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Hi Alan, would it also be possible to allow field crews to enter text under the Work Order to detail what task they've completed or add survey notes? Thanks.

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Tom Miller
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-05-2019 14:43
From: Alan Sharp
Subject: Re: Feature Request - Work Orders Summary- Show last Modified column

I forwarded to the SCS900 / Siteworks team for consideration here - any request here has to come from them

 

Alan

You can kind of do this with the instructions field when you first create a work order but then after that the field is locked. It would be nice to have a notes sections like you are mentioning.

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Patrick L'heureux
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-07-2021 03:11
From: Tom Miller
Subject: Re: Feature Request - Work Orders Summary- Show last Modified column

Hi Alan, would it also be possible to allow field crews to enter text under the Work Order to detail what task they've completed or add survey notes? Thanks.

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Tom Miller

Original Message:
Sent: 09-05-2019 14:43
From: Alan Sharp
Subject: Re: Feature Request - Work Orders Summary- Show last Modified column

I forwarded to the SCS900 / Siteworks team for consideration here - any request here has to come from them

 

Alan

Hi Pat,

We name our Work Order / Job files in Trimble access using the following:

[reverse date] [initials] [number]

E.g.
080808MP1
8 August, 2008. Marian Plucinski. Job No 1.

210209MP3
9 February, 2021, Marian Plucinski. Job No. 3.

Do not use yy-dd-mm. Use yy-mm-dd so all Work Order when sorted alphabetically are also sorted by Creation Date.

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Marian Plucinski
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-02-2019 07:39
From: Patrick L'heureux
Subject: Feature Request - Work Orders Summary- Show last Modified column

In the Work Orders Summary, it would be very useful to see a column that had the modified date. This would be useful because field crews do not always tell you the name of the work order that they used for their work. You could also use this to cross reference the import dates of work orders to make sure that everything is current. 

 

 

Thanks!

 

Patrick: I do the same as @Marian Plucinski does. Every Work Order starts with the reverse date YY-MM-DY then an abbreviated description of what the job is (E.G.  AB SG 100+00 To 200+00). IF the work order contains data that is used to track any type of quantities/pay items or "proofing" the surveyor adds their three initials to the end. For layout/grade checks or anything that does not impact quantities or final as-built "proofing" the initials are left off.

This way when we sync the controllers the work orders are all in order in the folder. The work order names with initials at the end are for quantities, pay items, or final as-builts only.
Sample: 210210 AB PEN SG 1=34 TO 2+56 MCC  

Date (210210)  AB (As-Built) PEN (Penstock) Stationing, Initials (the initials show it's for quantity tracking/volumes).

​We try not to keep Work Orders open so that they span several days. It isn't always practical, sometimes you have to, but in general it keeps things really clean file-wise. We try to close them every day and create a new one to continue the next day. Of course doing this increases the numbers of files but the sorting is automatic using the date format and the initials at the end of the name flag the ones for pay items. The remainder are 'for the record' and we file everything once a month (roughly).

I gotta' say that I LOVE SCS900 for the way it organizes files and folders so simply and automatically. We owe a debt of thanks to Alan Sharp for this 😁. Trimble Access, on the other hand...
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Marshall Cant
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-02-2019 07:39
From: Patrick L'heureux
Subject: Feature Request - Work Orders Summary- Show last Modified column

In the Work Orders Summary, it would be very useful to see a column that had the modified date. This would be useful because field crews do not always tell you the name of the work order that they used for their work. You could also use this to cross reference the import dates of work orders to make sure that everything is current. 

 

 

Thanks!

 

Hi Pat,

This is an old thread!  Is this something that is still useful to you?

Would the modified date of the work order XML file be enough?  That file includes the work order state, so maybe that's changed when the field crew is done.

I think the work order results have a date within them (they also have modified file dates).  Would either of those work too?

Or does the creation date solution mentioned by @Marian Plucinski and @Marshall Cant satisfy what you're looking for?​​

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Quan Mueller
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-02-2019 07:39
From: Patrick L'heureux
Subject: Feature Request - Work Orders Summary- Show last Modified column

In the Work Orders Summary, it would be very useful to see a column that had the modified date. This would be useful because field crews do not always tell you the name of the work order that they used for their work. You could also use this to cross reference the import dates of work orders to make sure that everything is current. 

 

 

Thanks!