SPM Command Center

User Guide and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)

A plain-language guide to every part of the Solar Power Midwest dashboard. Written so anyone can follow it, step by step.

Solar Power Midwest, LLC
Naperville, Illinois
Internal use only
Version 3.8 · Updated July 16, 2026

What's new

Recent updates to the dashboard and this guide. The newest version is at the top.

Version 3.8 · July 16, 2026 · Current

A big batch across the Sniper Scheduler, the lead window, and Air Campaign. The Sniper Scheduler now color-codes appointments by host (Dave blue, Priscilla purple, Austin teal) with meeting type shown as a shade plus an icon, adds a third meeting type (Virtual, which auto-creates a Zoom meeting), lets you pick and reassign a Host on any appointment, adds an Attendees section with RSVP status and the ability to invite more people, lets you edit an event's exact Start and End time, and shows the timezone on the When line. The lead window gets a new violet Script tab (the Outreach Playbook filtered to that customer), and the Customer Facing Chat composer gained a one-click Draft button (now including the customer's own booking link in drafted texts), an auto-growing message box, a Save to documents link under any photo or file a customer sends, a Voice note button that texts a tap-to-listen audio link, and Link offers toggle chips that control which appointment types a customer's booking link offers. The email compose modal adds a From dropdown (Austin or Info) with automatic team BCC, plus a Pre-position package button. Edit customer info now auto-fills a missing city/state/ZIP from Google when you save a partial address. Air Campaign gets a new Website analytics tab (AI search referrals, Leads by source, Google Search keywords, and an AI 'What to do next' panel) and real Connect buttons (via Zernio) for Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, plus a Writing voices panel so each teammate can connect their own Gmail to train their writing style. Lead source is now a nested taxonomy (Knocked/Internet with sub-sources) reflected in the Kanban filters and War Map legend, Fixr/SolarReviews intake now captures and reliably saves the Origin URL and context note, the Permit Difficulty by Jurisdiction panel is now collapsible, and War Room debrief action items now have completion checkboxes.

Earlier versions (28)

Version 3.7 · July 14, 2026

A big polish batch across the War Map, Team Comms, the lead window, and mobile. The Recon War Map got a full redesign: a new left-nav War Map shortcut that opens it in full screen, owner locations as blue house-pin icons, a collapsible Layers box with a turn-all-on check box, a two-column Labels toolbar with glossy icons, a centered Hide/Show icons pill, and a new High-value targets layer that pins your farm and manufacturer prospects with detailed popups (address, owner, phone, email, an estimated kW range, monthly bill, and permits). Every pin now opens a redesigned card that fades in above the pin with a tail pointing at it. Team Comms gained read receipts (Seen by), a right-side message toolbar with Copy and an AI button that turns a message into Taskers or Seeds, a reaction picker that no longer clips at the screen edge, and a Save to a record button that now files an attachment to an Air Raid lead as well as an Ops customer. The lead window's Conversations tab is now the blue Customer Facing Chat (with the amber Team chat beside it), photos a customer texts now show in the thread, Edit info has address autocomplete and a Save that works for every lead, and the Documents list shows colored file names, photo thumbnails, and an in-app viewer. The top-bar Refresh button was retired in favor of live updates everywhere. Mobile got a pinned dialer number, disabled page zoom, smooth accordion and menu animations, roomier calendar cells, a book-event window that fits the screen, an auto-opening full-screen call window, and push notifications for new leads and customer replies. Website: the Energy Plan Builder now captures a property address so those leads reach the dashboard with an address on file.

Version 3.6 · July 13, 2026

A big batch across Eagle's Nest, the calendar, the lead window, and outreach. Eagle's Nest got a top badge bar that jumps to and expands any section, collapsible Operational Overview / 13-Week Planning / Dialer / Ops & Leads sections, a new 13-Week Planning board (the 12+1 operating rhythm with the four quarterly sessions, a live sprint tracker, and Add-to-calendar), Subject + Details fields when adding Taskers and Seeds, voice dictation on all four of those fields that stays on until you tap the mic again, assignable Taskers/Seeds with an Assignee filter, an in-app attachment viewer, and an auto note to Team Comms when a Tasker is completed. The calendar now shows Dave's time-off in all three views, has a Month-view size control, auto-invites Priscilla to every event, shows the date in the appointment When line, and fixes two timezone bugs (booking a day scheduled it a day late, and clicking a day opened the wrong one). Dave now gets his own text + email reminders 24h before and at 8am the day of each appointment. The lead window's Notes tab gained a categorized Documents section, the conversation thread hyperlinks URLs and has a new AI voice assistant that drafts a text from what you say, and three AI helpers (Draft from last contact, Generate note from history, Summarize communication) now read the full local conversation history. Outreach now uses the right company name per industry (Solar Power Midwest for solar/commercial, Renovate Right 365 for windows/siding). Customers (Won stage) show in gold on the board and map, possible-duplicate intake leads are flagged, and the War Room lists your Scheduled Meetings. Email delivery moved to Resend.