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TechPortal for SME is a web-based application providing your technicians with the ability to access and update their work orders in the field. Technicians can access open orders assigned to them, create new orders, and access unassigned work orders.
 
TechPortal for SME is a web-based application providing your technicians with the ability to access and update their work orders in the field. Technicians can access open orders assigned to them, create new orders, and access unassigned work orders.
 
'''NOTICE:  High 5 Software is no longer supporting Internet Explorer (IE) from Microsoft for Tech Portal, Customer Portal and Subcontractor Portal.  Please use FireFox, Chrome, Safari, or browsers on smartphones or tablets.  We regret that Microsoft continues to make their browser non-standard and currently does not properly support some standard technologies we use in the portals.  Since FireFox and Chrome are available as free downloads, we are not going to fight IE and waste valuable development resources.  We are a Microsoft Silver Partner and like Microsoft's other technologies and rely on Microsoft Server and SQL Server, however, IE is junk.'''
 
 
  
 
To learn about the TechPortal, you can either read this guide or view the video below.  
 
To learn about the TechPortal, you can either read this guide or view the video below.  
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#      Click '''Search''' > '''Search Active Users''' and select the technician you want to provide TechPortal access to.
 
#      Click '''Search''' > '''Search Active Users''' and select the technician you want to provide TechPortal access to.
 
#      On the Details and Settings tab, enter your technician’s email address in the '''Email''' field. This is the technicians SME TechPortal Username.
 
#      On the Details and Settings tab, enter your technician’s email address in the '''Email''' field. This is the technicians SME TechPortal Username.
#      Enter an''' Employee ID''' for the technician. The Employee ID should be a number. When your technician enters services performed on an order, the note will be time and date stamped. In the time and date stamp line you will also see the Employee ID.
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#      Enter an Employee ID for the technician. This is used for the Android SME login, but is required to be setup for the TechPortal.
 
#      On the Technician Settings tab, enter a TechPortal password for your tech in the '''Web Access Password''' field.
 
#      On the Technician Settings tab, enter a TechPortal password for your tech in the '''Web Access Password''' field.
  
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[[File:Login.jpg]]
 
[[File:Login.jpg]]
  
 
<br>Use the format of the link below to get a TechPortal link that will fill in your Company Name and Username for you. Save the link as a favorite on your browser.
 
<br><nowiki>http://high5.high5software.com/tech/?company=</nowiki>'''COMPANY_NAME_HERE'''&username='''USER_NAME_HERE'''
 
  
 
== TechPortal Setup Options ==
 
== TechPortal Setup Options ==
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<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 22pt;">1&nbsp;</span>  
 
<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 22pt;">1&nbsp;</span>  
<br>'''Home''' – Click to go back to the Orders tab
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<br>'''Time''' – Click Time to clock in and clock out. The tech’s clock in and out time logged in the '''Setup''' module > '''User''' > '''Log''' tab.
<br>'''Clock In/Out''' – Click to clock in and clock out. The tech’s clock in and out time is logged in the '''Setup''' module > '''User''' > '''Log''' tab.
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<br>'''Orders''' – Click to go back to the list of orders.
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<br>'''Calendar''' – The calendar will display all of the jobs scheduled for the technician.
 
<br>'''Settings''' - Allows user to check if they are a 'dispatcher'. This is used for Automated Workflow emails.
 
<br>'''Settings''' - Allows user to check if they are a 'dispatcher'. This is used for Automated Workflow emails.
 
<br>'''Log Out''' – Click to log out of TechPortal.
 
<br>'''Log Out''' – Click to log out of TechPortal.
 
    
 
    
 
<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 22pt;">2 </span>
 
<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 22pt;">2 </span>
<br>'''Orders''' – This tab shows all orders and the user can filter the orders on the tab by My Orders, Unassigned Orders, All Orders, or Closed Orders.  
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<br>'''Orders''' – This tab shows all open orders assigned to the technician logged in.
<br>'''Service''' - This tab will only show service orders. Use the same filters available on the Orders tab.
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<br>'''Unassigned Orders''' - This tab lists all open orders that haven’t been assigned to a technician yet. You can assign the unassigned order to a tech.
<br>'''Install''' - This tab only shows install orders. Use the same filters available on the Orders tab.
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<br>'''All Open Orders''' - This tab lists all open order including assigned and unassigned.
<br>'''Issues''' - This tab lists Issue records from the SME Help Desk module. Filter issues by My Issues, Unassigned Issues, All Issues, or Closed Issues.
 
<br>'''Parts''' - Use this tab to transfer stock from one warehouse to another. A Transfer record will be created in SME Inventory module to record the transfer.
 
