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# Jobs

See [Jobs⛭](/setup/configuration/jobs.md)

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### Common actions

A common set of actions are present on most Salesorder Documents.

See [Common Actions](/common-actions.md).

### Need to know&#x20;

A ‘job’ represents a work/task/project you are performing for a Customer.

Sales Quotes will typically be issued for the stages of the Job.

Various activities are part of a Job:

* Workers can book time to the Job.
* You can issue Invoices from the Job.
* You can make purchases and associate them with the Job.
* You can allow Workers to book various expenses to the Job.
* You can issue further quotations for the Job.

The Job Document is a single repository for all of the above.

Advantages of using Jobs for your Customer related tasks:

* Purchases and expenses booked to the Job can be seen in one place - the Job's Booked Items table.
* See what has been invoiced and what has not.
* Easily Invoice/Quote from the non-invoiced Line Items.
* List all Transactional Documents associated with the Job, such as overdue and open invoices.
* Instantly report on the Jobs’ Profitability, Progress, and Estimates vs Actuals figures.

To work with Jobs you need to **enable the Job column on Transactional Documents.**

### How to create a Quote for a Job

A Quote can be created for a Job in two ways:

#### From the Job

* Select the Line Items you wish to Quote by selecting the tickbox.
* Click on 'Create Sales Quote' from the Actions drop-down menu.
* A new Sales Quote will now exist containing the selected Line Items.

#### From the Customer

* Browse to the Customer.
* From the Actions dropdown, select ‘New Sales Quote’.
* Create the Sales Quote.&#x20;
* From the Job field, click the magnifying glass icon and select from the Customer's list of Jobs.

#### Creating an Invoice from a Job

* A sales invoice can be created once the Job has Booked Line Items.
* Select which Line Items you wish to Invoice, by ticking the lines you wish to include.
* From the Actions drop-down menu click on 'Create Sales Invoice'.
* A new Sales Invoice containing the selected Line Items will be created.

#### Tracking the Invoiced Line Items

Tracking the Invoiced Line Items. A red tickbox indicates line items that have already been invoiced. The amount Invoiced will show in the same line on the 'Qty Invoiced' column.&#x20;

#### Tracking Job Profitability and Progress using Quick Reports

* The dropdown ‘Quick Reports’ gives you access to these reports.
* Select the report you require from the Quick Reports drop-down menu.
* A popup window will open with the results, which you can print or export.

Quick Reports lets you track the Profitability, Progress and similar metrics relating to the Job.

### Job Fields

Most of the fields are self-explanatory.

* The line items booked to the job can only be viewed here.
* Line Items can only be booked to a Job from Timesheets, Bills and Expense Claims.
* You will see time, expenses and purchases booked to the job by various staff, in one view.

<table><thead><tr><th>Field</th><th>Notes</th><th data-hidden></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Job name</td><td>Name of the jon</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Job type </td><td><p>Drop-down list of the different types of Job.</p><ul><li>Time and Materials.</li><li>Fixed price.</li><li>Internal.</li></ul></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Customer</td><td>Auto-populated and cannot be changed.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Customer Ref #</td><td>Auto-populated and cannot be changed.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Owner</td><td><p>Drop down field where the worker can be selected.</p><ul><li>The owner of a prospect is usually the Worker who created the Job.</li><li>The ownership can be re-assigned at any time.</li><li>The drop down Owner field is a list of Workers that have login permission.</li></ul></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Group name</td><td><p>This allows different Jobs to be grouped together under the same name.</p><p>This grouping is used in Reports as a filter.</p></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Is Active</td><td>A tickbox which indicates the status of the job e.g. Whether a job is in progress or on hold.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Start Date</td><td>The date this job commenced. Compulsory field.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ref #</td><td>This field cannot be edited. An automatic code is assigned when a job is created.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Priority</td><td><p>The priority of this Job. This can be changed at any time. Values:</p><ul><li>Normal.</li><li>High.</li><li>Low.</li></ul></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Stage </td><td><p>The Job Stages. Values:</p><ul><li>Not Started.</li><li>In Progress.</li><li>Suspended.</li><li>Completed.</li></ul></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>% Complete</td><td>The percentage completion of the Job</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Currency</td><td>The currency for this client. This cannot be changedand is assigned when the customer is created.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Exhange Rate </td><td>The applicable exchange rate to convert this currency.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Customer Ref</td><td>A free text field where a Customer ref number, such as the PO number can be added.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Contact</td><td>You can search from all available contacts and assign one specific contact to this job. When selecting the appropriate contact, the Telephone and Email fields will be populated.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Expected Completion</td><td>The date the Job is expected to be completed.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Actual Completion</td><td>The date the Job was actually completed. </td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Price List </td><td>A dropdown field where the applicable price list can be selected for this job.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tax Code</td><td>Select the applicable tax code.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Terms</td><td><p>A dropdown field allowing you to choose from:</p><ul><li>30 days.</li><li>2%, 10 Net 30.</li><li>COD</li></ul></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Price Level</td><td>See working with price level</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

### Job Key Facts

* Jobs represent work or projects done for your Customers.
* Line Items can be booked to Jobs from Documents such as Expense Claims, Timesheets and Bills.
* You can create related Documents from Jobs, such as Sales Quotes and you can also Invoice from the booked Line Items.
* For Invoices, the Job keeps track of which Booked Line Items have been invoiced and how much has been invoiced.
* The Job keeps track of all associated Transactions, these can be accessed easily from the 'Transactions' tab.
* At any time you can run 'Quick Reports' to give you real-time information about metrics such as Job Profitability and Progress.
