The problem
A report that can only show “everything, this month” forces the owner into manual math whenever a specific question comes up: how many jobs did technician A finish last month? How many times has this customer been in? How many repairs used parts — and how many were labor only?
The tip
Automan’s repair report carries elastic filters — several slicers that can be combined, so one report answers questions from many angles without exporting anything:
- Date range — any period you choose, not just calendar months.
- Customer — repairs belonging to one customer; handy for regulars and complaint tracing.
- Technician — judge workload and output from data, not impressions.
- Parts used (Yes/No) — separate parts jobs from labor-only jobs; their margin structures differ.
The power is in combining: “technician A, last month, jobs that used parts” — three filters answering what used to take an hour of manual recapping.
Practical steps
- Open the repair report in your Store App.
- Set the date range first — narrow the period before adding other slicers.
- Add customer/technician/parts filters to match the question you’re answering.
- Turn your favorite combinations into routines (e.g., weekly: per technician + parts used).
When to use it
Whenever your question is more specific than “how much did we make this month”: evaluating technicians, auditing a customer’s history, or separating labor margin from parts margin. Elastic filters turn the report from a recap into an investigation tool.