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How to Create a New Job

This article includes how to create a Job for a new Account and an existing Account.

Alyse Brodhead avatar
Written by Alyse Brodhead
Updated over 7 months ago

Dispatcher is designed to walk through each step of Account, Job, and Ticket creation when adding a new Account. The final step of creating a new Account prompts you to create a new Job. Pick up from the final step for a new Account or create a Job for an already existing Account by following the steps in this article.

Create a Job for a New Account

  1. Fill out the appropriate details

    • Add Secondary Contact: if needed, edit or add additional contact information specific to the Job, separate from the Account’s contact information

    • Notes (optional): can be used for information to the driver pertinent to the entire job. displayed on every ticket created a job. Drivers will see these

    • Address: our map is powered by Google Maps. Select a Google recognized address to pinpoint the Job

    • Custom Location: utilize this option when the address is not populating or the job site is different from the geographic location. Enter Latitude and Longitude or drag and drop the red pin to the exact location

    • Display Address: allows you to update the Job’s address name…displayed as the job address throughout Dispatcher and to the drivers. Helpful if jobs sites are referred to as lot numbers instead of addresses

    • Address Details: displayed next to the job address or display address for additional information, seen both by administrators and drivers. Such as apartment number, name on building, etc.

  2. Click Create Job

  3. Click Create Job and Enter Ticket to move to next step

Create a Job for an Existing Account

Creating a Job for an existing Account starts at the Account level.

  1. Click Accounts

  2. Search for the appropriate Account

  3. Click Account name

  4. Review current Open Jobs to ensure the location does not already exist

  5. Click Create New Job +

  6. Fill out the appropriate details

    • Add Secondary Contact: if needed, edit or add additional contact information specific to the Job, separate from the Account’s contact information

    • Notes (optional): can be used for information to the driver pertinent to the entire job. displayed on every ticket created a job. Drivers will see these

    • Address: our map is powered by Google Maps. Select a Google recognized address to pinpoint the Job

    • Custom Location: utilize this option when the address is not populating or the job site is different from the geographic location. Enter Latitude and Longitude or drag and drop the red pin to the exact location

    • Display Address: allows you to update the Job’s address name…displayed as the job address throughout Dispatcher and to the drivers. Helpful if jobs sites are referred to as lot numbers instead of addresses

    • Address Details: displayed next to the job address or display address for additional information, seen both by administrators and drivers. Such as apartment number, name on building, etc.

  7. Click Create Job or

  8. Click Create Job and Enter Ticket to move to next step

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