Getting started

Set up your shop, take the tour, and get to your first job.

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Getting to know Run a Call9 / 9
Getting started with Run a Call
Your first hour: set up your company, find your way around, invite your team, and book and bill a first job.
Run a Call dashboard overview
What each dashboard card shows and how to pick, swap, and arrange your cards.
Run a Call mobile app overview
The technician app's tabs and a job from On My Way to payment, on iPhone, iPad, and Android.
Run a Call glossary
Plain-English definitions for Contacts, Pipeline, Dispatch, roles, memberships, and more.
Understanding contacts: leads and customers
How lead, prospect, quoted, customer, and inactive statuses work, and when they change on their own.
Searching contacts, jobs, invoices, and calls
Where to search for each kind of record and what each search box matches.
Logging in and out of Run a Call
Sign in with email and password on the web or mobile app, where you land, and how to sign out other devices.
Notifications and alerts
What the bell shows, what you get notified about, and which personal alerts you can switch off.
Creating anything from the + menu
Start a customer, estimate, job, invoice, meeting, or time off from the + button on any page.
Account setup & customization6 / 6
How to add new team members to your account
Invite office staff, dispatchers, and technicians by email, pick their role, and resend or fix invites.
Uploading your company logo
Upload your logo once and it appears on estimates, invoices, emails, and payment pages.
Customizing your estimate and invoice numbers
Change the invoice prefix, continue numbering from your old system, and see how estimate numbers work.
Creating and managing tags
Create colored tags for customers, jobs, estimates, and calls, then filter and automate with them.
Requesting new features in Run a Call
Send a feature request through Support and what makes it useful.
Getting help from Run a Call support
Send the Run a Call team a question from Support or the mobile app, attach screenshots, and follow up on past requests.