Pre-books
Pre-books allow you to allocate an appointment to an installer prior to the quote being accepted.Ā Ā
The steps would be
Lead created
Sales person attends Lead appointment,
creates sale
Sales person needs more information from another source
creates Pre book for installer (note job has not been won at this stage)
Installer attends Pre book appointment
Customer accepts order - Pre book should be completed
Creating a Pre book
To create a pre book, on your quote summary screen select
- Options
- Create Pre-book
This then creates an entry within Dispatch with a status of "Unconfirmed" and a dispatch type of "Pre-Book".
See this link for more information on Dispatch >Ā DispatchĀ you will need to have a dispatch type of "Pre-book" setup >Ā Dispatch Type
Note: Once the quote is accepted you can no longer create a pre-book