Using the command menu

The command menu is one search box that finds records, opens pages, and runs actions. Once you know it's there, it's the fastest way to get anywhere.

Opening the command menu

Open it from the search icon at the top of the app. It appears as a search box over the current screen.

The placeholder says exactly what it covers: "Search patients, visits, templates, pages…"

What it searches

The command menu spans both things and actions:

• Records — patients, visits, templates, and other content. Start typing a patient's name to jump straight to their record, or a template's name to open it.
• Pages — every section of the app: Dashboard, Patients, Visits, Team Calendars, and so on. This is navigation without the sidebar.
• Commands — actions you can run directly: Add new visit, Add patient, Share feedback. The command executes from the search box, so you can start a new visit without first navigating to the Visits page.

Before you type, it shows the common commands and pages as a starting menu; as you type, results narrow across all categories.

Why use it

The sidebar is fine for browsing, but the command menu is faster for the things you do repeatedly. Rather than Patients → search → click, you open the command menu and type the name. Rather than Visits → Add New Visit, you open the command menu and run the command. For anyone who works in Ona all day, it's the difference between two or three clicks and one.

Get in the habit of reaching for it first when you know what you want. It's quickest precisely when you already have a name or an action in mind — which, during a working day, is most of the time.

Related

The command menu finds and navigates; it doesn't answer questions. For "tell me about this patient" rather than "take me to this patient," use Ona Assistant (see Ona Assistant) — the two are complementary. The command menu gets you to the record; the Assistant reasons over it.