Work Order Management - Open Scheduling
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.
Accessing Work Order Management
Work Order Management can be accessed in 2 ways.
Go to a
Service Agreement
Record and click the Create Work Orders Quick Action.This is used for Single Participant Scheduling, the Work Order Management will open with the context of the Service Agreement and Participant where you have opened it.
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
.
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.
When clicking the Create Work Orders quick action from a Service Agreement
record, this information will be inherited from the related Service Agreement
attributes.
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.
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
.
A user can select single or multiple
Support Items
to add to theWork Order
, each item will be added as aWork Order Line Item
, which then translates into anInvoice Line Item
upon completion of the service.Schedule Day
andPreferred Schedule Time
can be configured on theAgreement Item
record, which will then default the schedule in the Schedule Service Appointments step (Step 3) of the wizard.If Multi Participant Scheduling is selected, then you will see a list of
Support Items
that are available on both participantService Agreements
.
The Preview Icon will be available in the far right Actions column of the
Support Items
table if anAgreement Item
has been set to flexible, meaning that we are able to change theSupport Item
that is delivered to a differentSupport Item
within the sameSupport Category
. The below screen will open when you click the Preview Icon and allow you to update theSupport Item
.
Schedule Service Appointments
Step 3 in the Work Order Management
wizard allows you to schedule the Service Appointments
for delivery.
The schedule will default based on the schedule that has been configured on the
Agreement Item
related to the selectedSupport Item
.Start Date
andEnd Date
represents the timeframe thatService Appointments
will be created for based on the selectedService Frequency
andDays of the Week
.Service Appointment Start Time
andService Appointment End Time
is the timeframe for delivering theService Appointment
on any of the scheduled days.Priority
will be factored into auto-scheduling rules when finding suitable resources for theService Appointment
.Note: This is not used if you assign a
Service Resource
throughWork Order Management
but might be used if aService Resource
becomes unavailable and you need to find a newService Resource
.
Service Frequency
defines the recurring schedule for creating the Service Appointment.Repeat Every
will define how often to create the Service Appointments. Example:Repeat Every 1 Week
will repeat the Service Appointments every week.Repeat Every 2 Weeks
will repeat the Service Appointments every fortnight.
Days of The Week
defines the days of the week to schedule the Service Appointments.
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
.
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
.
Review a monthly cost breakdown for each scheduled
Service Appointment
, you will see a Warning Icon if the costs start to exceed available funds.Service Resources
can be assigned to individualService Appointments
or use the Assign to All feature to assign to allService Appointments
.