If you wonder about the best technician to choose when scheduling jobs, Schedule Suggestion can take out the guesswork. Schedule Suggestion displays valuable information such as which existing job is closest, similar jobs by type, and total distance traveled. You can use this information to reduce total miles traveled, balance your drivers' workloads and make the day more fuel efficient.

In this article, you'll learn how to use Schedule Suggestion.

Before You Start

Here are some things to know before you use Schedule Suggestion:

• You must have Manager, Admin or Owner level permission to use this feature
• Miles shown for Closest Job and Total Daily Miles are "as the crow flies" and do not factor in natural barriers (such as lakes or mountains) or roads and bridges that may not be appropriate for your trucks

How Schedule Suggestion Works

Schedule Suggestion works by:

• Taking the site location of the new job you are creating
• Looking at all the jobs you already have scheduled
• Displaying existing jobs with the closest location to your new job

The information that gets displayed for closes jobs includes:

• Technician name
• Distance to job site
• Type of job
• Scheduled Date
• Total Same Day Jobs for the technician
• Total daily miles for the technician

Use Schedule Suggestion

For a New Job

To use Schedule Suggestion for a new job, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Create Job by clicking the (+) icon in the ServiceCore Header
2. From the list of options that appear, click Create Job
3. Enter information into the Select job type, P.O. number and Job name fields if you like (these are optional)
4. If this is a new customer, click add a new customer below the customer field
5. If this is an existing customer, click inside the Customer field and start typing to search existing customers
6. Click on the Customer you want
   
7. Choose a company division if applicable (this is optional)
8. Click into or start typing in the Site field to display a list of sites for this customer
9. Click on the Address where this new job will take place
   
10. If you do not see the site after searching for it, click Add a new site or Search all sites
11. If the job must be scheduled for a specific date, click in the Date field and use the date picker to choose the correct date (click on the month name to jump to other months)
    
12. Enter the start and end Time if applicable
13. Check the boxes if this is an Emergency Job or a Repeat Job
14. Skip the technician field
15. Click Schedule Suggestion below the Technician dropdown (if this link is grayed out, make sure you have selected a site location)
    
16. In the Schedule Suggestion lightbox that appears, you will see a map with pins and a list of jobs listed from closest to farthest
    
    
    
17. If you want to see jobs for the full week, click the Week view button below the map
    
18. On the week view, you will see map pins and jobs color-coded by day of week
19. Use the information on this screen to choose the closest job by type, distance, workload, etc.
20. Click the radio button for the row showing the technician with the closest or most similar job
    
    
    
21. Scroll down and click Select Technician
    
    
22. Return to the create job screen and verify that the technician and date are correct
23. Continue filling out the rest of the form
24. Once you're finished, click Schedule Job or Start Invoice
    

For A New Rental Job

To use Schedule Suggestion for a new rental job, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to Create Job by clicking the (+) icon in the ServiceCore Header
2. From the list of options that appear, click Create Rental
3. If this is a new customer, click add a new customer below the customer field
4. If this is an existing customer, click inside the Customer field and start typing to search existing customers
5. Click on the Customer you want
   
6. Click into or start typing in the Site field to display a list of sites for this customer
7. Click on the Address where this new job will take place
   
8. If you do not see the site after searching for it, click Add a new site or Search all sites
9. Enter a PO Number if applicable (this is optional)
10. Click the Delivery job type dropdown and choose the delivery job type from the list of options that appear
11. If the delivery job must be scheduled for a specific date, click in the Date field and use the date picker to choose the correct date (click on the month name to jump to other months)
    
12. Click Schedule Suggestion below the Date field (if this link is grayed out, make sure you have selected a site location)
    
13. In the Schedule Suggestion lightbox that appears, you will see a map with pins and a list of jobs listed from closest to farthest
    
    
    
14. If you want to see jobs for the full week, click the Week view button below the map
    
15. On the week view, you will see map pins and jobs color-coded by day of week
16. Use the information on this screen to choose the closest job by type, distance, workload, etc.
17. Click the radio button for the row showing the technician with the closest or most similar job
    
    
    
18. Scroll down and click Select Technician
    
    
19. Return to the create job screen and verify that the technician and date are correct
20. Enter the start and end Delivery time if applicable
21. Click Schedule Suggestion below the Date field for the Pick-Up Job and any Service Jobs (if this link is grayed out, make sure you have selected a site location)
    
22. Continue filling out the rest of the form
23. Once you're finished, click Start Invoice or View Rental
    
    

After You Use Schedule Suggestion

After using Schedule Suggestion, you may want to do the following:

• See the Schedule Overview
• Use ServiceCore on Mobile Devices
• Create a Route