Welcome to Workheld for Coordinators (English)
Workheld 6.3
Welcome to this brief introduction to Workheld.
We will show you in just a few steps how you can use WorkHeld to improve assembly, service and maintenance processes!
Part 1: Welcome to Workheld
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1.1 Workheld Web App in the browser
The Workheld Web App can be accessed at the address web.workheld.com with any modern internet browser. Here you can find the list of officially supported browsers.
1.2 Login to Workheld
When you access the Workheld Web App for the first time, you will come directly to the login. You should have already received your access data by e-mail.
1.3 Main Menu
The main menu of the Workheld Web App is divided into six sections. You also have access to your own profile, language settings, and the help section at the top right of the menu bar.
OVERVIEW
Status Dashboard
In the Status Overview, you can view the status of Projects, Cases as well as Standing Orders and are informed about defects and delays.Team Planner
In the Team Planner you can assign your Projects and Cases to employees in a weekly overview.
WORK
Projects
Here you can create, manage and complete Projects, as well as add the associated employees, equipment and tools. You will also find all the documentation created by the technicians during the execution of Projects.Cases
Here you can create, manage and complete Cases, as well as add the associated employees, equipment and tools. You will also find all the documentation created by the technicians in the course of executing shifts.Standing Orders
Here you can create, manage and complete standing orders, as well as add the associated employees, equipment and tools. You will also find all the documentation created by the technicians during the execution of standing orders.
EQUIPMENT
Equipment Management
Here you can create and manage equipment in the field.
MATERIAL
Material Management
Here you can create and manage spare parts, consumables and assembly materials.Material Orders
Here you can see material orders and process them further.Inventory Overview
Here you can view the current inventory of materials as a whole or by individual employees.
HUMAN RESOURCES
Human Resources Management
Here you can edit employees as well as their authorizations and passwords.Weekly Time Report
The Weekly Report gives you an overview of the employees' weekly working and travel times.
MASTERDATA
Customers
Here you can create new customers or edit existing customers.Checklists
Here you can create new checklists or edit existing checklists.Tools
Here you can create new tools or edit existing tools.Project Templates
Here you can edit existing Project templates.
You can access our WorkHeld Service Center from the WorkHeld Web App by clicking on the small question mark in the upper right corner of the menu bar.
1.4 Breadcrumbs
Throughout the entire WorkHeld Web App, breadcrumbs are displayed directly below the main menu to help you find your way around the app, and you can easily navigate back to the start page or other levels.
In the following example you are currently in the view of a Work Order with the title "Assembly Preparation" and you can see from the breadcrumbs that this Work Order is in the Project "Assembly CNC Machine Plant Passau".
In addition to the breadcrumbs, you can also navigate one step back at any time using the practical BACK TO... button
1.5 Object Bar
In some places in the WorkHeld Web App, the object bar is displayed on the right-hand side. It is used to assign employees, equipment and tools to a Work Order, a Work Step or an attachment using Drag & Drop.
The object bar is divided into 3 areas via a tab bar:
EMPLOYEES | EQUIPMENT | TOOLS |
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In the EMPLOYEES area, the system displays all employees with the user type Project Coordinator or Technician and you can assign them to a Work Step or the entire Work Order using Drag & Drop. You can add new employees or edit existing employees in the main menu under HUMAN RESOURCES → Human Resources Management.
In the EQUIPMENT area, all the customer's equipment is displayed and you can assign it to a Work Step or to the entire Work Order using Drag & Drop. You can add new equipment or edit existing equipment in the main menu under EQUIPMENT → Equipment Management.
In the TOOLS area, all the tools are displayed and you can assign them to a Work Step or to the entire Work Order using Drag & Drop.You can add new tools or edit existing tools in the main menu under MASTERDATA → Tools.
1.6 User Settings
You can customize your name, profile picture and password in the WorkHeld Web App. To do so, click on your username in the upper right corner and then on profile.
1.4 Password
You can change your password at any time in the user settings by clicking on the RESET PASSWORD button in your profile.
1.5 Language
You can also change the language of the WorkHeld Web App at any time. To do so, click on the country code next to the globe in the upper right corner and select the desired language.
Part 2: Overview
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2.1 Status Overview
In the status overview, all open Projects, Cases and Standing Orders are displayed in a status board. You can use the tabs to switch between Projects, Cases and Standing Orders.
Individual Projects, Cases or Standing Orders are displayed as small cards in the status overview. In addition to the name and the ID, they also contain information on the customer and the start and end dates.
