About prioritizing work orders and employees

Note: Service Receivables features are available only if you purchased the Service Receivables Add-On Module.

You can assign a priority number to each work order and to each employee assigned to that work order. The priority lets a dispatcher assess how important a work order is, or how important it is for an employee to go out on a particular job.

Important! If the priority of the employee is different from the priority of the work order, the Dispatch Board displays the employee's priority.

You can customize the 8 selections in the priority dropdown list in 11-2 Work Orders/Invoices/Credits to make it applicable to your workflow. When you look at the appointment on the Dispatch Board, its priority appears as a color in the upper right corner.

Following are some examples of priorities and their corresponding colors.

Example 1: Default priority levels and colors

Example 2: Priority levels by service level agreement