Help for office staff
You keep the team moving: results, bookings, certificates and invoices. Office and finance staff are free. In the app, tap ? on any page (or press F1) for help with that page.
Videos
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Process results a tester left on site and finalise the job.
- “Results to process” lists jobs where the tester left site with the results to type in.
- Tap “Process results” on the job: the results form opens straight away.
- Enter the first plot from the testing software: it passes.
- The next plot opens, with the same details. Enter its value and save.
- Every plot has a result: tap “Finalise results”.
- The job is complete, recorded against the tester. Next: certificates and the invoice.
How to…
Enter results for a tester
Results to process
- Open “Results to process” and tap “Process results” on the job.
- For each plot set “Tested by” and “Tested on”, enter the measurement and choose the outcome; “Save & next plot” moves on.
- Tap “Finalise results” and “Finalise”. Then “Create the invoice now?” — “Create invoice”, or “Later”.
Give jobs to a tester
Jobs
- Tick the jobs in the table.
- Tap “Give to a colleague” and choose the tester.
- To move one booked job, open it and tap “Change tester”.
See the team’s day
Home and Diary
- “Today across the team” on your home page lists each tester; tap “Route” for their day.
- In the Diary choose “Whole team” or a tester’s name.
Find work for a tester
Marketplace
- Tap “Choose” in the bar at the top and pick the tester.
- Open a job and tap “Accept job”; choose who it is for, then confirm.
Prepare a job from the drawings
The job → Preparation
- Open the “Preparation” tab and tap “Add figures” for each plot.
- Use “Apply to all plots on this job” when they are the same, then “Save preparation”.
Record a certificate
Certificates to upload
- Tap “Upload certificate” on the job’s row (or “Add several” to match a batch of PDFs to their plots).
- Tap “Add certificate”, fill in the number, attach the PDF and “Save certificate”.
Invoice finished work
Invoices → Ready to invoice
- Finished jobs are grouped by client and already ticked. Untick anything not ready to bill.
- Tap “Create & send”, check each invoice (“Preview” shows it as the client sees it), choose one invoice per client or one per job, then “Create & send”.
- When a client pays, tap “Mark paid” on the invoice row: the amount and today’s date are filled in.
Chase late payers
Invoices, or Money owed
- Tap “Send reminders to … overdue invoices” on Invoices, or “Chase” on a client in Money owed.
- Each client gets one polite email in your invoice design, with the invoices attached and your bank details.
- To send reminders automatically, open “Invoice settings” → “Reminders”.
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