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Exports & Share Information – Creating and Selecting Briefing Book Content

Learn how to create, customize, and manage Briefing Book templates in ClearPoint.

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Written by Ted Jackson
Updated over 2 months ago

Briefing Books compile key information from your Scorecards, Objectives, Measures, and Reports into a single, shareable document. Use them to deliver polished updates and performance summaries to teams and stakeholders. ClearPoint lets you fully customize Briefing Books to match your organization’s reporting needs.


Creating a Briefing Book Template

  1. From the left navigation, select Documents.

  2. Click the Templates tab.

  3. At the top of the page, click the Plus icon to add a New Template.

  4. Enter a Template Name (e.g., Weekly Report – Central Division).

  5. Select a Default Template Scorecard.

  6. Use the dropdown to select the Default Template Object.

  7. Choose a Template Layout.

  8. Click Save to create the template.


Selecting Scorecards and Pages for Your Briefing Book

Once your template is created, select which content to include.

  1. In Documents > Templates, locate your new template.

  2. Click the kebab menu (⋮) and select Edit Template.

  1. In the Scorecard tab:

    • Use the dropdown under Included Scorecards to select the Scorecards to include.

    • Each selected Scorecard will display below.

  2. Click into a selected Scorecard to choose content:

    • Use the tabs (e.g., Objectives, Measures, Initiatives) to browse element types.

    • Check the boxes for the Summary Reports and Detail Pages you want to include.

    • Optionally select Include Linked Pages to add related pages automatically.

  3. Click Save when finished.


Reviewing and Managing Template Contents

  1. In Documents > Templates, locate your template.

  2. Click the kebab menu (⋮) and select Edit Template.

  3. Navigate to the Content tab.

  4. Review the list of included items:

    • Summary and Detail labels identify each page type.

    • Icons indicate the element type (e.g., Objective, Measure, Initiative).

  5. Drag and drop pages to reorder them — this order defines how pages appear in the final export.


Generate a Briefing Book

  1. In Documents > Templates, locate your template.

  2. Click the Generate Briefing Book icon.

  3. Select a reporting Period.

    1. Use the toggle to Include recipients.

  4. Click Confirm.

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