If a start or end date is shown in red in the status overview, the Project, Case or Standing Order is overdue! For example, if the end date of a Project with the status IN WORK is displayed in red, the Project should already be completed on the current date.
If technicians have created defect entries in the course of their work, you will receive a small note on the cards of the respective Project, Case or Standing Order.
Depending on which tab you are in, you can create new Projects, Cases and Standing Orders directly from the status overview. For example, if you are in the Projects tab, simply click on the CREATE NEW PROJECT button.
2.2 Team Planner
The team planner allows you to assign Projects and Cases, which have already been scheduled, to one or more technicians. The Team Planner also gives you a general overview of the technicians' workload.
When you open the team planner, the current working week is automatically displayed. However, you can use the arrow keys to navigate one calendar week back or forward.
In the lower bar, all Projects and Cases are displayed which are planned for the currently displayed week, but have not yet been assigned to at least one technician. Assign them to a technician by simply dragging and dropping the Projects or Cases onto one of the technicians.
Projects and Cases can also be assigned to multiple technicians by simply moving them from one technician to another.
To remove a technician's assignment to a Project or Case, simply right-click on the Project or Case and select REMOVE ASSIGNMENT.
If you remove the assignment of a Project or Case from a technician, and that technician is the only one who was assigned, an orange notification appears in the upper left corner. If there are more technicians assigned to the Project or Case, the notification is displayed in blue.
Standing Orders are displayed in the team planner, but cannot be assigned.
Part 3: Work
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Before you can create Projects, Cases or Standing Orders, you must create a customer. You can find further information under: https://tabletsolutions.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/WD/pages/1813971201/Part+7+Masterdata#7.1-Customers
3.1 Creating and Managing Projects
3.1.1 List of Projects
Navigate in the main menu to WORK → PROJECTS.
Here you will find a list of all open Projects. You can also display completed Projects by pressing the toggle button INCLUDE COMPLETED.
From here you can navigate to the Project overview of an existing Project by clicking on the small arrow on the right side of the line.
You can sort the list of Projects by ID, name and Project timeframe. You can also use the search function to find a specific Project.
3.1.2 Creating Projects
Create a new Project by clicking on the ADD NEW PROJECT button in the list of Projects in the upper right corner.
The following fields are available when creating a Project:
Field | Description | Mandatory |
Project | Name of the Project | Yes |
Customer | Assigned customer of the Project | Yes |
Project ID | Identification number of the Project | Yes* |
Description | Description of the Project | No |
Start of Project timeframe | Start of the estimated Project timeframe | No |
End of Project timeframe | End of the estimated Project timeframe | No |
*If you leave this field empty, it is filled with an automatically generated value.
Press SAVE after you have added all relevant information. You can edit the Project at any time later.
3.1.3 Project Overview
After you have created a new Project, you will automatically be taken to the Project overview. You can also navigate from the list of Projects to the Project overview of an existing Project by simply clicking on it.
3.1.4 Project Overview Section Project Information
In the Projects overview, all information about the Project is displayed in the upper section. The status bar in the Project title shows you the current status of the Project at a glance.
3.1.5 Project Overview Section List of Work Orders
The lower section is divided into 3 areas via a tab bar:
PREPARATION | DOCUMENTATION | EXPORT |
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In the PREPARATION section you will find a list of Work Orders in the Project. From here you can navigate to the Work Order overview of an existing Work Order by clicking on the small arrow on the right side of the line.
In the DOCUMENTATION section you will find all entries, documents and reports created by the technicians in the course of working on the Project. Click on the respective icon for entries, documents or reports on the right margin to display them.
You can filter by entry type or use the search to find a specific entry.
In the EXPORT area, you can export travel and working time entries as well as documents and reports created by the technicians during the work on the Project.
3.2 Creating and managing Cases
3.2.1 List of Cases
Navigate in the main menu to WORK → Cases.
Here you find a list of all open cases. You have the option of displaying completed cases by pressing the switch button INCLUSIVE COMPLETED.
From here you can navigate to the cases overview of an existing case by clicking on the small arrow on the right side of the line.
You can sort the list of cases by ID, name and time of occurrence. You can also use the search function to find a specific Case.
3.2.2 Creating Cases
Create a new case by clicking on the ADD NEW CASE button in the top right corner of the case list.
