Send a Service Report from the Planners

Modified on Wed, 28 Aug at 4:27 PM

NOTE:  To start using and configure the new Staff and Group Planners, please read Understanding The Group Planner and Understanding the Staff Planner. For existing users of the Staff Planner, Transitioning over from the existing Staff Planner to the Group Planner. 


Service reports are a useful feature for you and your staff to feed back information to your clients after a pet visit. Some businesses find service reports are a useful way of recording incident reports as there is a date and timestamp plus you can add a photo of the incident and a description, such as an injury or a broken item in the home.

Staff can add photos from their phone to include in the service report. You can also customize your reports, adding many fields that you use in your business to gather data, by adding custom fields.


Staff can create, publish and send Service Reports via their Dashboards, or directly from their planner.


Tip: Admins can read/approve the Service Reports BEFORE they are sent to clients, switch OFF "Can Send Service Reports" in Staff Permissions.


Note: If you turn OFF using service reports in the Advanced Settings for a Service Item, the Service Report icon is no longer visible to staff during a visit.


How do I Send a Service Report from the Planners?

Navigation: Scheduler > Schedule > Group or Staff Planner


Service reports can be sent directly from a staff/sitter's Planner.

  • Click on the total of scheduled services for the relevant day.


Send a Service Report from the Planner in Dog Walking Software


  • Click the service item for the relevant client you wish to send a Service Report for.


Send a Service Report from the Planner in Dog Walking Software


  • Click "Service Report".
  • In Visit Notes, enter the feedback to your client about the activities carried out during the visit/walk/boarding or Daycare service. 


Note: Your Service Report may have a different configuration than the one shown, depending on your Service Reporting customisations in Admin > Custom Fields > Service Reports. Learn more about customizing your Client/Pet and Service reporting pages in Custom Fields.

  • You can also upload photos from your device to send to your client with your Service Report by clicking "Choose File."
  • Depending on Staff Permissions, (please read What does "Can Send Service Reports" Allow?), you can either "Update" or "Send" the Service Report.


Send a Service Report from the Planner in Dog Walking Software


  • When the Service Report has been successfully sent, a confirmation message will be displayed on the Service Report page:


Send a Service Report from the Planner in Dog Walking Software


More About The Planner


The Planner can help you quickly schedule, view staff availability and facility capacity. You can use the planner to track just one service or a few services at a time, depending on the configuration. Setting up the planner for each use is slightly different and you'll want to understand a Resource Cost before starting set-up.


In addition to Service Reporting, the planner has a number of other features and functions that can be accessed directly from the Edit Services Page, such as:


Info: Further reading....


Was this article helpful?

That’s Great!

Thank you for your feedback

Sorry! We couldn't be helpful

Thank you for your feedback

Let us know how can we improve this article!

Select at least one of the reasons
CAPTCHA verification is required.

Feedback sent

We appreciate your effort and will try to fix the article