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Work with Narratives in a Master Plan

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BEFORE YOU BEGIN:

Review the articles linked above, to familiarize yourself with Narrative tools.

KEY TOPICS:

Use the Master Plan Framework to Develop Narratives

Template Editing and Master Plans

balanceAAP supports the cascading of Master Plan Narratives may be "cascaded" from a Master Plan to the associated set of sub plans so that settings and content can be applied universally. If you are creating Narratives for a set of plans,Narratives, relying on this format,framework, begin in the Master Plan. Once the global elements are in place, you can move on to customizing a particular sub plan, as necessary.

Important Caution: Pay consideration to the order in which edits are made. A subsequent change from the Master Plan, cascaded to the sub plans, may overwrite a customized change in one or more sub plans.

Apply Global Narrative Settings and Content to Sub plans

All Narratives > Settings developed or edited in the Master Plan will apply to all sub plans.

The following Narrative elements may be cascaded to sub plans by using a Master Plan menu, which will display at the bottom of the page, where applicable.

  • Content for each template (e.g., Minorities/Women, IWD)
  • Tags & Values
  • Uploaded Documents that were added through [Manage Documents]

The cascade setting will be checked by default.

Customize the Sub plan

Narrative Settings cannot be changed within the sub plan.

Content, Tags & Values, and stored Documents can be changed while working in a sub plan, for the specific needs of that plan.

Quick Reminder: If a sub plan setting (e.g., option, tag, content edit) applies to all sub plans, determine it within the Master Plan.

Import Tags and Values