Customize Skedulo Plus mobile app settings

Overview

The Settings > Mobile app configuration menu in the Skedulo web app allows Administrators to customize their mobile apps to suit their organization. These settings allow admins to control the behavior of the mobile app, including the ability to create activities, jobs, availabilities, and unavailabilities.

Admins can also customize the content of job offer cards and set the number of days activities and job allocations are displayed in the calendar of the mobile app.

Mobile settings

Activities

Allow resources to create their own activities

This setting allows resources to create activities using their Skedulo mobile app.

The default value is ON.

Allow resources to delete their own activities

This setting allows resources to delete activities using their Skedulo Plus mobile app.

Note: This setting requires Allow resources to create their own activities to be ON before it can be enabled.

The default value is OFF.

Availability

The View and modify availability permission must be enabled for the resource role in the Skedulo web app in order for resources to create availability and unavailability, as well as recurring availability patterns in the Skedulo Plus app.

Skedulo administrator settings for mobile app availability requests.

See the Functional permissions and custom roles for more information.

In the mobile settings section the following can be configured:

Allow resources to create their own recurring availability (Skedulo Plus only)

When enabled, resources can create recurring availability patterns using the Skedulo Plus mobile app. These patterns are applied to the resource’s availability calendar.

Also, see the Skedulo Plus mobile app documentation about availability.

The default value is OFF.

Allow resources to create their own one-off availability requests

Once enabled, availability requests can be made using the Skedulo Plus mobile app. Requests can then be reviewed and approved (or rejected) via the availability console. Also, see Skedulo Plus mobile app documentation about availability.

The default value is OFF.

Allow resources to create their own one-off unavailability requests

Once enabled, unavailability requests can be made using the Skedulo Plus mobile app. Requests can then be reviewed and approved (or rejected) via the availability console. Also, the Skedulo Plus mobile app documentation about availability.

The default value is ON.

Jobs

Set job period visible in the calendar view

This setting allows admins to set the number of days activities and job allocations are displayed in the calendar of the mobile app. The values are independent but must be a numerical value between 1 and 90. Also, see the Skedulo Plus mobile app documentation about the agenda and calendar.

  • Days in the past.

  • Days in the future.

The default value is 90.

Offers

Customize job offer content

You can select what information you want to display on job offer cards in the Offers screen.

Click the drop-down menus on Line 3 and Line 4 to select which Job fields you want to display, including any custom fields.

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Other settings

Restrict users from downloading attachments or images from Skedulo to their devices

When enabled, users are restricted from saving any images or attachments from Skedulo to their devices.

The default value is OFF.

Save new attachments as Salesforce files

This setting allows admins to decide whether attachments will be saved to Salesforce as attachments or files.

  • When Save new attachments as Salesforce Files is not selected (the default), files uploaded from the mobile app are stored as attachments in Salesforce.

  • When Save new attachments as Salesforce Files is selected, files uploaded from the mobile app are stored as files in Salesforce.

The default value is OFF.

Salesforce™ mapping

These settings are associated with Salesforce page mapping. Once populated, labels defined under Menu link will appear in the Skedulo Plus mobile app, in the main menu, e.g. Visualforce One. Labels defined under the Job Details button will appear in job details in the Skedulo app. Also, see the documentation on customizing mobile forms.

The admin settings for mobile—salesforce mapping.

The admin settings for mobile—salesforce mapping.