Add new job templates
IRIS Elements Practice Management comes with a useful set of job templates as default. You can add new templates to suit your practice's workflow.
Considerations
Consider the following when planning new job templates:
- What is the purpose of this job?
- What individual tasks make up this job?
- What are the key dates and deadlines associated with this job?
- Are there particular client types that this job is used for? Will you need to apply filters to any tasks in this job?
Add a new job template and associated tasks
- Select the Admin settings cog icon.
- Select Jobs.
The default jobs are listed. You can edit these to suit your practice's workflows.
- Select Add job.
- Enter a Job name and if required, a Job description.
- Choose a Job colour. Where found in the user interface, the job is highlighted this colour.
- If there are dates associated with this job, go to the Dates tab and enter the information there.
- Go to the Tasks tab.
Use the Preview tab at any time to view how the task displays in IRIS Elements Practice Management.
- Select Add task.
- Select the Type of task.
- Assign task to the responsible person or user.
- Enter the task Title and Description.
- Go to the Timing tab and add relevant date offsets. The dates are triggered for when the task is activated, for example, start the task 1 month after the client is added.
- If this task is dependent on another task or tasks being completed first, go to the Depends upon tab and choose the relevant tasks.
- This task can be assigned to the client based on actions you perform in IRIS Elements, for example, when adding non-clients or when adding sole traders in the charity business area. Go to the Filters tab.
- Select Add filter.
- Choose the relevant action.
- Select the appropriate filter.
- Repeat steps a to c until all required filters are added.
- If the task completion date is required for your records or if completing this task completed the parent job, go to the Advanced tab and select the appropriate actions.
- Repeat steps 7 to 14 until all tasks have been added for this job.
- Select Save.