Job Administration

Hold Jobs

 

A BuildPro job can be placed on hold when all work must stop for an extended period of time, such as during the winter on jobs in the north or northeast. A job admin can put a single job on hold, or multiple jobs at one time. From the Hold Jobs page, you can put a hold on a job, update hold information, or reactivate a job.

From the Hold Jobs page, the Hold Start Date and Hold Reason are the only required fields. All Hold Reasons are maintained at the company level. The Hold Start Date must be today's date or in the past. Once a job is on hold, it immediately appears on the list shown on the Update Holds tab.

A job with a hold status does not appear on the job primary's job list under active jobs. The job schedule cannot be managed from JME or other task management pages. The standard Job Admin or System Admin roles may manage tasks by clicking into them directly.  

Users must update hold information for jobs and reactivate jobs as separate actions. When a job admin reactivates a job, the reactivate date is inserted as the start date for the next scheduled task, thus re-calculating the schedule.

To place a job on hold:

  1. Choose the appropriate subdivision, then click the Show Jobs button.

Result: A list of all jobs within the selected subdivision appears.

  1. In the Enter Hold Information section, type today's date (or a past date) in the Hold Start Date field.

This field cannot be future dated, nor can a job be placed on hold on a Saturday or a Sunday.

  1. In the Re-Activate Date field, type the proposed reactivation date for the job. This is not a required field.

  2. Click the Hold Reason field and choose the appropriate reason for placing the job on hold.

  3. If needed, click the Re-Init Baseline checkbox to reinitialize the baseline.

  4. Add any necessary notes.

  5. In the Sel column, click the checkbox next to the job names that you want on hold.

  6. Click the Place Selected Jobs on Hold button.

Result: The Update Holds page appears showing all jobs you have on hold.

To update a hold:

  1. Choose the appropriate subdivision and hold status, then click the Show Jobs button.

Result: A list of all jobs on hold within the selected subdivision appears.

  1. In the Update Hold Information section, add any information as needed to update an existing hold.

  2. In the Sel column, click the checkbox next to each job that needs to have hold information updated.

  3. Click the Update Selected Jobs button.

To reactivate a job:

  1. Choose the appropriate subdivision and hold status, then click the Show Jobs button.

Result: A list of all jobs on hold within the selected subdivision appears.

  1. In the Sel column, click the checkbox next to each job that is to be reactivated.

  2. Click the Re-Activate Selected Jobs button.

 

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