Turning optional features on or off

Only administrators can turn features on or off. Every change applies at once to all users in your organisation, on the web and in the Venzeo™ mobile app.

These features are optional:

• Place Of Interest (POI): fixed places, such as buildings or stops, linked to reports.
• Assets: equipment and other items linked to reports.
• Projects: time-limited jobs linked to reports.
• In-app tasks: work for your field workers in the Venzeo™ mobile app.
• Venzeo™ Requests: one-time photo requests by SMS to people outside your team.
• Groups: separate teams that see only their own reports. See Setting up groups for separate teams.

Turn a feature on

1. Open the main menu (click Show Menu if it is collapsed). Features that are turned off have the Inactive tag.
2. Expand the feature and choose its manage item, for example Manage POIs, Manage in-app tasks or Manage Venzeo™ Requests.
3. Click the activation button on the page, for example Activate Place of interest functionality. The message “Successfully saved” appears, the page reloads and the Inactive tag, if the feature had one, disappears.

Make places of interest, assets or projects required or optional

Open the feature’s manage page, for example Manage POIs. Under POIs are:, Assets are: or Projects are:, choose Required (users must pick one for every report) or Optional. The choice is saved at once: “Successfully saved” appears and the page reloads.

Turn places of interest, assets or projects off

1. Open the main menu, expand the feature and choose its manage item, for example Manage POIs.
2. Under POIs are:, Assets are: or Projects are:, choose Disable POI, Disable Assets or Disable Projects. A question asks you to confirm.
3. Click Deactivate. The message “Successfully saved” appears, the page reloads and the feature has the Inactive tag in the menu.

Note: The feature’s view, such as Places of Interest view, leaves the menu and the report form stops asking for it. Existing reports do not change, and you can turn the feature on again.

Turn tasks on or off

In-app tasks and Venzeo™ Requests have separate pages, and changing one does not change the other.

1. Open the main menu. Expand Tasks and choose Manage in-app tasks, or expand Venzeo™ Requests and choose Manage Venzeo™ Requests.
2. To turn it on, click Activate In-app tasks or Activate Venzeo™ Requests.
3. To turn it off, go to Manage Tasks Settings or Manage Venzeo™ Requests Settings and choose Disabled.

After either change, the message “Successfully saved” appears and the page reloads.

While a kind is off, its menu category, Tasks or Venzeo™ Requests, has the Inactive tag. When both are off, Task View leaves the menu.

Groups cannot be turned off in the web interface. Write to support@venzeo.com if you need this.

Tip: Turn on only the features your team will use. Fewer choices make the mobile app quicker in the field.