Summary
This article will tell you all you need to know to take advantage of the Multi-Location Enhancement feature in ServiceBox. Multi-Location Enhancement is a feature within ServiceBox through which users can compartmentalize different information specific to difference locations. For example, if you are a company that has two different offices in different cities, Multi-Location Enhancement will allow you to compartmentalize Work Orders, Invoices, Quotes, etc specific to your multiple locations.
How to Activate On Multi-Location Enhancement
If you'd like to activate the Multi-Location Enhancement feature, contact our support team at support@jobboxsoft.com, and they will ensure this feature is activated within your ServiceBox Account.
How to Add Multiple Locations in Your ServiceBox Settings
To view your locations, or to add a new location, go into your ServiceBox "Settings" in the dropdown menu on the left-hand side of your screen. Then, click on the Tenant Tab. Under the "Settings" subsection of the Tenant Tab, you will see the primary Name, Contact, and Address of your company (shown in the following screenshot).
To add a new location, click on the "Locations" subsection of the Tenant Tab. Here, you can view all the locations associated with your ServiceBox account. To add another, click the "Add Location" button, and a pop-up will appear for you to enter the information of the new location and click the "Save" Button (shown in the following screenshot).
How to Grant Users Access to Multi-Location Settings
You can grant users access to multi-location settings by changing the settings on your basic user access page. Under the "Admin" section of this screen, check the "Grant Access" box beside "Can View All Location Data" (shown in the screenshot below).
How to Assign Employees to Specific Locations
To assign your employees to one of your multiple locations, click on "Users" in the dropdown menu on the right-hand side of your ServiceBox screen. This will show you the list of users on your ServiceBox. Click on one of these usernames to access their information. As shown in the screenshot below, you will be able to select a "Default Location" for this user from a dropdown menu which includes your multiple locations.
You can also select all the locations you would like each user to be allowed to access in ServiceBox, according to the locations in which that user works. This can be added in the "Allowed Locations" section of the Edit User page.
Click save, and the multi-location settings will be applied to this user.
How Multi-Location Enhancement Affects a User's ServiceBox Functionality
- Users should only be able to see quotes, Work Orders, Recurring Work and invoices for allowed locations. Both in the list and in the edit screen itself (for example, if they are sent a link to a quote for a location they do not have access to, they should not be able to open the quote).
- On the scheduler, users should only be able to filter on allowed locations. The location filter affects the schedule, work order list, and users. For example, the screenshot below shows the Scheduler's filter choices for a user that has been granted access to two locations.
- On the scheduler, users who have restricted location access can only see users that are in their location or who have no location specified in their settings.