You have the possibility to select a facility when creating a case and to immediately create a solution step. You can find further information under: Part 3 Work
The following fields are available when creating a case:
Field | Description | Mandatory field |
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Case | Name of the case | Yes |
Customer | Assigned customer of the case | Yes / Automatically from facility |
SLA | Service level | No |
Case ID | Identification numer of the Case | Yes* |
Category | Category of case | No |
Priority | Priority level | No |
Time of occurrence | Time of occurrence | No / Automatic |
Caller | Calls | No |
Phone | Phone number of the caller | No |
Address | Address field with search in Google maps | Yes |
Name | Order address name (e.g. company, location, landmark) | Automatic |
Latitude/Longitude | Latitude/Longitude od the order address | Automatic |
Address | Automatically filled formatted order address | Automatic |
Country | Automatically filled country of the order address | Automatic |
Additional address information | Additional information on the order address (e.g. entrance gate) | No |
*If you leave this field empty, it will be filled with an automatically generated value.
Press SAVE after you have added all relevant information. You can edit the project again at any time later.
3.2.3 Creating a Case with Equipment and Solution step
You can already select the affected facility when you create a case by selecting it from the drop-down menu in the upper left corner. Once you have selected a facility, the location of the facility is automatically taken as the order address and a solution step is added to the case.
Now you have the possibility to save the Case without a Solution Step. In this case the Case is created as usual and only the address of the selected asset is taken over.
However, you can also add a solution step to the case, in which case the following fields are available:
Field | Description | Mandatory field |
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Solution Step Titel | Name of the solution step | Yes |
Solution Step ID | Identification number of the solution step | Yes* |
Description | Description of the work step | No / Copy from case |
Start date and time | Start of the planned work | No |
End date and time | End of the planned work | No |
If you add a solution step to the case, the description of the case is automatically copied to the solution step. If you disable the "Copy Solution Step Description from the Insert" toggle button or fill in the field, the description will not be copied.
3.2.4 Project Overview
After you have created a new project, you will automatically be taken to the project overview. You can also navigate from the list of projects to the project overview of an existing project by simply clicking on it.
3.2.5 Project Overview - Project Information Section
The upper section of the project overview displays all information about the project. The status bar in the project title shows you the current status of the project at a glance.
3.2.6 Project Overview - List of Work Orders Section
The lower section is divided into 3 areas by a tab bar:
PREPARATION | DOCUMENTATION | EXPORT |
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In the PREPARATION area you can find a list of the work orders in the project. From here you can navigate to the work order overview of an existing work order by clicking on the small arrow on the right side of the line.
In the DOCUMENTATION section, you find all entries, documents and reports that have been created by the technicians in the process of working on the project. Click on the respective icon for entries, documents or reports on the right-hand side to display them.
You have the possibility to filter by entry type or use the search to find a specific entry.
In the EXPORT section you have the possibility to export travel and work time entries as well as documents and reports created by the technicians during their work on the project.
3.3 Creating and Managing Standing Orders
3.3.1 List of Standing Orders
Navigate in the main menu to WORK → STANDING ORDERS.
Here you will find a list of all open Standing Orders. You can also display completed Standing Orders by pressing the switch button INCLUDE COMPLETED.
You can navigate from here to the overview of an existing Standing Order by clicking on the small arrow on the right side of the line.
You have the option of sorting the list of Standing Orders by ID, name or validity period. You can also use the search function to find a specific Standing Order.
3.3.2 Creating Standing Orders
Create a new Standing Order by clicking on the ADD NEW STANDING ORDER button in the top right-hand corner of the Standing Order list.
The following fields are available when creating a Standing Order:
Field | Description | Mandatory |
Standing Order | Name of the Standing Order | Yes |
Customer | Assigned customer of the Standing Order | Yes |
Standing Order ID | Identification number of the Standing Order | Yes* |
Accounting Info | Information or reference on accounting | No |
Description | Description of the Standing Order | No |
Start of validity period | Start of the validity period | Yes |
End of validity period | End of the validity period | Yes |
*If you leave this field empty, it is filled with an automatically generated value.
Press SAVE after you have added all relevant information. You can edit the Standing Order again at any time later.
3.3.3 Standing Order Overview
After you have created a new Standing Order, you automatically go to the Standing Order overview. You can also navigate to the overview of an existing Standing Order from the list of Standing Orders by simply clicking on it.
3.3.4 Standing Order Overview Section Standing Order Information
In the Standing Order overview, all information on the Standing Order is displayed in the upper section. The status bar next to the Standing Order title shows you the current status of the Standing Order at a glance.
3.3.5 Standing Order Overview Section List of Work Orders
The lower section is divided into 3 areas via a tab bar:
PREPARATION | DOCUMENTATION | EXPORT |
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In the PREPARATION area you will find a list of Work Orders in Standing Order. From here, you can navigate to the Work Order overview of an existing Work Order by clicking on the small arrow on the right side of the line.
