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  1. Create API access credentials (per application)

    Navigate to the security settings screen via the Settings menu. Your user account must have the security permission to access the security settings. If you do not see this option, contact your administrator. The API Authorization ...
  2. Affiliate Best Practices and Maintenance

    Best Practices Adding Companies Use an external reference ID for new companies from a shared business system. This avoids duplicates being added with alternate spellings. DocBoss will warn you if the name it is exactly the same but if the...
  3. Add/Edit Routing Scenario

    This article explains how to add or edit routing scenarios. For an overview of routing scenario functions, see this article first. Topics Add routing scenarios Edit routing scenarios Add/edit routing scenarios for all new pro...
  4. Example of an obsolete card

    Consider the following scenario: Doc Code = Q14 – Drawings Level = Model In your equipment list, you have Unit 1: Model=ABC Unit 2: Model=ABC Unit 3: Model=DEF During the auto-generation, DocBoss creates 2 cards. ABC...
  5. Copy a Project

    Often,  a customer may place an order which is very similar to an order from the past. In these circumstances, you may find it saves time to copy an existing project to jumpstart the setup process. Open the project you wish to copy. From the  P...
  6. Upload Zip File without Unpacking

    If you do not want DocBoss to extract/unpack the zip folder and upload the zip file as-is, you can drag and drop the zip folder directly onto the card via the Card List. Alternatively, you can upload the file through Outstanding Actions. To attac...
  7. Sending documents via Ad-Hoc

    Ad-Hoc submittals are special, in that they do NOT affect the workflow of your documents. It is simply a way to get documents to anyone outside the company, recording they were sent, and leaving the status/stage etc unaffected. They should be r...
  8. Release - July 2019

    Unlimited Equipment Fields You may now add an unlimited number of global and project specific equipment fields. Details are available here. Data Inheritance Inherit data from Major Tag columns to Tagged Equipment units Inherit data ...
  9. Impact of Change Order

    When a change is made to Order Detail, DocBoss will present only cards which will be VOIDED (considered Obsolete) by the order detail changes. This means that the reference which was previously used for that card no longer exists on the order deta...
  10. Compilation Sub-Packages

    Instructions for grouping the compilation contents by a value from the equipment list (e.g., Item/Model, Tag No., etc.).