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Tracking tasks in the field that can transfer to details on an invoice?

  • March 19, 2026
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JasonMinshew
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We find it  odd  that the platform does not have a way of providing a task checklist (and following line for notes) to prompt our employees and in turn have that carry over to notes that we can include with our invoicing.  The ‘custom forms’ is not user friendly for our admin group unless Aspire can show us how to use it in an efficient manner.  This was something that we asked about repeatedly during the sales call sessions (prior to our committing to Aspire) and we were assured that this was part of the system.  Knowing what we know now then could have been a deal breaker for us signing up.  At this point we are committed to looking forward rather than back.
 
If there is any way we could get help finding a solution to this need we would appreciate it.  We are doing what we can on our end to trouble-shoot and come up with a process for this that makes sense and is user friendly for our crew in the field and helpful to our office team and beneficial to our clients. During a recent  Q&A session when we asked about this the Aspire staff said, ‘oh that is a really good idea’. 
 
Sending people out in the field to do tasks (following a checklist prompt with room for a note)  and reporting back specific details  seems fundamental to what the mobile app should communicate.  How others in the community have dealt with this challenge would be interesting to us.  We would like to ‘go live’ on April 1st and we have yet to work  out this detail in the implementation phase.
 
Thank you in advance for your feedback.  ~ Annie, Jason, and Kaya
 
 
 

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  • Inspiring
  • March 20, 2026

What kind of tasks exactly are you looking for them to complete? If it’s specific jobs on a property, that sounds like work tickets to me. If you could provide a little more clarity I (or someone) maybe be able to help out more.


JasonMinshew
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  • March 20, 2026

HI Nick ~ Thank you for your interest in this.  I have pasted a list for our gardening maintenance team that we used to have and use in paper form.  At the end of this list is a brief explanation of the flow/ purpose of the list.  Our main service as a company is GARDEN / PROPERTY MAINTENANCE so these prompts are used for most jobs.  Again, I appreciate your advice.  ~ANNIE 

O IRRIGATION CHECK~ any repairs____________________

O PICKED UP LITTER, STICKS, CONES~ where?________

O PLANTED~ what/where?____________________________

O SPREAD~ what/where?_____________________________

O PULLED WEEDS~ what/where?______________________

O DEAD HEAD, CUT BACK, PRUNED~ what/where______

O FERTILIZED~ what/where___________________________

O WEED-EATED~ what/where__________________________

O MOWED~ what/where______________________________

O RAKED, SWEPT, BLEW~ what/where_________________

O FRONT DOOR, PORCH, WALK

O FINAL BLOW

O SPRAYED HERBACIDE~ what/where_________________

O SPRAYED REPELLANT~ what/where_________________

O CHECK CLOCK~ circle ON or OFF

O CLOSED GATES

O TOOL SWEEP

O HAUL OFF~ how many tarps?_______________________

O OTHER___________________________________________

work flow for this list

upon arrival at the job, this serves as a prompt to follow in listed order.

 

answering ‘what/where’ informs the office of what was accomplished at the job and helps

inform the next visit’s needs, etc.

 

our company prides itself on providing our clients brief notes of what our gardeners did

during the time of service.

 

using a checklist such as this eliminates hand written notes (which is what we had been

doing prior to Aspire) and the frustrations that come with that such as deciphering

handwriting. without these notes/ prompts a gardener could omit important information

need for future scheduling and accurate invoicing.

 

we understand for items used they will have access to certain items in the catalogue-

which will be helpful in tracking materials.

 

this list also archives what is done at jobs at certain times of the year for future planning (next week / next year).


Kbaird
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  • Genius
  • March 21, 2026

This would be a good use of start ticket or complete ticket forms. You can set these up in “Custom Forms” and choose which services they will show up on. 

 

https://guide.youraspire.com/docs/custom-form-screen


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  • Inspiring
  • March 23, 2026

Agree with using the forms, that’s the best way to capture that much information

Also, having your crews utilize uploading photos (Documents feature on the mobile app) can provide a great visual for some of these items. For instance, photos of closed gates and serviced areas.