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Work orders, step by step

A work order is the job a technician does for a case. Raise it from the case, follow it by status, complete it and bill it.

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Raise a work order from a case

When a case has an AMC contract or a quotation and the repair can be scheduled.

1

Click Create work order

On the case page, in the Work orders card on the right. If the card says to link a quotation or an AMC contract first, do that before raising the job.

The Work orders card on a case with Create work order marked 1
2

Choose the Scheduled date

A panel called Create work order opens on the right. It starts with today's date.

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

Choose the Technician

The case's technician is picked for you. Change it, or choose Not assigned.

The Technician list in the panel, marked 3
4

Click Create work order

The button is at the bottom of the panel. Close, top right of the panel, leaves without creating anything.

The Create work order button at the bottom of the panel, marked 4

Find a work order

When you need one job, or all the jobs in one status.

1

Click a status tab

Scheduled, In Progress, Completed, Invoiced and All. The number in brackets is the count.

The Scheduled tab marked 1 above the work orders table
2

Search the list

Type a reference, account or asset, then click Filter.

The search box on the Work orders page, marked 2
3

Click Open →

Each row shows the reference, the case it came from, the account, the asset, the type (AMC or Billable), the technician, the date and the status.

The Open → button on a work order row, marked 3

Complete a work order and raise the invoice

When the technician has finished the job.

1

Click Mark Complete

On a work order that is In Progress, the button is top right. The job then appears under the Completed tab of the list.

A work order that is In Progress, with Mark Complete marked 1
2

Click Raise Invoice

On a Completed work order the same place shows Raise Invoice. The invoice is then found on the Invoices page.

A Completed work order with Raise Invoice marked 2

See Invoices for what happens next.

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