Overdue Work Orders

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This report shows which work orders are currently overdue. This means that work order is still open, and the current date is after the "Work End" date given in the work order's Properties section. For example, it is now Wednesday and the job was supposed to be finished Tuesday, but the work order is still open.

Note: For best results, you should close work orders as soon as possible once the job is done. Otherwise, they will be reported as overdue.

To obtain a report of overdue work orders, select Work Orders —> Reports —> Overdue from the menu. MainBoss opens a window that contains the following:

Preview: Displays the report on the screen. This gives you a chance to see what will be printed out when you click Print.
Print: Prints the report on the current printer. (The name of the current printer is shown above the row of buttons.)
Print Setup: Lets you change printers if your computer is connected to more than one printer. It also lets you change the page setup for the printer, including paper size, margin size, and so on.
Export: Writes report information to a file, in a format that can be used by other programs. There are two possible formats:
- Text format writes the information as plain text.
- DBF format writes the information as a DBF database. This can be opened by programs like Microsoft Excel and Access. For more information, see Exporting Data.
Close: Closes the print window.

For more about work orders, see Work Orders.

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