Gearbox Save Options

Gearbox Save Options

Overview 


Gearbox has several save options to streamline your workflow, located at the bottom right of your screen:
  1. Save and Close 
  2. Save and Continue
  3. Save and Repeat
  4. Save and Copy

Save and Close

Saves the current item and returns you to the previous page. For example, clicking ‘Save and Close’ on a Vehicle will save the changes made on the vehicle and return you to the page you were previously viewing.

Save and Continue

Saves the current item and refreshes the page, you will still be viewing the same item you just saved. This is commonly used where documents are required to be uploaded as an item must be saved prior to uploading documents.

Save and Repeat

Saves the current item, copies details from it to a new item and allows you to make further modifications to the new item. This can be used to make recurring reminders.

For example, clicking ‘Save and Repeat’ on a reminder and change the date to the next time you want the reminder to come up weather that is a week, month, year. 

Save and Copy

Saves the current item, copies details from it to a new item and allows you to make further modifications to the new item. The details copied change depending on the item it is used on but the most common item copied is the vehicle.

For example, when a truck has multiple trailers, click 'Save and Copy' on the first trailer service record to create a record for each subsequent trailer(s).

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