In the DOCUMENTATION section, you will find all entries, documents and reports created by the technicians in the course of working on the Standing Order. Click on the respective icon for entries, documents or reports on the right hand side to display them.
You can filter by entry type or use the search to find a specific entry.
In the EXPORT area, you can export travel and working time entries as well as documents and reports created by the technicians during the work on the Project.
3.4 Creating and Managing Work Orders
3.4.1 Creating Work Orders
Create a new Work Order for a Project, Case or Standing Order by clicking on the ADD NEW WORK ORDER button in the overview. Note that this button is only displayed when you are in the tab bar in the PREPARATION area.
The following fields are available when creating a Work Order:
Field | Description | Mandatory |
Work Order | Name of the Work Order | Yes |
Work Order ID | Identification Number of the Work Order | Yes* |
Description | Description of the Work Order | No |
Address | Address field with search in Google Maps | No |
Name | Name of the order address | Automatic |
Latitude/ Longitude | Latitude / longitude of the order address | Automatic |
Address | Automatically filled formatted order address | Automatic |
Country | Automatically filled country of the order address | Automatic |
Additional Address Information | Additional information on the order address | No |
*If you leave this field empty, it is filled with an automatically generated value.
Press SAVE after you have added all relevant information. You can edit the Work Order again at any time later.
You can fill the address fields by searching for locations, addresses or landmarks. To specify the exact location on a large industrial site, you can move the pin on the map.
3.4.2 Work Order Overview
After you have created a new Work Order, the Work Order overview appears automatically. You can also navigate from the Project Overview to the Work Order Overview by simply clicking on the desired Work Order.
In the Work Order overview, the upper section displays all information about the Work Order. You can see the current status of the Work Order at a glance using the status bar in the Work Order title.
3.4.3 Work Order Overview Section Order Information
In the upper section of the Work Order overview you will find a tab bar, which is divided into 3 areas:
SUMMARY | ORDER ADDRESS | DOCUMENTS |
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In the SUMMARY section, you see a list of all technicians, equipment and tools that are already assigned to at least one of the Work Steps in the Work Order. If you click on the small X symbol that is displayed next to each technician, equipment or tool, they will be removed from all Work Steps.
In the area ORDER ADDRESS the order address is displayed on a map.
In the DOCUMENTS section, you can attach any number of documents to the Work Order. These documents are made available to all technicians assigned to the Work Order.
Sie können Dokumente zum Arbeitsauftrag anhängen indem Sie diese entweder auf den Bereich You can attach documents to the Work Order either by dragging them to the DOCUMENTS area or by clicking the UPLOAD button and selecting the desired documents.
WorkHeld supports all common file formats up to a size of 20 MB. It is possible to unlock additional file formats. Contact us at support@workheld.com or create an inquiry here to get more information.
3.4.4 Work Order Overview Section List of Work Steps
The lower section of the Work Order overview is divided into 3 areas via a tab bar:
PREPARATION | DOCUMENTATION | EXPORT |
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In the PREPARATION area you will find a list of the Work Steps in the Work Order. From here, you can open and edit each Work Step in a separate window by clicking on the small pencil on the right edge of the line.
In the DOCUMENTATION section, you will find all entries, documents and reports created by the technicians in the course of working on the Work Order. Click on the respective icon for entries, documents or reports on the right margin to display them.
You can filter by entry type or use the search to find a specific entry.
In the EXPORT area, you can export travel and working time entries as well as documents and reports that were created by the technicians in the course of working on the Work Order.
3.5 Creating and Managing Work Steps
3.5.1 Creating Work Steps
Create a new Work Step for the Work Order by clicking on the ADD NEW WORK STEP button in the Work Order overview. Note that this button is only displayed when you are in the PREPARATION area of the tab bar.
The following fields are available when creating a Work Step:
Field | Description | Mandatory |
Work Step | Name of the Work Step | Yes |
Work Step ID | Identification number of the Work Step | Yes* |
Description | Description of the Work Step | No |
Start Date and Time | Start of the planned work | No |
End Date and Time | End of the planned work | No |
*If you leave this field empty, it is filled with an automatically generated value.
Press SAVE after you have added all relevant information. You can edit the Work Step at any time later as long as it is not in work.
3.5.2 Planning and sorting of Work Steps
You can already specify the start date and time as well as the end date and time when creating a Work Step and, of course, you also have the option of editing this information at a later time.
