IMPORTANT

For Mobile API processing, your IT will need to open a port on your firewall that will forward to the MoversConnect Api Service. The type of traffic is TCP and the incoming IP address is 40.118.235.164. The port specified as the open port on your firewall must match the port specified for the Public Api Service Url set within MoversConnect Setup.

Field/Function

Description

Inactive

Check this flag to turn off the Mobile API service.

Company ID

Enter the identifier provided to your company to support the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application through MoversConnect (up to 15 characters).

Activate MSCrew

Checking this flag activates the Mobile Crew feature. This feature allows users the ability to view the details of local services, equipment resources, materials, and related documents through the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application.

Changes made to this flag automatically reflect in MoversConnect. If you do not see the changes or if the Last Synced with MoversConnect On is out of date with your recent changes, then you can press Verify/Synchronize all mobile data with MoversConnect to manually send the changes to MoversConnect.

Allow Crew Additions

Checking this flag gives you the ability to add crew members through MSCrew. After checking this flag, you can add as much crew as you want in the MSCrew app.

Activate Crew Time

Checking this flag activates the Crew Time feature. This feature allows users to access the MoversSuiteCrew Crew Time site and the Mobile Crew Time screen that provide the ability edit and approve times for crew activities logged within the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application. Crew leads have options to view service information for all assigned jobs and the ability to approve time.

Crew Time For Crew Lead Only

Optionally, you can restrict access to the MoversSuiteCrew Crew Time site to only crew leads by setting the Crew Time For Crew Lead Only flag. If set, only crew leads can access the MoversSuiteCrew Crew Time site.

Changes made to the Active Crew Time flag automatically reflect in MoversConnect. If you do not see the changes or if the Last Synced with MoversConnect On is out of date with your recent changes, then you can press Verify/Synchronize all mobile data with MoversConnect to manually send the changes to MoversConnect.

Is Crew Time Locked

This flag appears when the “Activate Crew Time” flag is checked and the “Crew Time For Crew Lead Only” flag is unchecked. Checking this flag will prevent crew members from altering punch time while punching in or out.

Is Crew Time For Crew Lead Locked

This flag appears when “Crew Time For Crew Lead Only” is checked. Checking this flag prevents a crew lead from altering punch times when punching in or out for the team.

Show Crew Time Details on Customer Summary Report

Check this flag to show crew time details on Customer Summary Report in the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application.

Check this flag to enable the reset password option for all MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application users. Setting this flag allows mobile users to request a new password be emailed to them and possibly sent to their mobile device, depending on what options are set within the Mobile User tab of their Personnel Setup records. Note: This flag and the corresponding flag in Personnel Setup must both be checked to enable the Mobile Password Reset feature for the mobile user.

If this option is unchecked, then no mobile user can request a password reset.

View Mobile Password Reset for more information.

Changes made to this flag automatically reflect in MoversConnect. If you do not see the changes or if the Last Synced with MoversConnect On is out of date with your recent changes, then you can press Verify/Synchronize all mobile data with MoversConnect to manually send the changes to MoversConnect.

Customer Summary Report Rounding (in minutes)

Specify what rounding time you wish for the Customer Summary Report generated through MSCrew. The rounding affects the display of the crew punch activity and the following options are available:

No rounding/use exact time to the minute

To the nearest 15 minutes

To the nearest 30 minutes

Allowed Future Punch Time (in seconds)

Enter the time that you wish to grant for someone to enter a punch activity into the future. By default, a value of 300 seconds is assumed, i.e. five minutes. This means that a person can log a time that is no more than five minutes into the future.

Past Days to Show

Enter the number of past days of which you wish to see the assigned jobs in MSCrew app. This is an optional field and setting “0” days in this field or leaving it unfilled will show the MSCrew app defaults for them, which is 3 days.

Future Days to Show

Enter the number of future days for which you wish to see the available jobs in MSCrew app. This is an optional field and setting “0” days in this field or leaving it unfilled will show the MSCrew app defaults for them, which is 5 days.

Defaults for Mobile App Created

Order Note Type

Establish a default type for a note added through the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application. This option categorizes the notes that list within the Notes screen within the mobile application as well as in the Notes system. The values available to this field are defined within Note Type Setup.

Email Order Note Type

Select the type of note to set when creating a note documenting the email sent out by crew through MSCrew. The note is stored within the order Notes. The values available to you are managed through Note Type Setup.

Change Order Document Type

Provide a default type for change order documents added through the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application. This option categorizes the documents that list within the Documents screen within the mobile application as well as in the Document Management system. The values available to this field are defined within Document Type Setup.

Picture/Image/Other/Default Document Type

Select a default type that is used by the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application when the mobile app uploads documents (such as pictures) into the MoversSuite document library. You may want to add a new document type if you want to separate these documents into their own type. The list of options available are from the list of active Document Type Setup records.

Job Summary Document Type

Provide a default type for job summary documents added through the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application. This option categorizes the documents that list within the Documents screen within the mobile application as well as in the Document Management system. The values available to this field are defined within Document Type Setup.

Job Detail Document Type

Provide a default type for job detail documents added through the MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application. This option categorizes the documents that list within the Documents screen within the mobile application as well as in the Document Management system. The values available to this field are defined within Document Type Setup.

MSCrew App Generated Emails

The following three fields are referenced when emails are sent through MSCrew to your crew.

The ‘From’ display name for MSCrew emails

Provide a meaningful name as the sender of messages sent through MSCrew (up to 50 characters), e.g. “Do Not Reply”.

The ‘From’ email address for MSCrew emails

Provide a reply or default email address for messages sent through MSCrew (up to 50 characters), e.g. “donotreply”. The email sent from the mobile device includes an “@MoversConnect.net” address. The “From” entered for this setting is appended to this address, e.g. “donotreply@MoversConnect.net”.

Email footer for MSCrew emails

Enter footer information to appear at the bottom of messages sent through MSCrew (up to 200 characters), e.g. “This message was generated through our MSCrew mobile device. If you have questions regarding this email, then please use the following contact information to get a hold of us.”

Last Modified By

Name of the user that last updated this record.

Last Modified On

Day, date, and time that this record was updated.

Mobile Credentials

Opens the Mobile Api Cloud Account Login dialog allowing you to set the credentials provided by EWS Group for MoversSuiteCrew Mobile Application functionality.

Verify Mobile Credentials

Press this button to verify the credentials entered through Mobile Credentials. If changes are made to the credentials, then this button is disabled until Save is pressed.

Results of the verification process display within the MoversConnect Api Service dialog.

Change Password

If you change a password for any user through the Mobile Api settings in Personnel Setup, then press this button to send the changes to MoversConnect.

Results of the verification process display within the MoversConnect Api Service dialog.

Verify/Synchronize all mobile data with MoversConnect

Certain changes must to the mobile application settings must be verified and synchronized with MoversConnect. Press this button performs a manual send to MoversConnect to verify data and sync the two systems. Note: Changes to certain fields, such as the Activate MSCrew flag, trigger a sync automatically. Check the Last Synced with MoversConnect On field to determine if recent changes reflect within MoversConnect.

Results of the verification process display within the MoversConnect Api Service dialog.

Last Synced with MoversConnect On

This read-only field displays the day, date, and time that the data within this setup was synchronized with MoversConnect. The synchronization occurs manually through the Verify/Synchronize all mobile data with MoversConnect or automatically when certain data changes, such as when either Activate MSCrew or Activate Crew Time flags are changed.

Save

Pressing Save keeps any changes you made within the entire MoversConnect Setup area.

Cancel

Press Cancel to discard any changes you made within any tab in MoversConnect Setup.