Handyman Office 9.8.6: Optimizations and New Features for More Efficient Work

With the latest update to Handyman Office 9.8.6, we are providing our customers with numerous improvements and new features designed to make your workflows even more efficient. In this article, we will highlight the key updates and new features tailored specifically to the needs of trades businesses. Our goal is to equip you with tools that help you save time, plan tasks better, and further personalize your communication with customers.

Improvements to the Resource Planner – Faster and Easier Task Scheduling

Our resource planner has undergone comprehensive optimizations to make daily task planning and rescheduling faster and more intuitive:

• Quick Rescheduling: Tasks can now be moved and adjusted even faster.
• Protection Against Unintentional Rescheduling: You can lock tasks that have been firmly agreed upon with customers to prevent accidental changes. This saves you time and ensures more reliable planning.
• Improved Zoom Functionality: The zoom level in the timeline view is now easier to adjust, giving you a better overview of your tasks.
• Splitting Multi-Day Tasks: To better organize complex projects, multi-day tasks can now be split into full-day sub-tasks.

These features make it easier for you to organize projects efficiently and allocate resources more effectively.

Optimized Report Management – Faster Updates and Display

Report management has been significantly improved to save you valuable time:

• Faster Report Display: Reports now load up to 40% faster, which is especially beneficial when handling large datasets.
• Faster Updates: Publishing new report versions and managing the report tree structure is now much quicker and more reliable.

These optimizations help you fulfill your documentation obligations efficiently and keep track of important project details.

NHO Electrical Checklists – For Norwegian Customers

For our customers in Norway, the new NHO electrical checklists are now available. These are government-approved and help you comply with legal documentation requirements. As an NHO member, you should update your checklists immediately. A step-by-step guide will help you quickly integrate the new templates into your workflows.

Personalized SMS Communication with Sender ID

We now offer the ability to send SMS messages with a personalized sender name. The sender ID allows you to display your company name or a department name as the sender, making communication with your customers more personal. This feature is especially useful for businesses that use the SMS module for event and activity notifications.

Infobar on the Login Screen – Important Information at a Glance

With the new Infobar, you can see important live announcements directly when starting Handyman Office. These announcements are color-coded to indicate urgency:

• Blue: General information
• Yellow: Important notices
• Red: Critical warnings

This ensures that you are always up-to-date with maintenance times or system changes.

Additional Improvements

In addition to the mentioned updates, there are numerous smaller improvements that make your daily work with Handyman Office even more efficient:

• Better Overview in the Planner: Weekends, holidays, and working hours are now more clearly highlighted in the resource planner.
• French Language Support: Handyman Office now offers full support for French-speaking users.
• Faster Invoice Performance: The invoice list has been optimized for speed, allowing you to retrieve and process invoices faster.
• Faster Checklist Downloads: New checklist templates can now be downloaded and integrated even faster.

With these numerous improvements and new features, Handyman Office 9.8.6 is a powerful update that helps you further optimize your workflows, save time, and increase customer satisfaction. If you have any questions about the new features or need assistance with implementation, our support team is always available to help.

Try the new features today and experience how Handyman Office 9.8.6 simplifies and enhances your daily processes!