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Enabling Required Fields in Work Orders

How you can ensure the fields in the work orders are being submitted before completion of work orders.

Updated over a month ago

  1. Open Global Work-Order Settings

    • As an admin, click the Settings drawer → Global Settings → Work Orders.

  2. Navigate to the “Required Fields” Section

    • Scroll down or use Jump to → Required Fields (the section is blank by default).

  3. Choose Which Data Fields Are Mandatory

    • Each potential field (e.g., Labor Hours Logged, User Comment) is shown in a table by user role:
      Location User, Collaborator, Operations, Admin.

    • Check a box to make that field required for the corresponding role; leave unchecked to keep it optional.

    • No fields are required by default, you will need to check to update.

  1. Save/Exit (if applicable)

    • Your selections are stored instantly; exit the settings panel when finished.

  2. Technician Experience When Completing a Work Order

    • If a technician tries to Complete Work Order without filling every required field, a pop-up lists the unmet requirements.

    • Example shown in video: “Labor Hours must be logged.”

  3. Satisfy the Requirement(s)

    • Open the missing section (e.g., Labor Hours), add the necessary data (e.g., 1 hour, today’s date), and submit.

  4. Complete the Work Order

    • With all required fields now filled, click Complete Work Order again—the work order closes successfully.


Our dragging and dropping currently does not check comments, files/attachments, labor hours, charge codes, credit codes, this will be V2 but for quick complete button or changing status within a work order it does catch all of the data field items.

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