  
 
== Viewing Orders ==
 
== Viewing Orders ==
  
On the '''Orders''' tab, you can filter orders, sort orders, search for keywords, and choose how many orders show on each page.
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On the '''Orders''' tab, you can sort your orders, search for keywords and choose how many orders show on each page.
 
[[File:TechPortal_Show.png]]
 
[[File:TechPortal_Show.png]]
  
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1</span></b> – My Orders –Choose to show orders that are My Orders, Unassigned Orders, All Orders, or Closed Orders. Choose New Orders to create a new order.</p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">1</span></b> – Show – choose how many orders to display per page. It defaults to show 50.</p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 18pt;">2</span></b> – Show – choose how many orders to display per page. It defaults to show 50.</p>
 
  
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">3</span></b>– Search – enter a key word and your orders will be filtered</div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b><span style="font-size: 20pt;">2</span></b>– Search – enter a key word and your orders will be filtered</div>
  
 
Click on the column headers to sort the orders.
 
Click on the column headers to sort the orders.
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<br>[[File:TechPortal_OrderTimer.png]]
 
<br>[[File:TechPortal_OrderTimer.png]]
  
<br>'''Void''' - Click to void the order
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<br>'''Exit''' - Click to go back to the order list
 
<br>'''Close Order''' - Click to change the order from 'Open' to 'Closed'
 
<br>'''Close Order''' - Click to change the order from 'Open' to 'Closed'
  
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'''Messages''' - Click to view and add journal notes to the order.
 
'''Messages''' - Click to view and add journal notes to the order.
<br>'''Site Notes''' -Click Site Notes to view notes entered in SME. Site Notes are added to the Customer record in SME under Notes > Site notes. You can add additional Site Notes in TechPortal using this button.
 
<br>'''Signature''' - Click Signature to collect your customer signature. The signature is saved in SME on the Orders Work Requested Tab. You will see a button appear on that tab once a signature is added. The button will say signature.
 
<br>[[File:ViewTPSignatureInSME.png]]
 
  
<br>'''Email''' -Click Email to email the order summary to your customer or back to the office. There is also a pdf summary of the order attached to the email. The pdf report is a standard report and cannot be edited. The technician's email will need to be setup in SME for this feature to work.
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'''Forms''' - Click Forms to view and edit custom fields in the order.
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'''Site Notes''' -Click Site Notes to view notes entered in SME. Site Notes are read only and are entered in the customer record in SME.
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'''Signature''' - Click Signature to collect your customer signature.
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'''Email''' -Click Email to email the order summary to your customer or back to the office.
  
  
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Technicians can add parts (material) to open orders. The material added in TechPortal is added to SME back at the office.
 
Technicians can add parts (material) to open orders. The material added in TechPortal is added to SME back at the office.
 
<br>The parts with '''Show on Tech Portal''' checked in SME (image below) are the ones available to add in TechPortal. If there are no parts with''' Show on Tech Portal''' checked in SME yet, TechPortal will hang if you try to add parts.
 
<br>[[File:ShowOnTechPortal.png]]
 
 
 
<br>1. Click '''Add'''
 
<br>1. Click '''Add'''
<br>2. In the Add Parts window type in the item field to select the inventory item you want to add to the order. Enter the quantity.  
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<br>2. In the Add Parts window enter the quantity (Qty) and select the Item. You can edit the cost and price field if it is visible. Cost or price may be hidden from view depending on your TechPortal settings.
 
<br>3. Click OK and the material is added to the order in SME back at the office.
 
<br>3. Click OK and the material is added to the order in SME back at the office.
 
<br>[[File:TechPortal_AddParts.png]]
 
<br>[[File:TechPortal_AddParts.png]]
 
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
'''Remove parts from an order'''
 
'''Remove parts from an order'''
<br>Material added to the order in SME can be deleted in TechPortal.
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<br>Material on an order can be deleted in TechPortal.
 
<br>1. Check in the Delete column the material you want to remove from the order. (image below)
 
<br>1. Check in the Delete column the material you want to remove from the order. (image below)
 
<br>2. Click OK in the confirmation window and the material is removed.
 
<br>2. Click OK in the confirmation window and the material is removed.
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<h3>Add Services</h3>
 
<h3>Add Services</h3>
 
Technicians can add service items to orders. Service items added in TechPortal immediately update SME at the office.
 
Technicians can add service items to orders. Service items added in TechPortal immediately update SME at the office.
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<br>[[File:TechPortal_AddServiceITem.png]]
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<br>1. Click '''Add''' under the service section in TechPortal
 
<br>1. Click '''Add''' under the service section in TechPortal
<br>2. In Services window, type in the name field to select the service item you want to add. Enter a quantity.
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<br>2. In Services window, enter a quantity, select a service item and click OK.
 
