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Formitize User Guide
Getting Started Guide
13
1. Company Set Up
2. Invoice Settings Customization
3. Quote Set Up
4. Accounting Software Integration
5. Users
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Quick Answers to your first questions
6
What is included in Formitize?
How much does Formitize cost?
Does Formitize integrate with other software?
Where do I get my login details?
What is my password and username?
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Self Help Topics
2
Why do I see the date 1 Jan 1970?
What is the Resolution Center?
Formitize Account Settings
Overview | Formitize Account Settings
3
Overview
How do I set up 2 Factor Authentication?
Can I change my company's Tax Term?
App
0
FAQ's
17
Where can I view and edit my company account details?
How do I set up the SMS Feature
How do I change my Company Details?
Where do I add and edit User Details?
How do I close my Formitize Account?
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Web Portal
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App
Overview | App
2
What is the Formitize App?
Can I access and / or add Client notes to a Contact via the App?
Settings
1
Settings on App before logging in
FAQ's
18
What is the name of the App?
How do I view and edit a Submitted Form
How do I complete a job in the App?
What does the App do?
What devices are compatible with Formitize?
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Scenarios
0
Users
Overview | Users
3
What are Users?
How can I create Custom User Variables?
How can I see which User has changed or accessed something in the account?
Settings
0
FAQ's
20
What are Users?
What are the different User Types?
How do I add or create a new User?
What are User Groups?
What are user permissions?
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Scenarios
0
CRM Customer Database
Overview | CRM
2
CRM Customer Database Overview
What can the CRM Client information show?
FAQs
2
How do I delete reminders?
Can I send an email with attachments through the CRM?
Settings
0
Scenarios
0
CRM Contacts
Overview | Contacts
3
What is a Contact?
How do I search for a Location?
What are Location Zones?
Settings
0
FAQ's
31
What is a Contact?
How do I create a New Contact?
How do I edit a Contact?
How do I delete a Contact?
How do I add Multiple people to a Contact?
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Scenarios
0
CRM Contact Merging
0
Sales Pipeline
Overview | Lead Pipeline
1
Sales Pipeline Overview
Settings
0
FAQs
11
What is a Lead?
How do I add a new Lead?
How do I edit Leads?
How do I delete a Lead?
How do I convert a Lead to a Quote, Invoice or Job?
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Scenarios
0
Email, SMS and Letter Templates
Overview | Email, SMS and Letter Templates
4
Templates Overview
How do I use my Email & SMS Templates in the App?
Why am I getting a spam error when trying to send an email?
How do I insert an image into an Email Template?
Settings
1
Settings
FAQ's
9
How do I create an Email, SMS or Letter template?
How do I edit / delete a Template?
How do I add Placeholder information to my Templates?
How do I change my Bounced Email Log Notifications?
What is an Email Bounce Log?
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Scenarios
10
Suggested Template | Booking Reminder Email Template - Job created
Suggested Booking Reminder Email Template | Before Due Date
Suggested Follow up Email Template | After Job is Completed
Booking Reminder SMS Template | Before Due Date
Suggested Follow Up Task Template | After Job Completed
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CRM Reports
Overview | CRM Reports
1
Overview CRM Reports
Settings
0
FAQs
1
How do I create a Report of my contacts?
Scenarios
0
Invoices
Overview | Invoices
7
Overview | Invoices
How do I add payment details to invoices?
Why is the Location not showing on an invoice?
Can I mark multiple invoices as paid in one transaction?
Can I send an Invoice via mobile SMS?
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Settings
12
Settings
Adding or removing a Remittance Advice on the Invoice PDF
Invoice Prefix and Automatic Sequential Numbering
Default Invoice Payment Terms
Adding or removing a Remittance Advice on the Invoice PDF
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FAQ's
44
How do I create a new invoice?
How do I edit an Invoice?
How do I Delete / Archive an Invoice?
How do I see the Invoice PDF?
How do I add Line Items to an invoice?
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Scenarios
0
Quotes
Overview | Quotes
1
Quotes Overview
Settings
1
Where are the Quotes Settings?
FAQ's
22
How do I create a New Quote?
What is the difference between Quotes and Estimates?
How do I add default attachments to Quotes?
How do I add one off notes and comments to Quotes?
How do I add one off Attachments to a Quote?
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Scenarios
0
Purchases
Overview | Purchases
1
What are Purchases?
Settings
1
Where are the Purchases Settings?
FAQ's
8
How do I create a New Purchase in the App?
How do I create a New Purchase in the Web Portal?
How do I create a New Purchase in the App?
Purchase Prefix and Automatic Sequential Numbering
Purchase Order Email
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Scenarios
0
Items, Tax Rates and Chartered Accounts
Overview | Items, Tax Rates and Chart of Accounts
0
Accounts Settings
1
Where are the Tax Settings?
FAQs
12
What are Account Types
How do I set up Tax Rates?
Where do I add Items?
What are Account Codes?
How do I edit Tax Rates?
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Scenarios
0
Forms
Overview | Forms Module
43
Forms Overview
How do I add custom contact fields to a form so that they automatically populate?
Can I customise the body of the email sent with my report?
How do I get my Form to modify its status when submitted?
Can I set up a Form so that it creates Jobs?
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Settings
1
Can I send Report as the body of an Email?
FAQ's
76
Will Formitize build my forms for me?
Can I fill out forms in the Web Portal?
How do I edit a drop down menu in a Form?
