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The Work Order Management feature provides schedulers with a guided process to schedule appointments within the boundaries of the client’s Service Agreement and within their allocated budget, this includes:

  • The ability to schedule recurring appointments.

  • The ability to schedule many participants within the one appointment.

  • A targeted view of services that are specific to the client’s needs.

  • A preview of the budget expenditure based on the selected agreement items.

The feature can be launched from the Service Agreement record and guide the scheduler through a scheduling wizard that captures all the necessary attributes to successfully schedule a Service Appointment in Field Service.

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Accessing Work Order Management

Work Order Management can be accessed in 2 ways.

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  • Go to the Work Order Management tab in the Services App or via the App Launcher.

    • This method is typically used when you want to schedule multiple participants in the same Service Appointment.

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Work Order Management Walkthrough

Work Order Details

Step 1 in the Work Order Management wizard is to enter the some basic information on who is receiving the service and where they will be receiving the service.

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  • Participant Section

    • Contact is the participant who will be receiving the service. This becomes a multi-select when Multi Participant Scheduling is selected.

    • Service Agreement is filtered based on the selected Participant and is where the funds will be drawn for the selected services.

  • Work Order Details Section

    • Service Territory is the area of the organisation where the service is being delivered.

    • Location is the address where the service is being delivered, this is configured on a participant's Contact record.

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Support Items

Step 2 in the Work Order Management wizard shows you a list of Support Items that are available for the participant on their Service Agreement.

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  • The Preview Icon will be available in the far right Actions column of the Support Items table if an Agreement Item has been set to flexible, meaning that we are able to change the Support Item that is delivered to a different Support Item within the same Support Category. The below screen will open when you click the Preview Icon and allow you to update the Support Item.

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Schedule Service Appointments

Step 3 in the Work Order Management wizard allows you to schedule the Service Appointments for delivery.

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If more than one Support Item is selected, you will see the Service Duration section under the Schedule Service Appointments step of the wizard. This section allows you to specify the Start Time and End Time of the selected Support Items so that Invoice Line Items can be created with the correct Quantity.

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Summary

Step 4 of the Work Order Management wizard provides a preview of the services that have been scheduled, the associated costs compared to available funds and allows you to assign Service Resources.

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