inventory breakdown for that item
Manufacturing quantity on Planning	All open Manufacturing Order lines for that item
Reorder point / quantity	Statistical analysis - demand metrics, lead times, coefficient of variation
Item on any order screen	Item master record

Each modal includes a summary table at the top (totals and date ranges) and a line-level table below.

See UI Reference - Detail Modals for the full column reference for each modal type.

Planning Screen¶

The Planning screen is the primary workspace for supply/demand balancing. It shows every active item (or item-location) with its current inventory position, expected supply, open demand, and the planning status derived from those values.

Key capabilities on the Planning screen:

Switch between Item and Item-Location aggregation levels
Control Aggregation and Planning Display Settings (indirect orders for raw materials, suggested order visibility, promotion behaviour)
Accept suggested purchase orders individually or in bulk
Drill into any quantity cell to see the underlying order lines
Run inventory planning manually

See Key Concepts - Planning Status and UI Reference - Aggregation and Planning Display Settings for details.

Notifications¶

The bell icon in the top navigation bar opens the Notification Centre. Notifications are generated for:

Integration errors (data that failed to sync)
Planning alerts (items at risk: out of stock, overstock, run-out level)
Change tracking alerts (forecast or demand changes exceeding configured thresholds)
Reorder planning failures
Upload results (completion status, line-level errors)

Notification severity levels: Info, Warning, Error, Severe, Critical.

Each notification includes a description, the affected record, and remediation guidance where applicable. Navigate to View All Notifications and filter by notification type to find specific messages.

Saved Views¶

Views allow users to save a set of filters, column configuration, and other screen-specific settings for reuse later, or to share with other users.

Views are accessed via the Advanced Menu on each screen. The system remembers the last selected view per screen and restores it automatically on the next visit. There is always a Default view (the system default), which cannot be deleted.

See UI Reference - Saved Views for full instructions on saving, loading, sharing, and deleting views.

Help Feature¶

On any screen, open the Advanced Menu → Help Menu → Show Help to display a ? icon next to every field. Hovering over a ? shows a description of that specific field, including accepted values and any constraints.