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Work Order Cost Does Not Include Markup Percentage for Unit Costs - FAQ
Question If you have included a markup percentage for unit costs in your ServiceBox Settings, you will notice that the markup percentage is not displaye...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:03 PM
Scheduling More Than One Technician to Work Orders - FAQ
There are two ways to schedule multiple technicians/Users to a Work Order.  Option 1: Through the Scheduler.   In the scheduler there are two views:...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:03 PM
Scheduling a Technician to a Work Order - FAQ
When creating a new Work Order, ServiceBox forces me to Assign an employee/User to be responsible for the Work Order, but does not force me to Schedule a te...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:06 PM
Can I change the display order of Work Orders? - FAQ
When searching for work orders, eg  Closed ones.  The most recent ones are at the bottom, and older ones at top.  Can this be reversed? Absolutely this ...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:06 PM
Will the schedule change if Work Order is completed sooner? - FAQ
If I have a job I scheduled for Friday at 10am,  but open the work order and do it today, I can edit and close the work order, but it is still in the calend...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:07 PM
Make Including Attachments Mandatory for Closed Work Orders - FAQ
Is it possible to make it mandatory that each closed work order has attachments before it can be closed? This feature exists in ServiceBox.  If you go t...
Thu, 27 Jul, 2023 at 1:44 PM
Alerts Set Up But Techs Not Notified - FAQ
We have alerts set up within our Work Order Settings but our techs aren't getting any notifications?  Is there something wrong with ServiceBox? Once...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:09 PM
Applying Rates for Individual Users - FAQ
When we create a work order from time and materials from the WO, the system automatically lumps everyones time into "journeyman". It doesn't s...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:09 PM
Technician checked in and out, why doesn't time show on Work Order? - FAQ
One of my guys checked in and checked out of a work order but it didn't post his Time. It shows in the activity feed that he checked in and out but it&#...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:10 PM
Automatically Changing Status of Work Orders the Invoices - FAQ
We have found that in a lot of cases, the workflow causes you to have to go back into the Work Order once the invoice is set to Paid or submitted and adjust...
Mon, 15 Aug, 2022 at 2:10 PM