The field app
Run the day away from the desk, with or without signal.
Field is the on-site side of the same narra workspace, built for one hand, daylight and places with no signal. What it shows and allows follows the signed-in person’s role.
Does it work without signal?
Yes. Checklists, photos, notes and time stay pending on the device and sync when a connection returns. Field shows the pending count until the server accepts each change.
What can an owner or office user do in Field?
They can create and edit clients, jobs, quotes and invoices, schedule work, assign more than one crew member, and record expenses while away from Desktop. The records are the same ones the office sees on Desktop.
What can a crew member see?
Their own work: the day’s stops, the address, the arrival window, what the job involves, and any notes.
Money and client records are the office’s. A crew member cannot see what a job is worth or what anyone else is doing.
How does time tracking work?
Start and stop against the visit. Time lands on the job, so labour cost and margin come from what happened rather than an estimate.
How do photos reach the office?
Take them on the visit. After they sync, open the parent job on Desktop and look under Attachments; visit photos are grouped there as read-only work evidence.
How do I install it?
Open the field address in the phone browser and add it to the home screen. It then opens like an app, full screen, and keeps working offline.
How does a crew member mark a stop done?
Complete the visit on the stop screen. If a checklist is attached, the steps are ticked first, “done” means the work was done, not that somebody said so.
Can the crew add a note the office will see?
Yes. Notes recorded on the visit appear on the job in the office, with who wrote them.
What happens if two people edit the same visit?
The later write wins and narra tells you if what you are saving was based on a stale copy, rather than silently overwriting someone.
Does Field show the route?
It shows the day’s stops in the order the office saved, and can hand an address to your maps app for navigation.
Can a crew member see tomorrow?
Yes. The schedule is not limited to today, so someone can see what is coming and plan materials.
What if the crew has no account?
They cannot see anything. Add them in Settings → Team first; work is assigned to people, not to phone numbers.
What narra does not do
- Full financial reporting and payroll remain in Desktop.
- There is no offline map; navigation needs a connection.
- Crew cannot see or record payments.
- There is no in-app chat between crew and office.