Team and roles

For people who work with others. You start on your own; if someone works with you, bring them in from Team and choose what they can do.

For people who work with others

You start on your own: whoever creates the account is the Administrator and sees everything. If someone works with you, a helper, a partner, whoever is at the front desk, you can bring them onto the team and choose what they can do. If you work alone, you don't need anything on this page.

Bring someone onto the team

The invite is a code you send to the person, ideally on WhatsApp.

  1. Tap the profile button at the top of Home and go to Team.
  2. Tap Invite someone.
  3. Type the person's name (optional) and answer What can they do? by picking a role.
  4. On the invite screen, tap Send on WhatsApp or Copy code. The code works for 7 days.

If you got an invite

  1. Install PraticOS and sign in with Apple, Google or email.
  2. On first access, tap I got an invite code. If you already use the app, tap the profile button at the top of Home and go to Your account › Join with an invite code.
  3. Type the code and tap Join the team.

The five roles

Pick by what the person does day to day, not by job title. When in doubt, start with less access and change it later.

Role What they do
Administrator Sees and changes everything, including Team, Plan and the account's Settings.
Supervisor Runs the work: opens orders, handles customers, vehicles or devices, and checklists. Doesn't see prices.
Manager Handles the money: sees prices, records payments and uses Financial. Doesn't open new orders.
Consultant Makes quotes with prices, but only sees the orders they opened.
Technician Does the work: fills in checklists and takes photos. Doesn't see prices and only sees the orders they opened.

What each role can do

The asterisk marks what depends on the order's status or on who opened it.

Work orders

Permission Administrator Supervisor Manager Consultant Technician
Open an order Yes Yes No Yes Yes
See coworkers' orders Yes Yes Yes No No
Change services and parts after approval Yes No Yes Yes No
Change the status Yes Partial Yes Partial Partial
Reopen a completed order Yes No Yes No No
Delete an order Yes Partial Partial Partial Partial

Manager and Supervisor only delete orders in Quote. Consultant and Technician only delete their own, in Quote.

Prices

Permission Administrator Supervisor Manager Consultant Technician
See prices and totals Yes No Yes Yes No
See the order PDF Yes No Yes Yes No
Record a payment Yes No Yes Partial No
Financial tab Yes No Yes No No

The Consultant only records payments on orders they opened. Discounts stay with Administrator and Manager.

Records and Settings

Permission Administrator Supervisor Manager Consultant Technician
Add and edit customers Yes Yes No Yes No
Add and edit the catalog Yes No No No No
Add and edit vehicles or devices Yes Yes No No No
Create checklist templates Yes Yes No No No
Reopen a completed checklist Yes Yes Yes No No
Team, Plan and Details for customers Yes No No No No

Anyone with ✕ can still look up what they need to work on the order, like the customer's phone and address.

After the customer approves

Supervisor and Technician can change everything while the order is a quote, without seeing prices. After approval, what was quoted is locked for them, so nobody swaps a service or a part without going through whoever handles the price.

  1. Quote
  2. Approved
  3. In progress
  4. Completed

After approval

For Supervisor and Technician:

Can

  • Edit the note on services and parts already added
  • Fill in checklists and take photos
  • Move to In progress or Completed
  • Supervisor: add or remove checklists until it's completed

Can't

  • Add or remove services and parts, or change quantities
  • Change the customer or the vehicle/device
  • Change the dates
  • Technician: add or remove checklists

Completed

Only Administrator and Manager change the status of a completed order, for example to reopen a job that came back with a problem.

Change a role or remove someone

  1. In Team, tap the person's name.
  2. Pick the new role under What can they do?, or tap Remove from team.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need a paid plan to use it on my own?

No. You can start free, with no limit on orders or customers. The free plan has a monthly limit on photos and AI use, and one checklist template. Paid plans, subscribed in the app, raise those limits and unlock the team.

Does the technician see prices?

No. The app hides prices in the list, inside the order and in the PDF. The same goes for the Supervisor.

Does the technician see coworkers' orders?

No. Technician and Consultant only see the orders they opened. Administrator, Manager and Supervisor see all of them.

Can a technician approve their own quote?

Yes, if they opened the order: they can move it from Quote to Approved or straight to In progress. Handy for someone working alone on the road who closes the deal with the customer on the spot.

Why can't the Manager open orders?

The role is for whoever follows the money, not whoever serves the customer. If the person also makes quotes, use Administrator, or Consultant if they don't need Financial.

The invite code expired. What now?

In Team, tap the expired invite and choose Invite again. The app makes a new code for you to send.

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