Notification Settings

Control which automated emails BeanRails sends to your customers when work or document statuses change.

Accessing Notification Settings

Go to Settings → Notifications.

Work Notifications

These emails are sent to the contact linked to a work when the work status changes. Toggle each event on or off:

Event Sent when…
Vehicle Assigned A vehicle/driver is assigned to the work
En Route The driver marks themselves as heading to the work
Arrived The driver marks arrival at the work site
Work Started The technician starts the work
In Progress Work status moves to in progress
Completed Work is marked complete
Failed Work is marked as failed
Cancelled Work is cancelled
Rescheduled Work date/time is changed
Reminder (Day Before) Sent the day before the scheduled date
Reminder (Day Of) Sent on the morning of the scheduled date

Document Notifications

Event Sent when…
Document Sent A quote or invoice is emailed to a contact

Email Subject & Content

Each notification has a customisable email subject line. Subjects support template variables:

  • {{ company_name }} — your company name
  • {{ work_number }} — the work reference number
  • {{ report_number }} — the completion report number
  • {{ document_type }} — Invoice or Quotation
  • {{ document_number }} — document reference number

To customise the email body template, go to Settings → Templates and edit the corresponding notification template.

PDF Attachments

For Completed and Failed work notifications, you can optionally attach a PDF report to the email. Toggle Attach PDF on those events to enable it.

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Enable the Day Before reminder to reduce no-shows — customers appreciate the heads-up.
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