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  1. Introduction to Stages & Stage Lists

    Stage lists provide a way to set different workflows for different types of documents. Whether a single or multi-step submittal process is required, stage lists allow you to move through these stages in DocBoss. By default, DocBoss pop...
  2. Manage Internal Review Outside of DocBoss

    If your company prefers to complete their internal document review outside of DocBoss (using a service such as Bluebeam, Adobe Pro, etc.), you can still manage the documentation in DocBoss. To do this, we recommend following the process below. 1....
  3. Assign an Action

    When cards are routed to other DocBoss users, the documents are moved to user specific work areas called Outstanding Actions . From here, users will make comments on the documents and have the option to upload a new version of the file (if requir...
  4. Edit the Routing of a Card

    During the course of managing cards, you define routing and submittal requirements. This is typically managed by DocBoss as you upload documents to the system because you have already assigned your specific workflow instruction. However – Once ...
  5. Remove an Action

    Once an Action has been applied to a card, it remains in the Outstanding Actions Grid until the Action has been marked complete or REMOVED . You can view all Outstanding Actions (for all projects in your instance) OR you can view Outstanding Ac...
  6. Outstanding Actions

    The outstanding actions grid is used to display a list of all the current assigned actions: Actions can be checked in the Action Dashboard screen where all actions across all Projects are included ( Logo Menu > Action Dashboard ) O...
  7. Complete an Outstanding Action

    Once an action has been applied to a card, it remains in the "Outstanding Actions" grid until all actions have been  completed.   To view all outstanding actions for an individual project, navigate to Project Menu > Outstanding Actions . To view...
  8. Bulk Processing for Incoming Documents

    When receiving submittals with many files, users may want to use bulk processing to bring incoming documents into DocBoss. Instead of users individually dragging files into each card, DocBoss can automatically match each file to the appropriate ca...
  9. Comment sheets inside uploaded PDF files

    When you bring in a file from the customer and they return it with a comment page in the file, you can identify the comment page in the assignment screen. Once identified, DocBoss allows the user to determine the location of the comment and/or mar...
  10. Marking cards as required / not required

    When DocBoss auto-generates cards (based on your selected level), cards will be created for ALL equipment references. By default, all cards will be set as required based on a default query (i.e., "All docs are required"). In some cases, not all ca...