As summer unfolds and the days gradually shorten, we hope you’re seizing every moment of this summer. Whether you’re wrapping up vacation time or diving into new projects, rest assured that we’re here at Okappy HQ, committed to enhancing your experience with our platform.

This month has been a whirlwind of innovation and connection. Our team has been laser-focused on refining features and introducing new functionalities that make your job management even more seamless. One highlight? You can now update your job status and work done information in one go—one less button to click!

But we haven’t just been cooped up in the office. We’ve also been hitting the road, engaging with industry peers at the British Irish Trade Association. The insights and connections we’ve gained are invaluable, and we can’t wait to share them with you.

So grab a cup of coffee, sit back, and dive into this month’s edition to discover what we’ve been up to. Here’s to a month filled with growth, productivity, and, of course, a little bit of summer fun!

New Reads

Okappy Blog Construction

A recent survey showed that 95% of contractors had declined a tender in the last quarter, the industry is becoming increasingly risk-averse. Find out why and what can be done to improve things.

Read the article.

Recruiting in the digital transformation era

Achieving clear visibility over the supply chain is essential for operational efficiency and customer satisfaction. But what are the challenges what can you do to improve visibility over your supply subcontractors.

Check out some things you can do to improve visibility.

We’ve got lots more interesting content on our blog,
check out all our latest articles.

New Features & Updates

View your latest activity

You can now view your latest activity from anywhere within the web app. Simply click the activity icon to see what’s going on in your business.

Viewing your latest activity

Raise jobs from quotes, complete jobs in one click and more

Completing jobs

You can now raise jobs from your quotes. From within the invoices screen, simply click the three dots next to the relevant quote and select the raise job option.

We also made it easier to complete your jobs when adding work done. When the checkbox is checked your jobs get completed as soon as you add the work done.

Some customers saw an issue this month when copying jobs. Our team worked hard to identify the cause and we’re happy to say it has now been rectified.

Support

Raising quotes on Okappy

There’s 2 ways you can raise a quote on Okappy. Through the jobs screen by setting up a quote template or from the invoices screen. Check out our support article for more information.

Raising new quotes

Top of the forum this month!

Q:“Can you let us know whether we can put private images on the jobs without the engineers being able to view….”
A:“I’m afraid you can’t attach private images to jobs. What you could do is add a field marked images which is not on the job sheet. Then you could include links to images in dropbox or Google sheets. Read more

More questions and answers are available at: https://forum.okappy.com/forum/

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