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Navigating Phases
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    3 Phase Modes - Phase Listing, Swipe Left & Phase Details

    ⬜ Intro

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    The Work List is accessed from the AiM Mobile section of your home screen in Anvil. This is where the Phase details are for every phase linked to Work Orders assigned to you.

    You may not be assigned to every phase of every work order you’re assigned to, but you can access information on all of them, here.

    The Work List module is also where you log your time (See Anvil > Timecard Entries).

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    From your home screen, click on the Work List icon to view tasks/phases linked to work orders you’re assigned to.

    Once you’ve entered the Work List module, you’ll see a screen called All Phases, which is a full, unfiltered list. Click on the first icon at the top-left at any time to access this list.

    To return to the Home screen, you can click on the stacked 3-lines (aka hamburger icon) at the far top-left corner, at any time.

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    The first icon at the top-left opens the All Phases view. The hamburger icon to the left of that takes you back to your Home screen.

    Phases can be interacted with in 3 ways:

    1. Phase Listing Icons - When viewing a work list, learn more about each phase at a glance by looking at the icons at the right of each listing.

    2. Swiping Left on a Phase - Provides quick access to commonly used features (e.g., entering time worked on a phase). All of these features are also available in the Phase Details.

    3. Phase Details - The full details of each phase. Phase Listing Icons mostly signal what can be found here, and Swiping Left on a Phase provides quick access to just a few features that are also available here.

    First, we’ll go over the Phase Listing Icons and what each one means.

    🟩 1 - Phase Listing Icons

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    🔵 Intro

    Each phase in your Work List has 4 icons. If dark gray, it means the feature associated with that icon is active.

    These icons mostly point to more interactive features available in the Phase Details view. This is why most of the following sections will be brief, linking to another tutorial page or to the icon’s corresponding feature in the Phase Details section of this page.

    Below, we describe each icon, starting with the Scheduled Phase Assignees icon.

    🔵 Scheduled Phase Assignees

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    Some phase listings have a user icon.

    When you click on it, a separate window will pop up, listing Scheduled Phase Assignees and dates. Click Close when done viewing.

    Phase assignees is covered in more detail further down this page, in Phase Details > Phase Assignments.

    Clicking on the user icon provides a quick way to scroll through the list of assignees, but not the ability to add them. The ability to add assignees is restricted to supervisory roles.

     

    🔵 Preventive Maintenance (PM) Phases

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    Preventive maintenance (PM) refers to routine maintenance tasks/phases. The wrench icon shows up on the right side of these phases.

    PM Phases have a list of checkpoints to follow that are specific to the task to complete. If there is a green dot next to the wrench icon, it means either all of the required checkpoint fields have been filled out and saved by the Technician assigned to the phase, or that there are no required fields.

    If there is no green dot next to the wrench icon, it means there are required checkpoint fields that have not been filled out.

     

    🔵 Related Documents

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    If you see the active paperclip icon on a phase listing, that means there are Related Documents attached to it. When you click anywhere on the phase to open the Phase Details, you will find links to documents or images that have been attached to it.

     

    🔵 Favoriting a Phase

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    🟩 2 - Swiping Left on a Phase

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    🔵 Assign Person

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    🔵 Add Time

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    🔵 Update Status

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    🔵 Add Note

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    🟩 3 - Phase Details

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    🔵 Intro

    🔵 Core Features

    The core features of the Phase Details screen are opened by clicking in the row of icons at the bottom of the screen. We will go through each icon.

    ⚫ Add Note to Phase

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    ⚫ Add Image to Phase

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    ⚫ Phase Status Update

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    ⚫ Time Entry

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    ⚫ Phase Assignments

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    ⚫ PM Checkpoints

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    ⚫ Room Calendar

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    🔵 Extra Details

    In addition to the core feature icons at the bottom of the Phase Details screen, there is a row of links towards the top of the screen, under Extra Details. We will cover each, below.

    ⚫ Notes Log

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    All Phases

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    ⚫ WO Notes

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    ⚫ Extra Description

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    ⚫ Related Documents

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    ⬜ Conclusion

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    In this tutorial, we grouped ways of interacting with a phase into 3 categories, summarized below.

    3 Ways to Interact with Phases

    3 Ways to Interact with Phases

    Phase Listing Icons

    1. User - View-only access to assignees on a phase

    2. Wrench - View-only indicator of the status of checkpoints on PM phases

    3. Paperclip - View-only indicator of if there are documents/images attached to the phase

    4. Star - Interactive. Click this icon to save a phase to your favorites

    Swiping Left on a Phase

    Options vary by the user’s role, and include:

    1. Assign Person - View and add available assignees to a phase

    2. Add Time - Entering time worked on a phase

    3. Update Status - Update status of a phase

    4. Add Note - Add a note to the phase and work order linked to the phase

    Phase Details

    Full details and interaction capabilities for each phase, only partially accessed through Phase Listing Icons and Swiping Left on a Phase

    The table below summarizes the full list of basic features that we covered in this tutorial.

    Phase Feature

    Ways to Access the Feature

    Description

    Phase Feature

    Ways to Access the Feature

    Description

    Phase Assignments

    Work List - User (read-only) icon
    Swipe - Assign Person
    Phase Details - Users icon

    For Supervisory roles. View / add assignees and select primary shop person (optional)

    Favorites

    Work List - Star icon

    Bookmark phases to view in your Favorites screen

    Time Entry
    (Time Worked on a Phase)

    Swipe - Add Time
    Phase Details - Clock icon

    Time entered on a phase should only be time worked on that specific phase/task. See Anvil > Timecard Entries

    Phase Status Update

    Swipe - Update Status
    Phase Details - Clipboard w/Checkmark icon

    If you add an optional note, the note will be logged under both Notes Log and WO Notes

    Add Note to Phase

    Swipe - Add Note
    Phase Details - Clipboard icon
    Phase Details (Extra) - Notes Log

    Notes added to a phase are also added to the notes for the work order the phase is attached to.

    Add Image to Phase

    Phase Details - Camera icon

    Use iPad camera or select an image from your photo gallery

    The image is saved as a Related Document

    PM Checkpoints

    Phase Details - Wrench icon

    List of checkpoints that must be completed for the task/phase

    Room Calendar

    Phase Details - Calendar icon

    Calendar for the room associated with the phase/task

    Notes Log

    Phase Details (Extra) - Notes Log

    Collection of notes added to the phase in a variety of ways

    All Phases

    Phase Details (Extra) - All Phases

    View-only list of all of the other phases attached to the same work order

    WO Notes

    Phase Details (Extra) - WO Notes

    Collection of notes added to the work order and all linked phases

    Extra Description

    Phase Details (Extra) - Extra Desc

    Extra information on the phase, including the call log

    Related Docs

    Phase Details (Extra) - Related Docs

    Related documents / images

     

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