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Service Provider Onboarding

Set up your account, add your customer records, connect assemblies, and start creating work for your team. This onboarding flow is designed to help service providers get operational quickly.

Set Up Your System

Review settings, confirm your primary account, and add your team user seats.

Go To System Setup

Build Core Records

Add locations, link contacts, add assemblies, and then begin creating tasks.

Go To Core Records

Overview

R2 onboarding for service providers is designed to help you set up your system, build connected customer records, and prepare your team for field work.

Primary Focus

Service providers usually want to get customer information in quickly so they can begin scheduling testing, inspections, and related work.

Fastest Path to Value

Add a location, link a contact, add an assembly, and create a task. Once those connected records are in place, the system becomes immediately useful.

Phase 1 – System Setup

The first step after signing up is to configure your system and establish access for the people who will be working in it.

Recommended Actions

Review System Settings

Confirm your system is configured the way you want before building records.

Confirm Your Primary Account

Make sure the primary account is assigned to the right person for top-level oversight.

Add User Seats

Set up your team so each person has the right access inside shared records.

Update Your User Profile

Keep your account details complete and current before moving into daily use.

Important: The email used to sign up becomes the primary account, the first user, and has the highest level of access. This account should be kept current and used for top-level oversight.

Primary Account

The account created at signup is your primary system account. This account should be kept current and used for top-level oversight.

User Seats

Each person using the system should have their own login. This allows the team to access shared records while maintaining individual access.

User Roles & Permissions

User roles define what each person can do within the system. Service providers typically use roles to separate oversight, office management, and field execution.

Admin

Highest level of access with full control over all records and system data.

  • Can create, edit, and delete all records
  • Oversees system configuration and setup
  • Responsible for system management and oversight

Manager

Second level of access focused on operations and team oversight.

  • Can create and edit records
  • Can manage records created by Users
  • Cannot perform full system-level administrative actions

User

Standard operational role for field workers or technicians.

  • Performs assigned tasks
  • Interacts with relevant records
  • Typically focused on execution in the field

Phase 2 – Cross Connection Module Setup

For service providers performing backflow testing, this step should be completed early so testers, gauges, and reporting are ready before work begins.

Set Up Testing Records Before Field Work Begins

Testers and gauges are part of the Cross Connection Module and should be configured before creating testing-related work. This ensures reporting is accurate from the start.

  • Testers can be linked to a User but do not have to be
  • Testers do not consume a User Seat
  • Testers are used specifically for performing backflow tests
Step 1

Add Testers

Store tester credentials so completed test reports can reflect the correct certified individual.

  • Name
  • Certification number
  • Certification type
  • Certification expiration
Step 2

Add And Link Gauges

Assign gauges to testers so completed testing records include the proper gauge information.

  • Gauge name
  • Make and model
  • Serial number
  • Calibration date
  • Calibration certification

How It Works

When a backflow test is completed, a test report PDF is generated and automatically includes tester credentials and linked gauge information.

Why This Matters

This helps ensure accurate test reporting, supports compliance recordkeeping, and standardizes testing workflows.

Phase 3 – Build Core Records

After system and module setup, build your foundational records. This is how you establish your customer base before creating work.

1

Add Locations

Locations are the foundation of the system. All core records connect to a location.

2

Add Contacts

Add contacts directly to a location to represent customers or responsible parties.

  • Linked to the Location record
  • Accessible from the Contacts page
3

Add Assets / Assemblies

Add equipment to the location so assemblies and other tracked assets are connected to the customer record.

  • Track backflow assemblies and other assets
  • Central to compliance and operations
4

Create Tasks

Once the customer base is established, begin creating and assigning work.

  • Assign work to users or technicians
  • Schedule inspections or testing
  • Track completion and updates

How Records Work Together

Each Location serves as the central record where core data is connected.

A Location includes:

  • Contacts
  • Assets / Assemblies
  • Tasks

Additional Information On Records

Additional information can be added directly to records:

  • Notes and Files can be added to Locations, Contacts, Assets, and Tasks
  • Notices can be applied to Locations and Assets / Assemblies
  • These support records do not exist as standalone records

Key Concept

Build your customer base on the Location record first.

Add Locations Link Contacts Add Assemblies Create & Assign Tasks

Connected to the Location Record

The Location is where your customer record comes together. Contacts, assemblies, and tasks can all be connected and managed from that Location record.

Still Individual Records

These records do not only live inside the Location. They are still their own records and can also be accessed from their respective pages throughout the system.

Then Create Work

Once the customer base is built, creating and assigning tasks becomes much easier because the core records are already connected.

Phase 4 – Templates

Templates standardize operations and improve efficiency.

Notice Templates

Used for communication and compliance notifications.

  • Annual backflow testing reminder
  • Compliance warning notice
  • Service interruption notice

Report Templates

Used for internal reporting.

  • Compliant assemblies
  • Overdue tests
  • System summaries

Phase 5 – Automation

Automation reduces manual work and keeps operations consistent.

Trigger-Based Automation

Automatically send notices or generate reports based on specific events.

Scheduled Tasks

Automatically create recurring work, such as annual backflow testing tasks.

Phase 6 – Ongoing Operations

Once setup is complete, users primarily operate through tasks and daily workflows.

My Rounds

  • View tasks assigned to them
  • Create routes
  • Complete work

Individual User Responsibilities

  • Verify their profile
  • Customize their workflow
  • Manage assigned tasks

Start With One Complete Customer Record

The best way to get started in R2 is to build one full customer record from start to finish.

1

Add a Location

Start with the customer location record.

2

Link a Contact

Add the customer or responsible party.

3

Add an Assembly

Connect the tracked equipment to that location.

4

Create a Task

Once setup is in place, begin managing work.

The Location is where everything connects, but each linked item still remains its own record throughout the system. That means you can build records together on the Location page while still accessing Contacts, Assemblies, and Tasks individually in their own sections.

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