Overview
All CMMS subscriptions come with the guest requester portal. This article will demonstrate how to enable, and configure the guest requester portal.
Note: Guest users do not login to the CMMS. They simply submit work requests from the login webpage.
The guest requester portal is available at the login screen once the feature is been enabled:
Enable Guest Work Requests:
1. To enable the guest requester feature, start by clicking Settings, CMMS Settings and Work Requests
2. Select Guest Work Requests are enabled and available for public users on the login page , and click Save .
Configure the Guest Requestor Settings:
1. Work Request Defaults:
The default work order status of a work request can be changed by selecting the Default Work Request Status drop down menu, and selecting a work order status. Click Save to complete.
2. Standard Input Requirements
Use this section to choose which input fields are available on the Guest Request Form. The top four options represent the standard fields that are available for both the guest work request form, and the standard work request form. The following fields can be enabled for guests:
Enabling the four settings adds the following information to the guest requestor form:
The remaining three options are for the standard work request form. This form is accessed by users that log into the CMMS. These settings are not applicable to the guest requester form.
3. Contact Information Input Requirements
To make guest users contact information a required field, select Show contact information inputs, Contact Information is required , and click Save . To send an email to the guest users email inbox when the work order is closed, select Send email when work request is completed and click Save .
When the Show contact information inputs, Contact Information is required option is selected, then the work request form cannot be submitted without completing the contact information inputs
4. Security
The CAPTCHA is a security code that will prevent robots and automated machines filling your CMMS with Spam. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA for more details on CAPTCHA. This can be enabled by selecting Enable captcha on guest requests, and clicking Save. Enabling this setting presents all guest users with the CAPTCHA on the guest request form.
5. Multi-site CMMS Users
Multi-site CMMS users have a setting under the Guest Maintenance Service Requests section titled Enable quick link routing to popup work service request form . Enabling this feature generates direct links for the guest request form for each site. These links can be copied and sent to guest users. This ensures that guests select the correct site for the work request.