Words we use
Plain meanings for the words you'll see in Barton Forge, from Catalog to Unverified.
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Business | Your account in Barton Forge. Everything you enter belongs to your business. |
| Owner | The person who created the business. Runs billing, settings, and people. |
| Helper / Employee | Someone the owner added to the business. |
| Customer | Someone you do work for. |
| Job | One piece of work for a customer, with a number like J-12. |
| Status | Where a job stands: Request, Scheduled, In progress, Complete, or Cancelled. |
| Request | A new call you haven't scheduled yet. |
| Visit | One trip on a weekly or monthly job. |
| Complete visit / Skip visit | How you mark a visit on a repeating job. |
| Today | Jobs due today or overdue. |
| Soon | Jobs with a day in the next 7 days, starting tomorrow. |
| Week | Monday to Sunday for the whole crew, by day and person. Only for businesses with two or more people. |
| Mine | Open jobs assigned to you. |
| Unpaid | Jobs with money still due: Complete jobs not paid in full, and repeating jobs with unpaid visits. |
| Balance due | What a customer still owes on a job. |
| Invoice | A one-page PDF bill made from a job, sent from your phone. It says Receipt once the job is paid. |
| Follow-up | A day to reach out to a past customer about more work. |
| Site notes | Notes about the place: gate codes, pets, parking. |
| Parts | The tab for stock: Use, Receipts, History, and Inventory. |
| On hand | How many of a part your business has right now. |
| Use | Taking parts out of stock, usually by scanning. |
| Receipt | A photo of a supply-house receipt, saved with its lines. |
| Catalog item | A part matched to a real product by its barcode. |
| Unverified item | A part from a receipt with no matched barcode. It still counts. |
| Part name | What you call a part, like "15A breaker". |
| Attach | Link an unverified item to its real barcode so scanning finds it. |
| Pending | An invite that hasn't been used yet. |
| Inactive | A helper who was removed, or a customer who was deactivated. |
| Paused | A business put on hold so its owner can work for another business. |
| Trial | Free time to try the full app when you first subscribe. See Subscribe and start your free trial. |
| Manage | The Stripe page for your card, invoices, and canceling. |