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Dispatch, step by step

Dispatch is the schedule of every active work order: who it is with, when it is booked and what the job is. You book a technician when you raise the work order.

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Read the dispatch list

When you need to know who is where today and next week.

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Check the two counts

Scheduled and In progress at the top count the active work orders.

The Scheduled and In progress counts on the Dispatch page, marked 1
2

Read a row

Each row has the work order reference, the account, the technician, the status, the scheduled date and time, the case and the scope of work.

One row of the Dispatch table, marked 2
3

Click the work order reference

The blue reference opens the work order page.

A work order reference in the Ref column, marked 3

Book a technician for a job

The technician and the date are set when the work order is raised, from the case.

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Click Create work order on the case

In the Work orders card of the case page.

The Work orders card on a case with Create work order marked 1
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Choose the Scheduled date

The date the job is booked for.

The Scheduled date field in the Create work order panel, marked 2
3

Choose the Technician

Pick who does the job.

The Technician list in the panel, marked 3
4

Click Create work order

Active work orders are listed on the Dispatch page.

The Create work order button, marked 4

More on the work order itself in Work orders. To see who is free, see Technicians.

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