{"id":6439,"date":"2021-04-26T16:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T23:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchell11.wpenginepowered.com\/blog\/shopconnection\/manager-se-repair-orders-statuses-are-anything-but-status-quo\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T08:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T16:38:39","slug":"manager-se-repair-orders-statuses-are-anything-but-status-quo","status":"publish","type":"shopconnection","link":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/shopconnection\/manager-se-repair-orders-statuses-are-anything-but-status-quo\/","title":{"rendered":"Manager SE Repair Orders Statuses Are Anything But Status Quo!"},"content":{"rendered":"

You spend hours of your workday in the Manager SE Work-In-Progress screen checking on current work in the shop and answering customer questions about their service appointments. Your WIP screen Status column most likely looks like the one shown on the left. Wouldn\u2019t it be nice to have a column like the one on the right, using the colors that you select? Now it\u2019s possible to customize your WIP Status column entries using colors to inform all Manager SE shop management system<\/a> users what the story is at-a-glance.<\/p>\n

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From the Configurations<\/strong> menu (or click on Setup <\/strong>gear), select Standard Descriptions<\/strong>, then the Status<\/strong> tab. Then select the status entry you want to change \u2013 click on Edit<\/strong> (or double-click desired line) to open the editor.<\/p>\n

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The Repair Order Status dialog window opens and likely set to Default (lack of) color scheme.<\/p>\n

Now change the Text Background Colors selector to Custom Colors<\/strong>. Now you click on the Text color value (black 0,0,0) and it will open a color selection palette.<\/p>\n

If you want to change background color, un-check Use Grid Background Color <\/strong>checkbox (system default value \u2013 white or yellow selection). This makes a second color selection palette available when you click on the Background color value (white 255,255,255) Select a background color from the chart and click OK<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Does your background color work well with the text color selected? You might not select magic combinations on your first try, don\u2019t be afraid to experiment! Compare notes with other Manager SE users and finalize your new status colors settings.<\/p>\n

Now your Work-In-Progress comes alive to convey R.O. statues faster with at-a-glance answers for everyone.<\/p>\n

Want to learn more about <\/strong>Manager SE shop management?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

REQUEST A FREE DEMO!<\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n

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\"\"Out with the old and in with the new! Care to change the daily lull of looking at your hum-drum work-in-progress screen with exciting colors? Learn how it is now possible to customize your WIP Status column entries using colors to inform all Manager SE users what the story is at-a-glance here in this blog from Tim McDonnell, Sr. Product Marketing Manager for ManagerSE.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9239,"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":[1630],"shopconnection-tag":[1308],"class_list":{"0":"post-6439","1":"shopconnection","2":"type-shopconnection","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"shopconnection-category-shop-management","7":"shopconnection-tag-auto-repair-shop-management-systemmanager-seshop-management","8":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection\/6439","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:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"shopconnection-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection-category?post=6439"},{"taxonomy":"shopconnection-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchell1.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/shopconnection-tag?post=6439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}