Inviting an assistant installer#
The primary installer invites assistants onto a task when an extra pair of hands is needed at the site. This is an organic social flow: foreman doesn’t need to micro-manage, installers arrange amongst themselves and work agile.
Invitation from the PWA (installer side)#
- Primary installer opens the task in the PWA.
- Top of the task: “Request help” button.
- Pick another installer from the list.
- The task sends a push notification to the selected installer.
Accepting the invitation (assistant side)#
The assistant sees:
- Push notification on their phone (“Help requested: Kalle / FO023”).
- In their “Invitations” list in the PWA.
Tapping shows the task details + location + estimated duration. They can:
- Accept → task moves to their task list, their hours automatically log against the primary’s task.
- Reject → primary gets notified, can invite someone else.
What the foreman sees#
In Planning Calendar the assistant appears on their own row on the same task (orange thin line below the primary’s strong bar). Visual distinction is a 197.5 improvement.
In the foreman view, the Help Requests panel (overlay) shows all open invitations → you can intervene if no one’s responding.
Drag-drop rules#
When the foreman drags a task in the planning calendar, assistant participation updates automatically:
- Changing the primary → old primary remains as assistant (if you want to preserve).
- Moving the task to another day → all rows (primary + assistants) move together.
- A day change that an assistant can’t accommodate → flagged in red.
(Earlier the rules were more complex and confusing. The 197.5 fix simplified: drag-drop no longer touches assistants automatically, only those you explicitly move.)
Hours logging#
- Primary’s hours and assistant’s hours are recorded separately but linked to the same task.
- Monthly / weekly totals show separately in each one’s hours view.
- Invoicing uses the combined total.