Schedule a Visit
Create a scheduled job for a customer and site, or a one-off visit outside the regular plan.
Updated September 23, 2026
Job statuses: Scheduled, Scheduled - Delayed, In Progress, Completed, Cancelled. Fixed-interval and Set weekdays plans put visits on Schedule automatically when Auto-create is on. Use this when you need a visit that is not already on the calendar, including Set frequency work (a count like twice a month), which does not auto-create yet.
Open New Job
Go to JobsNew Job. The page title is New Job.
Pick the work type first
When more than one work type is enabled, a row of tabs sits at the top of the form under What Are You Scheduling?. Pick the work type before anything else: it decides which fields the form shows and which sites you can choose, and switching it clears sites that no longer match. With only one work type enabled there are no tabs — you set Type further down the form instead.
Choose scheduled or one-off
If the work type allows one-off visits, Visit Type offers Scheduled Job and One-Off Job. Scheduled is the regular visit. One-off is outside the seasonal window or fixed interval — turn that on per work type under SettingsWork Types (Allow One-Off Jobs).
Pick customer, site, date, and crew
Choose the customer, the site, and the Scheduled Date, then assign a crew. Selecting more than one site creates one job per site. For a work type with Scheduled jobs must be under a contract on (Settings → Work Types), the form links the active covering contract for that site (required). When exactly one contract matches, it is linked for you and named on screen; when more than one matches, pick the right plan under Service Contract. A visit that somehow has no contract shows a No service contract linked card on its job page where the office can attach one, and the Jobs toolbar's Link Orphan Jobs repairs them in bulk. If the visit was never meant to fulfil an agreement, Mark this visit as a one-off is on that same card.
Create
Click Create Job. The visit appears on Schedule and in Jobs.
A Visit That Belongs to No Contract
Open the job. On the No service contract linked card, Mark this visit as a one-off is for work that fulfils no agreement — a courtesy call, a subcontracted batch, or a sale at a site that never had a contract. Pick a Reason and Billing (No charge or Per visit), then Mark as One-Off.
The visit leaves the Link Orphan Jobs count. The card says this does not change any invoice. The control is there only when that work type allows one-off visits (SettingsWork Types, Allow One-Off Jobs). A cancelled visit cannot be marked, and a visit already linked to a contract is refused until the link is removed.
Do not recreate auto-created visits
After a quote is approved, do not recreate visits the plan already creates. Extra copies are easy to dispatch and hard to bill correctly. A Set frequency plan does not auto-create — schedule those visits here. See Schedule a Number of Visits per Week or Month.
Delete Several Visits at Once
Office and super-admin, on Schedule in the Jobs calendar — not the Saved Routes or Crew lanes.
Select Jobs
Click Select Jobs in the toolbar (light teal when idle). The bar reads Click cards to select · Shift-click for a range · Select All above each day's cards. Click cards on any days; Select All / Clear Day sits above that day's first card; shift-click two cards on the same day to take the range. Done leaves select mode.
Delete
With a selection, click Delete. The dialog title is Delete N selected jobs? Copy underneath: Only visits nobody has started can be deleted. Invoiced, in-progress and completed visits stay — cancel those instead. This cannot be undone. It first checks (Checking which jobs can be deleted…), then lists N will be deleted and, if any, N will be left alone grouped by reason.
Confirm
Click Delete N jobs. Nothing is written until that red button. Afterward the title is Jobs deleted.
Eligible visits are Scheduled or Scheduled - Delayed with no invoice, no photos or videos, no chemical log, and no inventory already deducted. Left-alone reasons, as labelled:
| Label | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Linked to an invoice — unlink or void it first | Has an invoice. |
| In progress — a crew is on it | Status is In Progress. |
| Completed — cancel or keep it; completed visits are history | Status is Completed. |
| Already cancelled | Status is Cancelled. |
| Has readings, chemicals or photos logged | Field work is already on the job. |
| Not found in this account | The id is gone. |
| Changed while deleting (started, invoiced or logged) — left alone | It changed between the check and the delete. |
A job on an invoice is never deleted. Contract invoices (monthly / term) are not tied to visits, so removing a visit does not change what the customer is billed. Auto-created visits are not recreated. At most 500 jobs per delete. If none of the selection can go, the red button stays disabled and the list reads None of the selected jobs can be deleted.
The same bar's Reschedule, drag onto a day, or click an empty day still moves the selection the way grouped drag does.
Verify it worked
Open Schedule on that date. The job is Scheduled at the site you picked, with the contract linked if the work type requires one. After Select Jobs → Delete, those cards are gone and are not recreated.
Frequently asked questions
The form will not save without a contract. Why?
That work type has **Scheduled jobs must be under a contract** turned on in Settings → Work Types (on by default for contract-billed work such as pond, lake, routine pool service and lawn maintenance). A scheduled visit must link an active covering contract for that customer, site, and work type. Approve the quote first, create the visit as a One-Off Job if the work type allows one-off work, or turn the setting off for work you never bill through a contract.
A visit sits in Link Orphan Jobs but it was never contract work. How do I clear it?
Open the job. On the No service contract linked card, choose Mark this visit as a one-off, pick a reason, and set Billing to No charge or Per visit. That takes it out of Link Orphan Jobs and does not change an invoice. It is hidden when Allow One-Off Jobs is off for that work type, and it is refused if the visit is already linked to a contract or is cancelled.
I created a contract after the visits. Will they attach?
Creating or activating a contract, or extending its start/end dates, attaches open and completed visits that the new window now covers when exactly one contract matches that customer, site, work type, and date. Two covering contracts are left for you to pick. Deleting a contract moves each of its jobs to the one other covering agreement when there is one; otherwise it unlinks them and writes an audit row. Jobs → Link Orphan Jobs is still the bulk repair.
Should I create the weekly stops by hand?
Not when they belong to a Fixed interval or Set weekdays plan with Auto-create on — those visits are generated so they stay tied to billing. Set frequency (a count like twice a month) does not auto-create yet, so you do schedule those visits yourself. See [Schedule a Number of Visits per Week or Month](/help/scheduling-and-jobs/schedule-a-number-of-visits-per-period).
Can I delete several scheduled visits at once?
Yes, from Schedule in the Jobs calendar (not the Saved Routes or Crew lanes). Select Jobs → click the cards → Delete. The dialog checks first and only removes unstarted visits — invoiced, in-progress, completed, cancelled, or already-logged work is left alone. This cannot be undone, and auto-created visits are not recreated.
Related guides
- After a Quote Is ApprovedFind the service contract a signed quote created, check the billing day, and know when no plan appears on purpose.
- Add a Customer and a SiteCreate the account you work for and at least one service location so you can quote, schedule, and invoice.
- Assign the Day's WorkPut people on the day's jobs from Dispatch, by hand, with Soliven's two-step Assign the Day, or one person at a time with Find Jobs to Add to Crew.
- Schedule a Number of Visits per Week or MonthSell and bill a customer on a count — twice a month, three visits a week — and let the office pick the days.
- Complete a VisitClock in if required, open today's job, work Arrive through Complete, or skip the visit for today with a reason.