Updated Articles

  1. Managing Users and Service Agents in Organizations

    Overview This article is for Brand Administrators. Actions explained in this article require access to the Dashboard. This article will review: Settings and Navigation Managing Users Managing Service Agents ...
  2. Finance and Surcharge Fees

    Overview Here you may learn how to charge a customer a finance charge and/or credit card surcharge (credit card convenience fee) on an invoice. Before you set up a Credit Card Surcharge in our system, please review your state's surch...
  3. Deploy to Organization

    Overview Deployment refers to the ability for Brand Admins to send out configurable settings from one org to the other. The purpose of this feature is to allow the brand to make decisions about email templates, parts lists, etc., then build and...
  4. Vehicle Tracking

    Overview Many times you have company vehicles on the roads, but there is no way to track them in service minder . We can track mobile phones utilizing the app, but only if they allow third-party tracking on their phone settings and have the mobile ...
  5. Royalties and Revenue Categories

    Overview As a franchisor, you need to make sure you are collect the royalties and fees due to you from your franchisees, and that you collect these royalties and fees in accordance with your Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD.) service minder  h...
  6. Texting

    Overview There are two (2) versions of texting in service minder .  INCLUDED : For US and Canadian customers, service minder has always included a texting option for en route notifications. These "en route" texts are a great way to unobtrusive...
  7. Transfer or Close Organization

    Overview Moving data is sometimes something a Brand Admin can accomplish without the assistance of SM Support. Other times for large transfers of data, you may need to send a support ticket for our database team to assist. They cannot always "del...
  8. Shortcodes

    Overview Shortcodes are keywords that service minder uses to insert pieces of information into email and print templates. For example, an organization may want the service agent's name and appointment date/time included on an email templ...
  9. Tableau Status Codes

    Overview These are for those pulling data from service minder into Tableau.  Proposals Proposal Status Codes 0: Internal 1: Open 2: Accepted 3: Declined 4: Invoiced 5: Scheduled 6: Complete 7: Expired Proposal Status Sample Custom ...
  10. Tableau Measure Data Descriptions

    Overview What follows is a working, comprehensive list of all measurable data within Tableau from service minder . This page is a work-in-progress. AppointmentAdditionalAgent Name Description Appointment Id The Tableau ID of the appo...