New Articles

  1. What's New in ServiceMinder: September 9, 2026

    Canceled Appointments Now Flow Through the DataSubscriber Feed API If your brand uses the DataSubscriber Feed API to keep an outside system — like a customer portal or a franchisor dashboard — in sync with ServiceMinder, canceled appointments...
  2. What's New in ServiceMinder: August 28, 2026

    Maps & Routing Find the Starting Point Faster Starting addresses now have their own distinct map marker. Stops continue to be color-coded by assigned Service Agent, but the route’s starting location now stands apart from the rest of the map...
  3. Grid Custom Fields and the Grid Report

    Overview Grid Custom Fields give you a structured way to capture repeatable information on appointments. With the latest enhancements, grids can collect more flexible data and feed that information into a dedicated Grid Report for complia...
  4. What's New: Grid Custom Fields and the Grid Report

    Overview Grid Custom Fields give you a structured way to capture repeatable information on appointments. With the latest enhancements, grids can collect more flexible data and feed that information into a dedicated Grid Report for complia...
  5. What's New: Appointments Map and Route Builder

    Overview Your map just got a lot more useful. It now shows individual appointments (not just contacts), lets you bulk-reschedule straight from the map, and displays pins and tooltips that reflect real-time status. Route Builder also got two upgra...
  6. Optimizing an Individual Service Agent's Route with Route Optimization

    Overview Route Optimization rearranges appointments already assigned to a Service Agent or team and updates their suggested start times to create a more efficient route with less drive time between stops. It works with one Service Ag...
  7. Building and Optimizing Routes with Fleet Routing

    Fleet Routing also includes the Route Optimization feature. Not sure which routing tool to use? Check out the article Understanding Route Optimization and Fleet Routing . Overview Fleet Routing assigns and optimizes a group of appoi...
  8. Understanding Route Optimization and Fleet Routing

    Overview Route Optimization and Fleet Routing are both add-on routing tools in service minder , and it's easy to mix them up since they live in the same part of the app and share a lot of the same underlying logic. The difference comes do...
  9. What's New in ServiceMinder: August 14, 2026

    Recent updates include new ways to work with maps and routes, expanded Grid Custom Fields and reporting, more flexible recurring services, additional scheduling and payment options, and significant performance improvements for TaskBoards. Appoin...
  10. ServiceMinder API Guidelines

    Overview This guide outlines the recommended best practices for integrating with the ServiceMinder API. Following these guidelines will help you build secure, reliable, and scalable integrations while minimizing unnecessary API traffic. ...