What is a Safety First form?
What is a Kiosk form?
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Scenarios
10
If I clone a Form Template and edit it, will it affect the original?
Sending database information to form fields
Adding a filter to your form lookup database.
Choosing what you would like displayed in the lookup dropdown
Creating a lookup field
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Webforms
Overview | Webform
2
Webforms Overview
Can I send a Webform link via SMS?
Settings
2
Settings
How to Opt in to Webforms
FAQ's
21
How do I make a form template a web form?
How can I be notified that a web form has been submitted?
How do I get Webform functionality available on my Formitize Account?
What are Webforms?
What are the different types of Webforms?
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Scenarios
1
Job Type Templates with Webforms
Sending Webform from a Job in the App
0
Submitted Forms
Overview | Submitted Forms
5
How can I see who added, edited or deleted Custom Submitted Form Tabs?
How can I use/edit Multiple Choice fields in a form?
How do I specify what email addresses I want a Submitted Form sent to?
What are Sub Headers in the Form Builder and what do they do?
How do I add email addresses to a location so that a report will automatically be sent to them when submitted?
Settings
1
Can I send Form as an Email PDF attachment when submitted?
FAQs
17
What happens once a form has been submitted?
Where do I find submitted forms?
How do I change the status of a Submitted Form?
How can a Submitted Form automatically create a New Task?
How do you submit a Form?
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Scenarios
0
Form Reporting
Overview | Form Reporting
2
What is Form Reporting?
How long will data be available in a CSV report?
Settings
0
FAQs
4
What is Form Reporting?
How do I generate a report in Form Reporting?
What are preset templates?
How do I save a preset template?
Scenarios
0
Jobs
Overview | Jobs
5
What is a Job
How do I show the status of an Invoice in the Scheduler?
How do I view the Contact number of a job in the App?
How do I schedule a Recurring job for twice a month?
I created a new Recurring Profile to repeat once, why didn't it schedule the second job?
Settings
0
FAQs
46
How do I create a new Job?
How do I complete a Job?
How do I edit a Job?
How do I delete a Job?
Can Job Details auto populate fields in forms?
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Scenarios
0
Job Type Templates
Overview | Job Type Templates
1
What are Job Type Templates?
Settings
0
FAQ's
16
How do I create a new Job Type?
How do I edit or delete a Job Type?
Why would I use Job Types?
How do a add a web form to a job type template?
Do I have to use Job Types?
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Scenarios
0
Assets
Overview | Assets
4
Assets Overview
How do I separate Assets by Zones in a form?
How much does it cost to Opt in to the Assets Management Module?
What is Assets Management?
Settings
0
FAQs
16
How do you link an asset to a form?
How do the jobs and Assets link together? (for each asset type)
How do you export a report on Assets?
What is the difference between location and mobile assets?
How do forms and jobs link to the Asset card?
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Scenarios
0
Resource Documents
Overview | Resource Documents
3
Resource Documents Overview
Can I add a Resource to a webform for anonymous viewers to see?
Can I change Resource Folders into Sub Folders?
Settings
1
Settings | Resource Documents
FAQ's
12
Where do I find Resources in the Web Portal?
Where do I find Resources in the App?
How do I add a new Resource?
What are Folders?
How do I add a New Folder?
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Scenarios
0
Integrations
API
1
How can I access the Formitize API?
Xero Integration
9
How do I integrate with Xero?
What is Xero?
Why would I use Xero?
What does the Formitize / Xero Integration do?
What do I do if the Formitize / Xero integration breaks or stops working?
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Quickbooks Integration
0
Mailchimp Integration
8
How do I integrate with Mailchimp?
What does the Mailchimp Integration do?
How does the Mailchimp Integration work?
Is the Formitize and Mailchimp a two-way Integration?
Will my Formitize contacts go through to my Mailchimp account?
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Stripe Integration
1
How do I integrate with Stripe?
Inventory
0
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
1
Why can't I see my tasks on the App?
API
FAQ's
5
What is an API?
What can the Formitize API do?
What is a Webhook?
What can a Webhook do?
What kinds of integrations can I set up with Formitize?
Functions
8
Asset API Functions
Client and Contact API Functions
Locations API Functions
Look up Database API Functions
Form and Form Template API Functions
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Scheduler
Updates on the Scheduler
1
How do I use the Scheduler to assign jobs?
FAQS
15
How do I customise my viewable job information in the Scheduler?
How can I view all of my teams calendars on a mobile device?
How can I use the Scheduler?
Why can I see deleted users in the Scheduler?
How do I add and remove information in the Scheduler?
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Smart Tables
FAQ's
4
How to use Smart Tables
What are Smart Tables?
How do I create a custom view through smart tables?
I have my view, now what?
Workflows
Settings
1
How to Opt in to Workflows
FAQ'S
6
What are Workflows?
How do I set up the Workflows module in my account?
Can I set up notifications for each stage of the Workflow?
Can I use the workflows module to manage leave requests?
Can I include a copy of the form in my Workflow email notification?
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Smart Routing
Settings
1
How to Opt in to Smart Routing
FAQ's
3
Can Smart Routing be used to route jobs for multiple users?
Can I use Smart Routing in the App?
Where / how do I find Smart Routing?
Tasks
FAQ'S
4
Can I create recurring tasks?
How do I default all tasks to be due at any time during the day?
Can I view the history of tasks completed and assigned to a user?
How do I edit a Task Checklist?