Tailor Shop
Fittings and the schedule
The Schedule tab groups every fitting, pickup, consultation and alteration into Today, Tomorrow, This Week and Later, and can remind you before each one.
Available on
- iPhone
- Android version in development
- Tailor Shop feature
The Tailor Shop tools described here are on iPhone today, and the Android version is in development. Appointments belong to orders rather than to clients, so every booking names the job it is for.
What the Schedule tab shows
Under the month name is a strip of seven day pills. Today is the dark filled pill, and a gold dot under a day means that day has appointments, up to three dots. The strip is there to read, not to tap.
Below it, appointments are grouped under Today, Tomorrow, This Week and Later, so the next job is always at the top. This Week means the next seven days rather than the calendar week. Each card gives the client, the kind of appointment, its length, the order number and the start time, with Reminder set underneath when a reminder is waiting. Tap the text on a card to open the appointment in full, including the note you left yourself.
How to book an appointment
Every appointment is attached to an order, so the plus button asks which order first. The rest of the form is short: what kind of appointment it is, when it starts, how long it runs, and how far ahead you want reminding.
- Tap the plus button at the top right of the Schedule tab.
- Pick the order from the Choose an order sheet, or search for it.
- Set Kind to Fitting, Pickup, Consultation or Alteration. The kind shows as the label on the schedule card.
- Tap the date chip and pick a day, then the time chip and set the time.
- Choose a duration of 15, 30, 45, 60 or 90 minutes.
- Set Notify me to 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 2 hours or 4 hours before. New appointments start at the default you chose in App Settings.
- Add a note about what the client should bring or what to check.
- Tap Save. The appointment drops into the right group on the schedule.
How to book a fitting from the order itself
When you are already looking at an order, the next fitting card is quicker. It reads Tap to schedule while nothing is booked, and opens the same form with the order already chosen, so there is no picker to work through. Save, and you are returned to the order with the card now naming the date, time and kind.
That is also what makes the Fitting ready message write itself: the template takes the date from the appointment attached to the order.
How to change or cancel a fitting
Open the appointment from the schedule and use the three-dot button at the top right. Edit reopens the same form with everything already set, and saving returns you to the appointment. Delete asks you to confirm first, and warns that the reminder goes with the appointment.
How fitting reminders work
Reminders are set per appointment, with a shop-wide default behind them. Both live in the Notifications group of App Settings, alongside your default channel and your message templates. Fitting reminders holds a switch that turns reminders on or off for the whole shop, and a Remind me row that sets the lead time new appointments start with.
Reminders are notifications from your iPhone, so it asks for permission the first time the app needs to schedule one. If permission is granted, every appointment with a reminder waiting shows Reminder set under its time. If it is refused, the schedule shows a banner saying reminders are off and the cards drop that line. You can grant it later in the iPhone Settings app.
