JobTracker Forms Part 2: Formatting & Phases

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JobTracker Forms Part 2: Formatting & Phases We’ll get started at the top of the hour. I’ll turn on audio at least 5 minutes early… but feel free to practice posting questions in the chat area as shown in this image! GoToMeeting Toolbars

Working with Forms & Phases Business Goals Pull info from Forms for display/print to save time & reduce errors Manage large jobs more efficiently with Phases Report on Jobs by Phase Software Goals Customize and format forms for communicating clearly on screen and in print Import a Job Form Separate a Job into Phases Ensure that Job Forms are assigned to correct Phases

Communicating in Print We’ve all experienced bad visual aids, printed directions, notes, forms. The flowchart has so much detail it becomes meaningless; the IKEA instructions… anyone experience that nightmare? The notes are like my son’s idea of what it means to “show your work” in math class. And I believe the IRS 990 was designed to be difficult to read. Easier to hide the truth.

Communicating in Print It is worth the effort to ensure that your forms are easy to read and follow – both in print and on screen. Here are just a couple examples. White space – in between blocks of print and for taking notes with pen/pencil. Shading and color to call attention, organize, assist the human eye. Summarize info

Might collapse by default If you are attaching forms to your Jobs that are only for printing (they have no fillable, data entry fields) it’s a good idea to set them to be collapsed by default so they don’t take up as much room on screen. It’s easy to click the + sign to “show more” of a form if you want to check out what it contains. Click minus to show less. + - Expand or collapse with or

Set forms to be collapsed by default Notice that this form template says NO for expand on job details. If you click the Edit Form Info button you can check or uncheck that option. You’ll also see that this is where you set the page to print in Landscape. Maybe you’ve never noticed that option before… it can be a little tricky

Set to print landscape It might be difficult to see here, but this Form is set up to print landscape – even if it is included in an Activity Packet with other forms that print Portrait.

Job>Edit Settings and then Edit Form Info Go back to Job>Edit Settings and open the Form Template to edit. Click the Edit Form Info button.

Set to print landscape In the Edit Form dialog box, uncheck “Use Default Page Size”. Then chose “Other”

Swap width and height Set default formatting Enter 11 by 8.5 (instead of 8.5 by 11). [TRANSITION HERE… “Set default formatting” will fade in on next click.] If you designing a form and you don’t want any of the “blocks” to have borders or you want all of the text to be a specific font, you can set the default formatting for the entire form here. How do these formatting tools work? Let’s take a look now. Set default formatting

Format individual fields

Edit Form Fields Job Name is 2x as Wide The Field Width option is where to tell JT how big this field should be IN RELATION to the other fields on the same line. Takes experimentation. It’s a good idea to first get things on the lines that you want, and then play with field width. Job Name is 2x as Wide

Edit Form Fields Cell = the box itself c Change the border – make it 0pt or just lighter

Edit Form Fields Label = label area c Apply background or remove. Change Display name and format the fonts

Value = Contents of cell Edit Form Fields Value = Contents of cell c Change the font name, color and size for the data that will end up IN the box. Notice – you can’t chose alignment here. That’s Cell

Formatting for communication Sometimes it’s worthwhile to format a cell specifically for viewing in JobDetails – rather than in print. Here is example of pulling in form data from another form to summarize Notice white space between sections

Formatting for communication Example of setting border to zero in order to create more white space on the printed page

Import a JobForm We’ll send you a link to some example forms you are welcome to download and import If you want to import one of our samples (or borrow one from somebody else using JT), here’s how…

Manage Unresolved Fields c After importing, you will often get an Unresolved Imported Field error. Main thing to know: you didn’t break anything. Many times, all you need to do is click Manage Unresolved Field and then click OK. If you still get some kind of error, it just means that the form is looking for information that does not exactly match the way you set up your system. Probably easiest to just ask for help if you can’t figure it out.

Organizing Jobs with Phases Account Job Phase 1 Activities Files Phase 2 Very powerful – but also requires caution. If you know you will be installing and fabricating separately, can help you keep jobs organized. The caution? Story about making kitchen counter twice. Using a simple details form also makes it easier to keep track of phases.

Assign Activities to Phases Here’s an example of a job with a list of Activities assigned to different phases. Notice that each Activity has a phase – even if Entire Job – rather than left “None”. That’s a good practice.

Similarly, every details form should be assigned to a Phase. Assign Forms to Phase

Add a Job Phase c Click New Job Phase to add Phase. Rather than leave the existing Activities without a phase, create a phase for them first. I only chose Fab, Install, and Invoice because I’m going to assign Template to Entire Job. I also picked up the Existing forms that I knew where for the Main House phase

Add Existing Items and/or Create New Now I added a phase for the mother-in-law unit. I’m adding existing forms for that phase and I’m creating new Activities. c

Assigning an Activity to Entire Job Now I’m assigning the “leftover” Template Activity to Entire Job. If you aren’t templating the whole job at once, then you have more than one Template activity. c

Every Activity & Form Assigned ONE Phase When every Activity & Form is assigned to a phase, the job is easier to understand – and you will avoid errors. c

Template is Assigned to Entire Job Let’s look at the Calendar to get a sense of how this all relates. Our Template was schedule for 3/15 and assigned to Entire Job – so all 4 Countertop Detail forms are assigned. The Activity square and the subtotals reflect .

Fab for Main House on 3/20 Main House Fab is scheduled for 3/20. Activity square for Fab Activity on that day is pulling only 2 Countertop Detail forms: the 2 assigned to that phase.

Fab for mother-in-law on 4/11     Mother in law Fab is scheduled for 4/11. Activity square for Fab Activity on that day is pulling only 2 Countertop Detail forms: the 2 assigned to that phase. Foreshadowing – has implications for reporting.