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Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.
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improved
Scheduling
Support for Re-Inspection and Reorder/Copy added to New Order Form
We just released a small update to the New Order Form and now support
Re-Inspections
and Reorder/Copy
using the new form. If you have the New Order Form defaulted to enabled you will now see the additional selections at the top of the form when you either kick off a Reinspection or a Reorder/Copy from an existing inspection.Reinspection

Reorder/Copy

No change is needed in your current workflow for either of these features. The appropriate data from the reference inspection will be populated to the New Order Form just as it did on the legacy order form.
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Advanced
Advanced Automations Presets Library
Over the next few days we are rolling out a new option called Presets Library in the Advanced Automations (previously known as Actions) builder.
Presets allows you with very minimal effort and time to setup a high quality automation messages for common scenarios. These include add-on service upsells, review requests and 3rd party services notifications to start. The library will be further updated as we populate more high value automation presets (including sms text versions) in the future.
- You can access the library right from your Advanced Automations page via the new Presets Librarytab.
- Once you find the one you want you can choose to learn more about what it does and what you need to use it or you can jump right in and click Use Preset.
- Clicking Use Preset takes you directly into the new Automation builder with all the details filled out for you. All of these are still customizable of course so you can use these as they are setup or just as a great starting point.
- Remember to take a look a the contents of the email messages before using them to make sure the messaging aligns with what you want to send out and delete any instructional text highlighted in yellow.
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Advanced
Client Portal
New Client Portal Placeholders
We just released a handful of new placeholders that can be used in the New Automations UI. These new placeholders reduce friction for your clients by allowing for "deep-linking" to specific portions of the Client Portal.
Note: We have
not
changed or removed the current placeholder links that have been available.The new placeholders are as follows:
- REQUEST ADDON LINK- (Email Only) Will show as a button in the email that when clicked will open the Upsell Request window on the Client Portal.


- REQUEST ADDON TEXT LINK- This one is the same as the one above but shows as a short hyperlink and can be used for SMS Text messages.
- DIRECT SIGN LINK- (Email Only) Will show as a button in the email that when clicked will open the Agreement(s) window on the Client Portal directly.
- DIRECT SIGN TEXT LINK- This one is the same as the one above but shows as a short hyperlink and can be used for SMS Text messages.
- DIRECT PAY LINK- (Email Only) Will show as a button in the email that when clicked will open the Payment window on the Client Portal directly.
- DIRECT PAY TEXT LINK- This one is the same as the one above but shows as a short hyperlink and can be used for SMS Text messages.
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Advanced
New Advanced Automations (FKA Actions)
We have recently started rolling out the new Advanced Automations builder experience. Some of you already have this new experience and the rest of you will be getting it over the next couple of weeks.
This new experience
replaces the Actions messages configuration tool
but you will still see some references to Actions throughout the system for the time being as we migrate over.There is a new interface now for managing your Advanced Automations (previously referred to as Actions).

The new interface makes quick work of finding and editing your automations with new filters and search.
The Edit and creation of New Automations is also highly improved with a cleaner layout and easier to understand language.

We have also added a
Send Test
feature in the email configuration screens to make is simpler to see how your email will look to the recipient without creating test inspections.There will be additional improvements coming to this new experience in the near future as well so keep an eye out for updates!
Ever want to quickly check and see what the email formatting looks like in various email clients before activating your Advanced Automation? You can now with the new Send Test feature in the new Advanced Automations builder experience!
Note:
The new experience for Advanced Automations (previously Actions) and therefore this new feature is still going through a staged roll out and not yet available for all Advanced companies. It will be soon though.How it works
For any email automation when you are in the email editor you will see a new button at the top of the screen labeled
Send Test
.
Clicking on this button will open a small window where you can enter up to 3 email addresses (comma separated) and select a recent inspection to use for filling placeholder values.

