Help Center
Guides for the ContentsOps web dashboard and mobile app.
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Getting Started
- Where do I start in ContentsOps?
Use the main workspaces based on the work you are trying to finish.
- How do I find a customer, claim, or project?
Use the sidebar, search, and customer/project workspaces to get to the right record quickly.
- Why can I not see a record or page?
Visibility depends on role permissions, office scope, assignments, and active account status.
- How do I use the Inbox?
Inbox is one place for your alerts and for anything waiting on your approval.
- How do I accept an invite or reset my password?
Use the newest email link within 7 days and finish the password flow before entering the app.
- How do I submit and track a support request?
Pick a request type, describe what you need, attach screenshots, and follow replies under Requests.
- How do I use ContentsOps from a phone browser?
Open the website from your phone browser for quick access; field crews on iPhone should use the ContentsOps app for daily work.
- How do I write a good support request?
Include what you tried, what happened, what you expected, and the record or page involved.
- How do I attach screenshots or files to support?
Attach screenshots, photos, PDFs, and documents when they help explain the request.
- How do I track my support requests?
Open the Requests tab in Support to follow status and replies; office managers can also see organization-wide requests.
Field Today & Mobile
- How do I start the day, take lunch, and end the day?
Clock in with Start Shift, track lunch, then end your shift and submit from the Today tab.
- How do I choose current work and advance workflow?
Pick the event, project, or internal work you are on and move Visit Progress as the work changes.
- How do I use vehicle checkout and check-in?
Record vehicle checkout, gas, and return from Today so mileage and fleet history stay tied to the shift.
- How do I fix my day before submitting time?
Use the Shift summary sheet to relabel, split, or merge blocks, or send the day to your supervisor.
- What happens when mobile work is offline or pending sync?
Work keeps saving to your phone offline; the floating pill and Sync Status show what is still uploading.
- How do I clock in on a shared device?
Pair a shared iPad or desktop as a Today kiosk so a crew can clock in with a PIN instead of signing in.
Schedule & Dispatch
- How do I schedule work and assign crew?
Create the event from Schedule, assign crew and a Crew Lead, and resolve conflicts before saving.
- What is the difference between Schedule Board and Dispatch Queue?
Use Schedule Board for visual planning and Dispatch Queue for searchable readiness cleanup.
- How do I fix a schedule readiness warning?
Open Dispatch Queue, filter to the warning, and repair the event details.
- How do I use the Dispatch Map?
Use the map to plan dispatch days and inspect customer and event locations before routing crews.
- How do I edit, hold, cancel, or resume an event?
Open the event record for operational changes instead of creating duplicate events.
- Where do notes and instructions belong?
Use the right field so office and field teams see the right information.
- How do I use event tags?
Add shared tags to events, click a tag chip to filter the schedule, and manage tags in Settings.
Customers & Projects
- How do I create a customer and project?
One guided form creates the customer and their first project together so operations can schedule from it.
- What is the difference between a customer, project, and CRM company?
Customers are operational records, projects are the claims or work for a customer, and CRM companies are referral or business relationships.
- How do I update project routing and contacts?
Edit the matching Project tab section in place when one claim needs different address, access, or contact details.
- How do I use the Project Workspace tabs?
The Project tab is the default home for a claim; the other tabs keep events, money, attachments, and storage tied to it.
- How do I fix duplicate customers, contacts, or companies?
Use Duplicate Review for customers and CRM Cleanup for contacts and companies when your role allows merging.
- How do I send documents for signature?
Send Work Authorizations, COS forms, or any org template for e-signature and track signing from Attachments.
- How do I record work that happened before ContentsOps?
Record visits done earlier, or in an older system, so the project timeline shows when work really happened.
CRM & Communications
- How do I use CRM Today's Plan?
Use Today's Plan to focus CRM outreach on the next best calls, emails, and visits.
- How do CRM contacts, companies, and customers connect?
CRM manages business relationships; Customers manages operational work.
- How do I log follow-ups, imports, and cleanup in CRM?
Use CRM tools to keep outreach history and contact data clean.
- How do I use customer communication templates and automations?
Use the Communications Automated messages view to build customer email or SMS updates.
- How do I use Team Chat?
Use Team Chat channels for internal messages between office and field, with photos, push notifications, and an offline outbox.
Timesheets
- What do timesheet review statuses mean?
Week grid statuses show whether a day is ready to approve, needs fixing, missing, time off, approved, or locked.
- How do I enter time manually from web?
Add a missing shift from the week grid when a day was not captured on mobile.
- How do I correct time allocation after submission?
Edit a day in the week grid when hours landed on the wrong event or project.
- How do I know payroll is ready to export?
The Payroll tab blocks CSV export until approvals, allocations, and corrections are clear.
- How do I request, record, or approve time off?
Employees request from My Time Off; managers approve or record time off from People.
Restoration & Vendors
- How do I finish Restoration setup?
Use the guided Setup path when the Needs setup badge appears or departments and receiving defaults are incomplete.
- How do I use Restoration queues?
Overview and Priority show what needs attention and set the order technicians work restoration projects.
- How do I handle Restoration exceptions and vendor work?
Flag and resolve lot exceptions, send lots to vendors and receive them back, and record NS or NR outcomes.
- How do I maintain vendors, compliance, and ledger details?
Use Vendors for contacts, services, compliance documents, rate guidance, the prepaid ledger, and rostered workers.
- How do I send a vendor a work order?
Send a vendor a link with the schedule, address, scope, and crew, then track confirm or decline.
Assets & Materials
- How do I manage storage facilities, allocations, and transfers?
Use Warehouse and Atlas for warehouses, rented units, vaults, PODs, customer allocations, and transfer approvals.
- Where did Storage & Facilities go?
Storage units and facilities moved into Atlas under Warehouse, which also maps where contents actually sit.
- How do I use material requests and the stock ledger?
Use Vendors & Assets and Materials for company-owned materials, not customer contents.
- How do I use equipment catalog, maintenance, and history?
Use Equipment for tools and durable assets, with maintenance reminders that create tasks automatically.
- How do I use Fleet vehicle status, checks, and service?
Use Fleet for vehicles, availability, service, documents, mileage, and worker check records.
Admin, Finance & Reports
- How do I invite, edit, or deactivate people?
Use People for employee setup, invites, onboarding checklists, reporting lines, and offboarding.
- How do I manage roles, access, and settings?
Use roles plus capabilities to control access, and Settings tabs to control organization behavior.
- Which finance or report page should I use?
Use Finance for invoices, payer balances, and the P&L overview; use Reports for schedule, costing, and labor analysis.
- How do I use the Finance hub?
Use Finance for the P&L overview, Project Costing, receivables, payer balances, and storage billing in one workspace.
- How do I record and track invoices?
Track invoice records against a project, split billing across payers, record payments, and log promise to pay follow-ups.