Contractor Access

Learn how to provide contractors access to your AroFlo to complete jobs

Updated on May 24th, 2024

Contractors can be set up with their own AroFlo logins to allow them to access and complete the tasks that you've assigned or scheduled to them.

Contractor Licenses
Please note that there is an additional cost for each active contractor that accesses AroFlo. See our pricing schedule to learn more.

 

 

Enable system access

Firstly, you will need to enable system access on the Contractor card:

  1. Go to Accounts Contractors and find the contractor you wish to grant system access to.
  2. Click the contractor's name to access the Contractor card.
  3. Scroll down to Settings.
  4. Set System Access to Y.
  5. Scheduling Access (optional) - allows contractor contact logins with Manager access to create new schedules in AroFlo Field.
  6. Save.

Subcontractors on your Calendar

Enabling System Access for subcontractors also allows you to schedule tasks directly to their contacts and show them as Resources in your Calendar.

 

 

Set up a contractor contact login

Each contact for this contractor must have their own unique username and password combination.

  1. From the Contractor card, click View > Contacts.
  2. Select the contact from the Users list or create a new contact
  3. In Contact Details, enter a User Name and click Check Availability.
  4. Set a password for the user:
    1. If creating a new contact, enter and confirm a password (6 characters min.)
    2. To set a password for existing contacts, click Reset Password, enter and confirm a password (6 characters min.)
  5. Scroll down to Settings and select the appropriate Access Type, i.e. Manager or Base

    If creating a new contact, Save first to access this option.

     
  6. Save.

Before giving the contractor their individual login credentials, it is good practice to test each user login yourself and confirm that they can log into the system, and their level of access is appropriate*

*See above note regarding additional costs.

 

 

View contractor tasks

To view tasks assigned to a contractor:

  1. Go to Accounts > Contractors.
  2. From the Contractor list, find the relevant contractor and click the down arrow beside the View button and select Tasks.

This can also be done from within a contractor card.

 

 

Chart of access

Select a tab…

These tabs provide an overview of the functions that are available to active contractor users. Before setting up logins, make sure that this feature will provide enough access for your contractors, and if it doesn't, consider letting them know about AroConnect.

Example:

Manager Base
Available Not Available
 
 

Tasks

Access Current Tasks

Manager
Base

Assigned (to business and user) and scheduled tasks

Assigned (to user) and scheduled tasks

Assign Tasks

Manager
Base
   

Access Task Checklists

Manager
Base
Access existing checklists on tasks Access existing checklists on tasks

Add Labour/Materials and Expenses

Manager
Base

 

 

Access Completed Tasks

Manager
Base

Assigned tasks only

 

Upload Photos to a Task**

Manager
Base
 

 

** Only if your AroFlo subscription includes the document storage add-on.

 
 

Assets

Add or Remove Assets From a Task

Manager
Base

 

 

 

Notes

View Task Notes

Manager
Base

Contractor notes only

Contractor notes only

Add Task Notes

Manager Base
   
 
 

Compliance

Access Compliance Forms*

Manager
Base

Own forms only

Own forms only

* Only applicable to compliance forms that have contractor access enabled.

 
 
A task as seen by a Manager level contractor
A task as seen by a Manager level contractor
 

Document and Note Visibility
Any notes or documents uploaded to tasks will have the visibility set to 'Show Contractor'. Any contractor-specific setting only applies to notes/documents added by internal users.

 

 

Manually end an active user session

Users with the pre-built Management permission group can manually log a contractor user out of AroFlo.

  1. Go to Accounts > Contractors and select the contractor you need.
  2. Click Contacts.
  3. In the End Active Sessions column (far right of screen), check the box for the contact whose session you need to end.
  4. Click Save > End Selected Sessions. The user's session will be ended within 60 seconds.
    • When you manually end an active user session, any work the user had not saved will be lost.
    • Archiving a user or contact will automatically end their session.