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QuoteCloud + simPRO

Approved QuoteCloud quotes, opened as simPRO jobs

Your client ticks the options they want, signs the quote and Zapier creates the service job in simPRO with the customer, the site and the approved work. The job is typed once, in the quote, so it matches what the client said yes to.

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What simPRO is

simPRO is job management software for trade and service contractors, covering quotes, jobs, scheduling, stock and invoicing. QuoteCloud customers use it to deliver the work and use QuoteCloud for the sectioned, option-rich quotes their clients review and sign online.

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Workflows

Three Zaps worth building first

Each one is a trigger in one app and the steps that follow in the other. Build them as they are, or change any step.

01Via Zapier

Create a simPRO service job when a quote is signed

  1. WhenQuoteCloudDocument Signing Complete
  2. ThensimPROFind or Create Individual Customer
  3. ThensimPROCreate Service Job

When every signer has signed, the customer is found or created in simPRO and a service job is created with the site and the approved work mapped across.

HVAC

02Via Zapier

Open a job at the right site for an accepted defect quote

  1. WhenQuoteCloudDocument Accepted
  2. ThensimPROFind or Create Site
  3. ThensimPROCreate Service Job

An accepted rectification quote finds the building in simPRO, or adds it, and opens a service job there for the technicians.

Security & fire systems

03Via Zapier

Attach the signed proposal to the simPRO job

  1. WhenQuoteCloudDocument Signing Complete
  2. ThenQuoteCloudGenerate or Fetch Document PDF Link
  3. ThensimPROFind Job
  4. ThensimPROAttach File to Job

The signed PDF is fetched and attached to the matching simPRO job straight away, because the PDF link is short-lived.

Solar & battery

In practice

How three businesses use QuoteCloud with simPRO

Example businesses from our industry pages, and the job the connection does for each.

HVAC

Halden Climate Co.

Halden Climate Co. quotes ducted heat pump systems with three packages to choose from and optional extras in the price table. When Claire and Tom Hadley picked a system, both signed and paid the deposit by card, Zapier found them in simPRO and created the service job. The installers start from the same system and extras the Hadleys approved.

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Security & fire systems

Harrowfield Fire & Security

Harrowfield Fire & Security sends defect rectification quotes after each routine inspection at Calder House. Simone Achebe ticks the defects she wants fixed and accepts the quote online. A Zap on Document Accepted finds Calder House as a site in simPRO and opens a service job there, so the work is booked against the right building.

QuoteCloud for security & fire systems

Solar & battery

Tallowwood Solar & Storage

Tallowwood Solar & Storage sends solar and battery proposals with the system size, inverter and battery options laid out for the homeowner. Once Jess and Arlo Penhaligon signed, the Zap fetched the signed PDF and attached it to their job in simPRO. The install crew sees exactly what was agreed without asking the office for a copy.

QuoteCloud for solar & battery

Setup

Set it up in Zapier

  1. 1

    Connect both apps in Zapier

    Create a Zap and sign in to QuoteCloud and simPRO when Zapier asks. Zapier access to QuoteCloud is on the Essentials plan and up.

  2. 2

    Pick the QuoteCloud trigger

    Choose Document Signing Complete when every signer must sign, or Document Accepted, and add a Zapier filter if only some templates should run.

  3. 3

    Match the customer and create the job

    Add Find or Create Individual Customer, Find or Create Company Customer or Find or Create Site, then Create Service Job, and map the client, site and quoted work.

  4. 4

    Test, then switch it on

    Run a test with a quote signed at an @example.com address, check the job in simPRO, and turn the Zap on.

QuoteCloud's Zapier app is on the Essentials plan and up; each document created through Zapier or the API carries a fee of US$2.00, $1.80 or $1.60 depending on volume.

FAQ

QuoteCloud and simPRO: questions

How does QuoteCloud connect to simPRO?

Through QuoteCloud's Zapier app, with no code to write. You choose a QuoteCloud trigger, such as Document Signing Complete, then simPRO actions such as Find or Create Individual Customer and Create Service Job, and map the fields. Each Zap is a one-way automation that runs every time its trigger fires.

Will the job match the options the client chose?

The client ticks options in QuoteCloud, and the Zap runs after they sign, so it works from the approved document. You decide in Zapier which fields go into the job, such as the client, the site and a description of the approved work. Test with a quote that has optional items to check the mapping.

Can I track the quote and its job?

Yes. QuoteCloud shows when a quote is sent, first viewed and signed, and the job it created sits in simPRO with its own status. The two aren't kept matching after the job is created: later changes in simPRO don't update the QuoteCloud document, and changes to a signed document don't update the job.

Why attach the signed PDF in the same Zap?

Generate or Fetch Document PDF Link gives Zapier a link to the document's PDF that only works for a short time. Put simPRO's Attach File to Job right after it in the same Zap, with Find Job in between to pick the right job, so the file is attached while the link is valid.

What does it cost?

QuoteCloud's Zapier app is on the Essentials plan and up. Each document created through Zapier or the API carries a fee of US$2.00, falling to $1.80 and $1.60 at higher volumes. Zaps that only create simPRO jobs or attach files don't create QuoteCloud documents, so they carry no document fee. You also need a simPRO account and a Zapier plan.

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