Watchers

Follow a work order's progress without being assigned

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Watchers let people follow a work order and get notified of its progress without being the creator, an assignee, or a team member. This is ideal for supervisors, safety officers, or QA staff who need visibility but do not perform the work themselves.

The person who assigns is added automatically

When you assign a work order to someone else, you are added as a watcher automatically. So a supervisor who assigns work on behalf of a technician keeps full visibility into status changes, comments and photos โ€” even without being the creator or assignee.

Adding watchers manually

Open a work order and use the Watchers card in the sidebar. Anyone who can edit work orders can add or remove watchers. Search for a colleague and select them; remove a watcher with the X next to their name.

What watchers receive

Watchers can open the work order (even under a restricted data-scope role) and are notified on status changes and new comments, subject to each userโ€™s own notification preferences.

Tip

Adding someone as a watcher grants them read access to that specific work order โ€” a simple way to give visibility without changing their role.

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