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There are three separate components to properly set up a Coordinator.

  1. Set Worker / Contact as a Coordinator.

  2. Add the Coordinator to the Department Hierarchy .

  3. Edit Coordinator Permissions for the Contact record as needed.

Set Contact as a Coordinator

Before a User can be a Coordinator, they must have the Coordinator Type added to the Worker / Contact record.

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  1. Navigate to Main > People > Worker / Contact.

  2. Locate the record that should be a Coordinator.

  3. Open the record.

  4. Click the Type multi-select and make sure the Coordinator checkbox is selected.

    • This requires the Customer Type and adds automatically if it is not already set.

  5. Select the Customer tab and make sure the required field Customer Number is filled.

    • The Department picker sets the Contact as a member of the Department. Any Services and Equipment owned by the Contact is visible to the Coordinator of that Department. This picker does not set the Contact as the Coordinator.

  6. If the Coordinator should receive the Bill email, make sure the Allow Coordinator Bill Email checkbox is selected. If you do not see the Allow Coordinator Bill Email checkbox, please double check to make sure Coordinator is selected in the Type field.

  7. Save the Worker / Contact record.

Add Coordinators to Department Hierarchy

Once the Worker / Contact is set as a Coordinator, it can be selected as a Coordinator in the Department Hierarchy. Multiple Worker / Contacts can be set as Coordinator for a given Department.

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  1. Navigate to Main > People > Department Hierarchy.

  2. Select the Coordinators tab.

  3. Click the Add ExistingImage Modified button.

    • The Add New Existing Coordinators form opens a list of all the Worker / Contact records with Coordinator type set.

  4. Find the Contact that needs to be a Coordinator for the Department, select them, and click the Save and CloseImage Modified button.

  5. Save the Department Hierarchy record.

Repeat this step for every Department Hierarchy that should have a Coordinator.

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PCR recommends creating dedicated Permission Sets just for Coordinators.

  1. Navigate to Admin > User Management > Permission Sets.

  2. Click the AddImage Modified button on the Permissions Grid.

    • This opens the Add New Permissions Sets form.

      Add New Permission Set form exampleImage Modified
  1. In the Name field, choose and enter a name for the Permission that makes sense for your organization.

  2. Change the Default Permission for Menus & Pages / URLs drop-down to Read & Write.

  3. Select the Menus tab.

    1. Click the AddImage Modified button on the Menus tab. This opens the Add New Menu Permissions form.

    2. In the CustomerCenter Menu, located near the bottom of the form, click the View Bill check box.

      • This automatically adds the Billing link in the CustomerCenter for the Coordinator.

      • Optional: Click the Call Details checkbox to make all calls on Services from a Department available to the Coordinator.

        Add New Menu Permission exampleImage Modified
  1. Click the SaveImage Modified button and close the Add New Menu Permissions form.

  2. Select the View Bill tab.

  3. Click the AddImage Modified button on the View Bill tab.

    Add New View Bill Permissions exampleImage Modified
  1. In the Bill Sections, click the individual sections of the Bill that the Coordinator should have access to.

  2. Optional: In the Call Types, click the individual Call Types for the Bill that the Coordinator should access.

    • Save and Close the Add New View Bill Permissions form.

  3. Save and close the Permission Set.

The Permissions Set is saved and ready to assign to a Role.

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PCR recommends creating a dedicated Role just for Coordinators.

  1. Navigate to Admin > User Management > Roles.

  2. Click the AddImage Modified button on the Roles Grid.

    • This opens the Add New Role form.

      Add New Role form exampleImage Modified
  1. In the Name field, enter a name for the Role that makes sense for your organization.

  2. Add a Description that makes sense for this Role.

  3. Save the Role by clicking the Save NewImage Modified button.

  4. Select the Permissions Sets tab.

    1. Click the Add ExistingImage Modified button.

    2. Select the Permission that was previously set up for Coordinators and click the Save and CloseImage Modified button.

  5. Click the SaveImage Modified button to save the Role.

Assign Role to User/Contact

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This is the fastest method for assigning multiple Coordinators to a Role.

  1. Select the Users tab from the Role setup in the last step.

  2. Click the Add ExistingImage Modified button.

  3. Select all the Users that should have the Coordinator Role assigned to them.

    1. The grid can be searched and filtered to quickly find additional Users to select.

    2. Make sure to click the checkbox in the grid to select multiple Users at a time.

  4. Once all the Users desired are selected, click the Save and CloseImage Modified button.

The User has the Coordinator Role assigned to them.

From the User
  1. Navigate to Admin > User Management > Users.

  2. Search or filter the grid for the User record that is the Coordinator.

  3. Open the User record.

  4. Add the Coordinator Role in the Roles select list.

  5. Save the User record by clicking the 

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  1. SaveImage Added button.

The User has the Coordinator Role assigned to them, and this method has to be repeated for every Coordinator.