<br>Users can edit the description, cost (if visible) and price (if visible) fields. If the cost or price isn't visible, they are hidden based on your TechPortal settings.
 
<br>Users can edit the description, cost (if visible) and price (if visible) fields. If the cost or price isn't visible, they are hidden based on your TechPortal settings.
<br>[[File:TechPortal_AddServiceITem.png]]
 
  
<br>Service items added to the order in SME can be deleted in TechPortal.
 
<br>1. Check in the Delete column the service item you want to remove from the order. (image below)
 
<br>2. Click OK in the confirmation window and the service item is removed.
 
<br>[[File:TechPortal_DeleteServiceItem.png]]
 
  
'''Edit service items on the order'''
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<br>You can edit the service items on the order to change the quantity, description, price, and cost, or even change the item.
 
<br>1. Double click on the service item.
 
<br>2. In the Edit Parts window, make changes to the material and click '''OK'''. Changes are saved in SME back at the office.
 
  
 
<h3>Collecting Signature</h3>
 
<h3>Collecting Signature</h3>
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[[File:signatureButton.jpg]]
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Click Signature and the signature window will open. If you are viewing TechPortal on a laptop, use your mouse to write your signature. If you are using a touch screen device, use your finger to write your signature.
 
Click Signature and the signature window will open. If you are viewing TechPortal on a laptop, use your mouse to write your signature. If you are using a touch screen device, use your finger to write your signature.
<br>[[File:TEchPortal_SignatureButton.png]]
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[[File:DrawSignature.jpg]]
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Click '''Clear''' to clear out the signature and sign again.
 
Click '''Clear''' to clear out the signature and sign again.
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TechPortal provides technicians in the field with the ability to add new orders. New orders added here will be saved immediately to SME back at the office.
 
TechPortal provides technicians in the field with the ability to add new orders. New orders added here will be saved immediately to SME back at the office.
  
1.      Go to the Home page
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1.      Click '''Orders''' to go to the order list in TechPortal.
<br>2.      Click '''New Order'''
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<br>2.      Click '''Add Order'''.
  
 
[[File:AddOrderbutton.jpg]]
 
[[File:AddOrderbutton.jpg]]
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<br>5.      Continue adding order details as needed by clicking '''Edit''' next to Services Requested, Services Performed, Time, Parts, and Services.
 
<br>5.      Continue adding order details as needed by clicking '''Edit''' next to Services Requested, Services Performed, Time, Parts, and Services.
  
== Issues Tab ==
 
The Issues tab will show issues in the Help Desk module in SME. Use the drop down in the image below to choose which filtered view you want to see. If you don't see all these options, your administrator reduced down the drop down options.
 
 
<br>[[File:IssuesTab_FilterOptions.png]]
 
<br>'''My Issues''' - Shows the issues assigned to the tech logged in to TechPortal
 
<br>'''New Issue''' - Brings you to another window to enter a new issue
 
<br>'''Unassigned Issues''' - Shows all issues with nobody in the "Assigned To" field
 
<br>'''All Issues''' - This view shows all issues including issues that are assigned, unassigned, closed, and open.
 
<br>'''Closed Issues''' - This view shows all issues that are closed
 
 
<br>You can also click '''New Issue''' to enter a new issue which will be saved in SME and also display in TechPortal.
 
  
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== Unassigned Orders ==
  
== Custom Fields ==
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The Unassigned Orders tab show all open orders that haven’t been assigned to a technician yet. A tech can select an unassigned order and assign it to them. Once they assign it to themselves, the order will be listed on their Orders tab.  
If you've created custom fields for service or install orders and you want your techs to have access to see and update those fields, make sure you check "Show in TP" in the Custom Table Designer for those fields. Once checked, the tab the fields are on will show in TechPortal and all the fields with that checked will show on the tab.
 
<br>[[File:CustomTabsInTP.png]]
 
  
<br> If you create a custom tab in service orders called “Tech”, all the fields on that tab with “Show in TP” checked will show on the detail tab circled in image below.
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[[File:UnassignedTab.jpg]]
<br>[[File:TechCustomField.png]]
 
  
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#      Select the '''Unassigned Orders''' tab.
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#      Click on an order.
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#      Select a tech in the '''Assigned to''' field, circled in image below.
  
== Timesheet Report ==
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[[File:TechPortal_AssignedToField.png]]
[[File:TechPortal_TimesheetReport.png]]
 
<br>This timesheet report shows you the scheduled labor hours for your tech for a time period. This is not using the clock in/out, but the scheduled labor for that tech.
 
<br>[[File:TimesheetReport_Sample.png]]
 

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