Skedulo Plus Product Extension - Create follow-up job

Install and use Skedulo’s Create follow-up job product extension to enable resources to create follow-up jobs on the mobile app.

Overview

Name Create follow-up job
Description This extension allows resources to create a new job that is related to the one they are currently working on.
Use case While working on a job, resources may need to create another job to follow up on the current one. This might be to address ongoing issues or additional customer needs that surface during the job. The new job would need similar information, but would be at a different time and may require a different resource.
Skedulo platform Skedulo Pulse Platform and Skedulo for Salesforce
Mode Offline and Online
Type Job (accessed from the job details screen in the mobile app)

Prerequisites

  • Administrators can install and configure mobile extensions.
  • Skedulo Plus app is enabled.
  • The skedulo-extension/create-follow-up-jobs package has been installed in your team. Contact your Customer Service Representative for more information about getting this extension installed.

Make the Create follow-up jobs form available on the mobile app

After your Skedulo CSR installs the exension in your team, it will be available in the Mobile extensions list. From there you can make changes if needed, or install it to make it available to resources on the Skedulo Plus mobile app.

To install the Create follow-up jobs extension, do the following steps:

  1. In the web app settings, navigate to Mobile app configurations > Mobile extensions.
  2. Click on the Create follow-up jobs extension name.
  3. Click Install. The extensions will be available on the mobile app within a few minutes.

If required, some changes can be made to the extension before it is installed. For details on what can be edited, please see the user guide article.

Access the extension (form) on the Skedulo Plus mobile app

To access the form after it has been installed, do the following steps:

  • In the mobile app, navigate to a job that is In Progress or Completed. The form will appear on the job details screen.
The mobile form on the job details screen in the mobile app

Create a follow-up job using the Create follow-up job extension

To create a follow-up job in the mobile app, do the following steps:

  1. On the job details screen, tap the Create a follow-up job form option.
  2. Fill in the form.
  3. Tap Save.

Prevent resources from assigning follow-up jobs to themselves

To control whether a resource can assign a follow-up job to themselves when creating a job using the Create follow-up job extension, do the following:

  1. In the Skedulo web app, navigate to Settings > Scheduling > Jobs.
  2. Click to uncheck the Allow resources to assign themselves on follow-up jobs checkbox. The Assign to myself toggle will not appear on the Create a follow-up job extension in the mobile app.

Allow resources to assign follow-up jobs to themselves

If the Assign to myself toggle is hidden and you want to enable it, do the following steps:

  1. In the Skedulo web app, navigate to Settings > Scheduling > Jobs.
  2. Click to enable the Enable follow-up jobs and Allow resources to assign themselves on follow-up jobs options.
Follow-up job settings in the web app

If the Use details from the initial job toggle is turned on, the new job will inherit the same custom field values as the current job.

Toggles

After the follow-up job is created, you’ll see that the current job now has a follow-up. If you selected the Assign to myself toggle while creating it, you can click on the badge to go directly to the new job.

The follow-up job