{"id":5615,"date":"2018-12-10T14:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T22:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchell11.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/shopconnection\/truckseries-labor-guide-navigation-tip\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:37:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T01:37:55","slug":"truckseries-labor-guide-navigation-tip","status":"publish","type":"shopconnection","link":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/shopconnection\/truckseries-labor-guide-navigation-tip\/","title":{"rendered":"TruckSeries Labor Guide Navigation Tip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Want to speed up your labor estimating process? Your TruckSeries <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/truckseries\/\">truck repair software<\/a> has many <strong>shortcuts<\/strong> that can make navigating easier and save you time. For example, when building quotes in the \u201cLabor Guide\u201d section of TruckSeries, <strong>you can get a quick overview of your quote without actually going to the \u201cQuotes\u201d section.<\/strong> This will let you see the information of the operations you want to add to your quote and give you a subtotal that you can see while you are adding operations.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Step 1<\/u><\/strong><u>:<\/u> Go to the Labor Guide section and navigate to the operation you want to add.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Step 2<\/u><\/strong><u>:<\/u> Then, select the \u201c+Add\u201d button for the needed operation. Once this button is selected, you will see it added to the totals at the bottom of the screen and to the list of added operations at the top (see example below).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15023 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen1-1.png\" alt=\"Labor Guide Tips\" width=\"995\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen1-1.png 995w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen1-1-300x55.png 300w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen1-1-768x140.png 768w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen1-1-500x91.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 995px) 100vw, 995px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will also see that the \u201c+ Add\u201d button has changed to a \u201c-Remove\u201d button. Select this if you want to remove the operation from the Subtotals and Operation lists.<\/p>\n<p>As you add and remove operations, you will see the information in both of these sections adjust accordingly. The example below shows the addition of two turbocharger actuators in the upper box, and the labor total at the bottom has been modified.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15024 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen3-1-1024x397.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen3-1-1024x397.png 1024w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen3-1-300x116.png 300w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen3-1-768x298.png 768w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen3-1-500x194.png 500w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen3-1.png 1533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Step 3:<\/u><\/strong> When you are finished adding operations, you can easily go to your full quote by clicking the \u201cView Quote\u201d button in the bottom right or top right corner. You can also select \u201dQUOTES\u201d from the list of modules.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-15025 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen4-1-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen4-1-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen4-1-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen4-1-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen4-1-1536x646.png 1536w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen4-1-500x210.png 500w, https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen4-1.png 1555w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15026 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All of the operations and totals that were in the Labor Guide section will also show in the Quotes section.<\/p>\n<p>We strive to create a user friendly experience with our software, so you can find the information you need quickly and intuitively. The Labor Guide was gives you quick access to <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/truckseries\/labor-estimating\/\">commercial truck labor times<\/a>, and these shortcuts should help you create estimates faster than ever.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-42599 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/LaborGuideNavTip_Screen4_Excerpt.png\" alt=\"Getting a full quote in truckseries labor guide\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Want to speed up your labor estimating process? Your TruckSeries <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/truckseries\/\">truck repair software<\/a> has many <strong>shortcuts<\/strong> that can make navigating easier and save you time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"shopconnection-category":[1626],"shopconnection-tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5615","1":"shopconnection","2":"type-shopconnection","3":"status-publish","5":"shopconnection-category-truck-repair","6":"entry","7":"has-post-thumbnail"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection\/5615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/shopconnection"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"shopconnection-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection-category?post=5615"},{"taxonomy":"shopconnection-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection-tag?post=5615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}