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User Roles
Updated over 3 weeks ago

There are multiple user roles that you can assign to team members on FieldPulse depending on their role in your business. Each user role comes with different permissions and capabilities within FieldPulse. As an administrator, you can customize what each user will have access to.


Administrator

Administrators have full access to the FieldPulse account. This role is best assigned to the company owner and the office manager. Their permissions include:

  • Full account access

  • Update and change FieldPulse billing preferences

  • Create and edit customers

  • Create and edit jobs and subtasks

  • Create, edit, and send estimates and invoices

  • Create, edit, and send purchase orders

  • Create, edit, and view assets

  • View and edit team schedules

  • View and edit all customers

  • View team member geolocation tags

  • Track, edit, and view team timesheets

  • Full reporting capabilities

Not seeing the Admin role?

When you go to add a new user, under the Role drop down, you will select Team Manager. You will notice a field to the left appear that says Assign as Company Admin. You will toggle that on if you want to assign this user as an admin.


Team Manager

Team Managers can create and assign work to their team members. Each Team Manager can be assigned to lead multiple teams. They do not have the ability to view Company Settings or other teams' schedules. Their permissions include:

  • Customers:

    • View customer list

    • View all customer communications

    • View inbound leads list

  • Work:

    • Create, edit, and view jobs assigned to them and their team

  • Sales:

    • View item list and create line items

    • View, adjust, and/or count inventory items at other hubs

    • Create, edit, and view estimates and invoices

    • View unit cost and/or price on estimates and invoices

    • Create, edit, and send purchase orders

    • Create, edit, and view assets

    • Use pricebook

    • Hide line items in groupings from the pricebook (mobile app only)

    • Make FieldPulse Payments and/or refunds

  • Other:

    • Use timesheets

    • View internal activity on records

    • Create and view notes (personal and company-wide)

    • Ability to use the reporting feature

The permissions listed below are standard for team managers but can be toggled on/off to meet your needs. To learn where to make these changes, visit the Adding New Users article.


Service Agent

The Service Agent role is designed for technicians out in the field. Their permission settings can be adjusted as desired. Their permissions can include:

  • Customers:

    • View assigned customer profiles

    • Call or SMS customers from native phone

  • Work:

    • Create jobs assigned to themselves

    • Open jobs assigned to other user from the customer profile

    • Create job reports

    • Create subtasks on assigned jobs

    • Edit subtasks created by other users

    • View subtasks not assigned to them on jobs

    • Create and view maintenance agreements

  • Sales:

    • View item list and create line items

    • View, adjust, and/or count inventory items at other hubs

    • Create, edit, and view the estimates and invoices for their assigned jobs

    • View unit cost and/or the price of items on estimates and invoices

    • Create, edit, and send purchase orders

    • Create, edit, and view assets

    • Use pricebook

    • Hide line items in groupings from the pricebook (mobile app only)

    • Make FieldPulse Payments and/or refunds

  • Other:

    • Track time and timesheets

    • View internal activity on records

    • Create and view notes (personal and company-wide)

The permissions listed are standard for service agents but can be toggled on/off to meet your needs. To learn where to make these changes, visit the Adding New Users article.


Limited Agent

The Limited Agent role is designed to see the work they are assigned via the mobile app only. This user can be assigned to a team. Their permissions can include:

  • View customer name, location, job date/time, assigned team members, status, notes, field notes on job record, view job files

  • Upload files and add job notes

  • Utilize both general and job timesheets


Assignment User

This user is designed to receive an email outlining the job details. This user does not have access to the FieldPulse app or the ability to use any of its functionality. Contractors are a great example of an Assignment User. Their permissions can include:

  • Ability to be assigned to jobs, tasks, and subtasks


Have additional questions?

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