Every job needs a 'number' (which can contain letters, spaces and punctuation marks). If you already have job numbers, they'll work in the Tracker. If you're interested in integrating Tracker data with your accounting system, now or in the future, use the numbers in that system. But if you're creating new numbers ...

• Keep them short. You'll be typing them often. Fewer characters = fewer typos.
• While you can give a job and an employee, item, storage site or vendor the same number, we suggest avoiding duplicates, which can confuse users. You can't give 2 jobs the same number.
• Avoid punctuation marks (which slow most typists down) and repeated spaces (it can be hard to see the difference between 1 and 2 spaces).
• 'Numbers' are sorted alphabetically, which can be confusing if they really are numbers (11 is before 2 when sorted alphabetically, just like AA is before B). If you want to use numeric 'numbers' and have them sort numerically, use leading zeros to make each number the same length (002 is before 011 when sorted alphabetically).

Jobs can be imported and sub-divided into sub locations.

ADD, EDIT AND DELETE JOBS

• Click the Data icon in the main menu then Jobs.
• To add a record, click the Add icon in the grid menu in the upper right corner of the grid.
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• To edit, click the Edit icon. If you click in the record or the field in the record you want to edit first, the cursor will appear in that record or field.
• After you click the Add or Edit icon, the grid menu changes.
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• Click the Add icon to add another record, the Save icon to save, the Cancel icon to undo any changes you've made since your last save.
• Clicking the Add or the Edit icon puts you in editing mode. Once in editing mode, you can add or edit as many records as you like but can't change your search or move to a different page until you save or cancel.
• To delete, select the record(s) you want to delete by clicking checkbox(es) in the left-hand margin of the grid (you can select more than one) then click the Delete icon in the grid menu.

ASSIGN ITEMS TO OR PURCHASE THEM FOR JOBS

Select the items you want to assign to or purchase for a job in the find and add to cart, fast add to cart or item assignments screen (the Assign to job and/or Purchase for job Tasks must be selected in the Preferences screen).

FIELDS

The Jobs table contains a large number of user-definable fields. All fields, whether user-definable or not, can be given custom names. So you may see a field in your Jobs screen that's not in this list:

• (Jobs grid) JOB NUMBER.
• (Jobs grid) JOB NAME.
• (Jobs grid) BILLCODE. A code used by some accounting systems.
• (Jobs grid) COMMENCE. The job's start date.
• (Jobs grid) CUSTOMER. The job's owner.
• (Jobs grid) DEFAULT CODE. Pre-set (or default) codes can be set up in jobs or rate types. The code entered here will automatically be recorded when items are assigned to this job. If there's a conflict and Job default code takes precedence over rate type code is checked in billing preferences, the job code is used.
• (Jobs grid) IDLE. Only active jobs appear in job lists.
• (Jobs grid) MAX RENT. A rental maximum is the rental cap for an item on one assignment, expressed as a percentage of that item's cost. Max rent can be set in jobs or rate types. If both are blank, the global default in billing preferences is used. If there's a conflict between the job and rate type max rent and Job default max rent takes precedence over rate type max rent is checked in billing preferences, the job max rent is used.
• (Jobs grid) NOTES. From a practical perspective, unlimited in length.
• (Jobs grid) RATE SCHEDULE. A rate schedule is a list of rate types (see rates). If you leave this field blank and have a default rate schedule in billing preferences, the default will be used. If you want to charge this job different rates, create another rate schedule and enter it here.
• (Jobs grid) Address info.
• (Jobs grid) DEFAULT SITE and TAX LOCATION aren't used. We plan to add functionality to them in the future.

SCREEN-SPECIFIC REPORTS

• BARCODE LABELS.