Updated Articles

  1. Deploy to Organizations

    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...
  2. Answering Services

    Call Center API Keys In order to ensure it's linked up correctly, the API key  needs to have the Call Center Provider selected in the dropdown menu. For services to be available for booking through an API key, they must be set to self-...
  3. CompanyCam

    Overview CompanyCam is a photo and video documentation app that organizes content into job-specific projects. Integrating CompanyCam with service minder enables automatic syncing of photos and videos to the correct contact or appointment within ...
  4. QuickBooks Desktop

    Overview Note that QuickBooks Desktop support is deprecated. The methods detailed here may or may not work. QuickBooks does not provide any support for importing IIF files into QuickBooks Desktop. If you are using QuickBooks Desktop, w...
  5. MailDrop

    Overview MailDrop is a great way to ensure all your customer communications are stored in one place, right inside ServiceMinder . While your emails may already live in your Sent folder or in the cloud, MailDrop makes it easy to automatically sav...
  6. API Key Configuration

    Overview An application programming interface (API) key is a code used to identify and authenticate an application or user . API keys are used extensively by many brands and organizations in service minder . They act as a unique identifier a...
  7. Organization-Level Download API

    Overview The Download API allows individual franchise locations to automate data extraction without requiring setup at the brand level. This means an organization (franchisee) can configure its own API access independently, which is especially us...
  8. Finance and Surcharge Fees

    Overview This article explains how to charge a customer a finance charge and/or a credit card surcharge (also called a credit card convenience fee) on an invoice. Finance Charge – A percentage-based fee added to an invoice when a custom...
  9. Create an Organization

    Overview Within service minder , we refer to the Organization as an account under the Brand . An organization is operated by the franchisee and the Brand is operated by the franchisor. Another way to think of it is each org is a location. One ...
  10. Accounting Classes

    Overview Accounting Classes provide a way to include royalties with owned territories for more comprehensive end-of-period reporting. Typically, the ServiceMinder team sets this up for the brand during onboarding. If you have a new f...