You also have the option of setting the start date and time as well as the end date and time for all Work Steps at once by pressing the SCHEDULE button. Then set the start date and time as well as the end date and time and click on SAVE.
The function for scheduling all Work Steps at once is set so that the changes are only applied to those Work Steps that are not yet scheduled, i.e. have neither a start nor an end date. If you deactivate the toggle button "Only apply to unscheduled Work Steps.", the changes are applied to all Work Steps!
You also have the option to change the sorting of the Work Steps by pressing the SORT button and then selecting the option to sort by Start Time, Work Step ID, Creation Time or Work Step Title.
You also have the option of simply dragging and dropping individual Work Steps up or down.
The selected sorting of the Work Steps is also displayed to the assigned Technicians - it is therefore advisable to sort the Work Steps in the order in which they should be processed.
3.6 Assigning Checklists
You can assign a checklist to a Work Step by clicking on the checklist symbol in the lower section of the Work Order Overview in the PREPARATION tab.
This opens a new window, which shows you all available checklists in the left bar. Click on the desired checklist and confirm your selection with the ASSIGN button.
You can change or remove the assignment of a checklist as long as the Work Step is not IN WORK or DONE. To do this, simply click on the checklist symbol again in the relevant Work Step.
If a Work Step has the status IN WORK or DONE, no checklist can be assigned and an existing checklist cannot be changed or removed.
3.7 Assigning Employees
You can assign one or more employees to a Work Order by dragging the required employee from the object bar to the Work Order overview.
Alternatively, you can drag the employee to a single Work Step in the lower section to assign the employee to this one Work Step only.
When you assign an employee to a Work Order, the employee is assigned to all currently existing Work Steps of that Work Order.
You can remove an employee's assignment to a Work Order by clicking the X icon next to the employee in the SUMMARY tab in the upper section of the Work Order overview.
From the small green circles next to the employees, you can see how many Work Steps of the Work Order the employees are assigned to.
3.8 Assigning Equipment
You can assign an Equipment to a Work Order by dragging the required Equipment from the object bar to the Work Order overview.
Alternatively, you can drag the Equipment to a single Work Step in the lower section. You can only assign one Equipment per Work Step!
When you assign an Equipment to a Work Order, it is assigned to all currently existing Work Steps of that Work Order.
You can remove the assignment of an Equipment to a Work Order by clicking the X icon next to the Equipment in the SUMMARY tab at the top of the Work Order overview.
From the small green circles next to the Equipment, you can see how many Work Steps of the Work Order the Equipment is assigned to.
3.9 Assigning Tools
You can assign a tool to a Work Order by dragging the required tool from the object bar to the Work Order overview.
Alternatively, you can drag the tool to a single Work Step in the lower section.
When you assign a tool to a Work Order, it is assigned to all currently existing Work Steps of that Work Order.
You can remove the assignment of a tool to a Work Order by clicking the X icon next to the tool in the SUMMARY tab in the upper section of the Work Order overview.
From the small green circles next to the tool, you can see how many Work Steps of the Work Order the tools are assigned to.
3.10 Assigning Material Lists
You can assign a material list to a Work Step by clicking on the material symbol in the respective Work Step in the lower section of the Work Order overview in the PREPARATION tab.
A new window opens which shows you all available materials in the left bar. In the search bar above the left bar you can search for the desired materials.
Once you have found the desired material, you can add it to the material list by clicking on the PLUS symbol. You can repeat this process as often as you like to add all the desired materials to the list.
The current material list is displayed in the right bar of the window.You can change the quantity of the individual materials there or also delete a material from the list again by clicking on the BIN icon next to the respective material.
Note that the material lists can no longer be edited once the Work Step is in status IN PROGRESS, DONE or CLOSED.
3.11 Using Project Templates
You can also populate a new Project from a Project template by navigating to the desired Project under WORK → PROJECTS and clicking on APPLY TEMPLATE.
Note that the new Project must be completely empty in order to fill it with a template. If a Work Order has already been created in the Project, no template can be applied.
If you press APPLY TEMPLATE, the template wizard opens, which shows you all available templates in the left side list. Click on the desired template and confirm your selection with the NEXT button.
You can select and deselect individual Work Orders in the template.
In the next step of the template wizard, you will be asked to enter a order address. This address is assigned to all Work Orders in the project template. If individual Work Orders in the Project require different addresses, you can change them later.
After you have specified an Order Address, click the SAVE button to apply the selected template to the new Project.
Part 4: Equipment
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Part 5: Material
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Part 6: Human Resources
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Part 7: Masterdata
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