Once those fields are filled out click
Send Test
and the email that you have configured in the editor will be sent to each of the entered addresses. Note:
This does not send to any email addresses other than those entered in the Send Test window even if the To, Cc, or Bcc fields have values in them so this will not be sent to external recipients unless that address is manually entered for the test. Attachments configured in the editor will also not be included in the test emails.improved
fixed
V10 Fixes & Updates
The latest V10 improvements and fixes are now live. Here’s what changed!
V10 transition updates are now available to 50% of users. You can now:
- Switch from V9 to V10 with report information carried over.
- Switch from V10 back to V9 (this deletes existing reports and does not transfer data)
- Undeleting reports now requires the correct reporting format to prevent mixed V9/V10 inspections. Example: To undelete a V9 report on a V10 inspection, you’ll first need to switch the inspection to V9.
A new iOS version (10.23.2) is now available for all users
🔧 Fixes:
- Black screens after taking photos.
- Duplicated items not showing the correct numbering.
- Clicking “inspected” not completing items with no comments.
- Next arrow disappearing when using larger text sizes on Android.
🚀 Improvements:
- Removed “selected” on the comment editing screen for non-checkbox comments.
- CYA photos are no longer compressed before being added to the gallery.
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If you have any questions, let us know!
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improved
Scheduling
Updated Order Form (New Inspection Form)
We recently started releasing a new experience for the internal
Order Form
(New Inspection Form) with a cleaner UI and improved mobile browser experience. It also paves the way for several new features including some customization controls for Spectora Advanced users that will be released in the near future.The new form will be available for most non-Advanced companies starting tomorrow (3/7/25).
Note:
Using this new version of the Order Form is optional and only available to companies not using Spectora Advanced at this time. Reinspections are not yet supported via the New Order Form.What's new Now?
- The New Order Formnow has each section clearly lined out and a new navigation menu on the right side for quickly jumping to any section you need to. You can of course still scroll between them if that is your preference.

- Referral Sourcenow has it's own section directly below the Client section
- The Propertysection now shows the property photo and ancillary info directly over the entry.

- The Servicessection now provides a cleaner layout especially with regards to any manual edits to entries.


- The Order Settingssection (previously Miscellaneous) also got an update so it is easier to see and work with any Custom Scheduling Fields you have. We also made a small change so that if your order has the "Confirmed" checkbox selected the "Save" button now reads "Schedule" for improved clarity when booking.Integrationsoptions and the selector to use aV10 report(if it isn't already your default) are also included in the Order Settings section.
How can I use this?
- For now the New Order Form is accessible via a link in the upper right corner of the current New Inspection Form.

- The new form will open a new tab so you don't lose any info you may have already entered into the current form.
- On the New Order Form you will see an option at the top to make the new order form your default so you don't have the extra step of first accessing the older order form.

- If you choose to do this you will still have the option to switch the default back to the old order form if needed. Note:Reinspections are not yet supported with the New Order Form. Please make sure to have the Legacy Order Form set as default if you need to book a Reinspection.

- Once you "Save" or "Schedule" the order everything works the same as it does with the current form.
- You do not lose access the current form at this time. We want to make sure that we do not interrupt your day to day operations as you get used to using this new form.
improved
Client Portal
Partnerships
Bringing Acrisure experience within Client Portal
Now your clients don't have to exit the client portal to receive a quote from our trusted partner, Acrisure. Once they click "Request a Quote", they can complete the form within the client portal for a more unified experience. 

improved
Improved Defaulting to V10
- When you default to V10 (Settings > Repot Options > V10 reporting), all future inspections with unbuilt reports will be automatically converted to the V10 format.
- If V10 is unchecked, all future inspections will move back to the legacy (V9) reporting format.
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Advanced
New Rule option for Actions
We recently added another rule to help with Actions configurations. This time it is a new rule called 
Changed service or add-on in service category
. 
This new rule option allows you to filter the sending of the action based on whether or not the service or add-on that was added or removed after scheduling was in the specified category.
Example:
You want the message to only be sent when a client adds a standalone or add-on Mold service after having booked the inspection. This new rule will allow to do this without multiple rule configurations or possibly even multiple action configurations.
Note:
This new rule option only shows up when the trigger is one of the following:

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