Materials catalog

The Materials page is your company's catalog: every material a crew member can record as used on a job — wire, conduit, breakers, fittings.

Adding materials

Use the add row at the top: Material name, Category, Unit, Price (per unit, optional) and Barcode (optional), then Add. Edit any field right in the list; changes save as you go.

Units and categories

• Units — how the item is counted: Count (each), Length (ft or in), Area (sq ft), or your own (the Units button).
• Categories — group the catalog (the Categories button). New accounts start with categories for your trade.

In Field (Active / Hidden)

Only Active materials show up for the crew. Set an item to Hidden to keep it on record but stop crews from picking it — handy for discontinued stock.

Stock & inventory (optional)

Flip Track to On for any item you want to keep as inventory — leave it Off and the item stays a plain list entry.

When tracking is on you get three fields:

• On hand — how many you have. Set it during a stock count (inventorization); edit it any time you restock.
• Low at — the level that counts as low. When On hand drops to it or below, the row turns red and you get a *"low on stock"* alert in your notifications. Leave it blank for no alert.
• Used — a running total the system keeps for you; you don't type this.

Automatic draw-down: every time a crew (or the office) logs this material as used on a job, its On hand goes down and Used goes up by that amount — so the catalog always reflects what's actually left. Editing or removing a logged amount adjusts it back. Untracked items are never touched.

Barcodes

Barcodes let the crew add a material by scanning it instead of searching the list.

• Set it up (office): when you add or edit a material, put its barcode in the Barcode field — type it or enter the digits printed under the product's barcode. One barcode per material; it's also searchable from the Materials search box.
• Scan it (crew): on a job in the app, the crew open Materials, tap Scan, and point the camera at the product barcode. The matching material is added automatically — they just enter the amount. Supported codes: UPC-A/E, EAN-13/8, Code 128 and Code 39.
• No match? If a scanned barcode isn't on any material yet, the app says so and the crew ask the office to add it here (crews can't create materials). Scanning needs camera access and a current app build.

How crews use it

On a job in the mobile app, crew tap to add a material, pick it from the catalog (or scan its barcode) and enter the amount in its unit. Crews can't type new materials — if something's missing, they ask the office to add it here. Everything logged shows on the job's Materials Used card.

Good to know

• Deleting a material removes it from the catalog only — materials already logged on jobs are kept.
• Catalog value at the top is the sum of your per-unit prices, not stock on hand.