VISION FAQ

Who can create an account on VISION?

1. Currently the Air Force and Space Force have an enterprise license. Army and Navy also have a set of licenses to access VISION. All users will need to have a CAC and will need to use their military email to create their VISION account.

How do I sign up for an account?

1. Step 1: Create an account on Platform One

2. Step 2: Create your VISION account

I have created my account and connected my CAC but it is requesting that I apply for application access.

1. Users are required to use their .mil email address to create their account so if you created your Platform One account with a different email address you will need to change that on your Platform One account here. If you are still not able to access the application after changing your email address with Platform One you can email the Platform One help desk at help@dsop.io. Please let Platform One what email you created your Platform One account with and what email address you would like to change it to.

2. If you are a contractor looking to access VISION please fill out this form to request access.

How do I find initiatives that align with my organization’s interests?

1. The Explore Initiatives feature is going to be the most helpful VISION feature for finding initiatives within VISION which is why it is the first place all users land when logging into VISION. The Explore Initiatives allows users to search by a specific organization or base as well as standardized fields within VISION like technology types and functional areas. It also allows you the ability to search by dynamic tags that are a manager generated field within VISION.

How do I know if my team members are in VISION?

1. The User Directory feature is where you will find all VISION users. You can search by first name, last name, email, organization or base. Once you find a user’s card you can click on the user’s card to see their contact information as well as what initiatives they are currently involved in.

What information is needed to create an initiative?

1. The create process is meant to be a very user friendly, lean process as far as what information is requested. Users are asked to provide a title for the initiative, synopsis, problem, solution and the organization that it will be submitted to. All content can be updated after submission by a lead team member.

I am getting an error in a drop down stating that it cannot load the data.

1. This means that the application has timed out and the page needs to be refreshed in order to authenticate. Please save all information before refreshing because it will not save.

I created my initiative but I do not have the ability to add things like the phase, technology type and status to my initiative. What user permission is responsible for adding that data to an initiative?

1. VISION managers can add functional areas, phase, initiative type, technology types and tags. VISION managers can also add the initiative budget. If you are a manager within your organization you can request manager access here.

I submitted my initiative to the wrong organization and I do not know how to update it.

1. If the initiative is in a submitted status and you are the lead team member you will have a pencil by the organization name where you will be able to update this information. You will select the current organization in the drop down and then select the new organization in the second drop down.

2. If the initiative has already been accepted then you will need to reach out to a manager for your project and have them transfer the initiative to the new organization

I know that a project was transferred to me but I don’t know how to accept it.

1. If you are a manager within VISION you will navigate to Manager Portfolio → Transfer Portfolio. In the top right corner you will see Sent and Received. Sent are those transfers that you have sent out from your organization and Received are those that other managers have sent to you to accept or decline.