Use the Work View (For Technicians)
A technician's home base for assigned jobs, available work, and the clock that tracks it.
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Work is the first item in the left navigation and the technician's home base. Everything you need sits on one screen: the jobs assigned to you, other work you can pick up, a way to search, and a way to start something new.
Work isn't a separate system. It's the same service requests admins manage from Service → Service Requests, seen through a lens built for someone standing in front of the equipment. Two things make it different:
- It's built for a phone. One column of large tap targets, with an action bar pinned to the bottom of the screen.
- It runs a clock. Starting a job checks you in and starts a timer that follows you around the app until you check out. Nothing in the Service Requests table does that.
Steps:
- Click Work at the top of the left navigation.
- Review Suggested Work at the top — a prioritized feed of jobs Bricks thinks you should pick up next. Highest Priority always shows.
- Click More Suggestions to reveal the other buckets, such as Near Me. The link becomes Less Suggestions to collapse them again.
- Check your Work List in the middle of the screen. It defaults to Assigned Work — the open requests assigned to you. Use the dropdown on the right to switch to any List you've favorited.
- Click a job card to open its preview and decide whether to take it. Opening a preview doesn't start anything.
What's on a job card
Each card shows:
- The request title and its SR number
- A priority chip on the right — Critical, Medium, and so on
- The location, as a link that opens the location record
- The equipment, when the request is tied to an asset
The bottom bar
Three buttons stay pinned to the bottom of every Work screen:
- Tasks — returns you to the Work screen. On a job screen, this is how you get back to the list without ending the job.
- Search — opens a small search box that filters the Work List you're currently viewing.
- Create — opens a menu with Create work and Quick start.
A few behaviors worth knowing
- The Work List shows five requests at a time. When there are more, a Show all button appears next to Advanced Search; it becomes Show Less once expanded.
- The Work List dropdown resets to Assigned Work when you reload the screen. Reselect your List each session.
- Suggested Work is unaffected by which List you choose — it always draws from everything available to you.
- When your queue empties you'll see You're all caught up! No more service requests available at this time, with a 1 Completed chip in the top-right counting what you finished in that session.
The green banner is your safety net. While you're checked in, a green bar sits across the top of every screen in Bricks showing the job name and a live timer. Click the › at the end to jump straight back to the job. It disappears the moment you check out or complete the job — which makes it the fastest way to spot a timer you forgot to stop.
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