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- Control who sees what on a projectSeat, project role, company, and Access Group stack independently to decide which forms and documents each person can open on a project.
- How Formis decides what you can seeStanding opens the shelves you can reach; Delivery hands you specific items such as routed workflow steps and transmittals.
- Invite your team and assign seatsInvite people, choose their seat and company, grant project access, and set an access expiration when you need one.
- Run the setup wizardCreate your first project, deploy starter forms, set your company, and invite the people who will run RFIs.
- Understand seats and project rolesLearn how Tenant Admin, Manager, and Contributor seats combine with project roles like Project Manager and Document Controller.
- What companies are and how to use themGroup people into companies inside your Formis tenant so outside crews see their own work plus what you share on a project.
Forms
- Action itemsUse the Action items starter form for meeting commitments with a lighter Task List and notifications off by default.
- Build a form from scratchStart from Blank Form, add fields, deploy to a project, and publish so the team can submit work.
- Configure a Configurable ListAdd a Configurable List so fillers can enter repeating rows such as crew or equipment on a daily report.
- Configure a Form CalculationBuild Form Calculation formulas from fields and the built-in function list (math, dates, choice count, formatting); use only those functions when asking the help bot for a formula.
- Configure an Image Upload fieldAdd an Image Upload field so crews can attach jobsite photos and mark them up with a freehand pen and layers inside the form.
- Form field types and settingsReference for every Form Designer Basic field and Widget, including Form Calculation setup and exact setting names.
- Install a form from the libraryAdd a construction starter template from Forms, or create an instance from the Formis form library when you have admin access.
- Marking up a photoDraw on a Task List or form photo with pen color, width, undo, and layers, then download with or without markup.
- Pinning items to drawingsDrop a Task List item pin on a drawing so the issue stays tied to an exact spot on that sheet revision.
- Punch listUse the Punch list starter form to capture walk defects with trade, photos, drawing pins, and a Wait for Tasks closeout review.
- Reopening a Task List itemReopen a Closed Task List item with an optional reason so the assignee gets a targeted email and can finish the work.
- Safety observationUse the Safety observation starter form to log hazards with hazard type, severity, photos, and the same Wait for Tasks closeout as Punch list.
- Show or hide fields with conditionsUse Show/Hide Field conditions to reveal or hide fields and whole sections based on field values or derived Workflow Status (Draft, Under Review, Complete, and more).
- Submit a form and track itCreate an RFI submission, fill and submit it, watch workflow status, and revise when it is returned.
- Task List mobile tipsPinch-zoom drawings, fit Photos on a phone screen, and trust Submit feedback so Task List work stays usable on mobile.
- Task List notificationsWhich emails a Task List can send — assignment digest, Ready for review, reopen, and completion — and who receives each one.
- Task List photosAttach multiple photos to a Task List item, view them in the item panel, and keep automatic filenames and pin location metadata.
- Using Task ListsAdd a Task List widget to a form so each item has its own status, assignee, due date, photos, and optional drawing pin.
- What happens when you edit a form that already has submissionsEditing a published form updates the live definition everyone uses; existing submission answers stay stored, and when you open an older submission you view it through the current form layout, not a frozen historical schema.
Workflows
- Configure routing and approvalsBind an RFI workflow to the form, add an approval step for the Project Manager, and save so new RFIs route for sign-off.
- Configure step actions and outcome severityConfigure each review step's actions and Outcome severity so the most severe response governs the displayed outcome and the workflow path.
- Control what reviewers can edit: step edit policiesSet Edit Policy on each review step so assignees can change only the fields that belong to their part of the process.
- Keep reviews moving: target durations, escalation, and reassignmentSet Target Review Duration, Allow Reassign, and Escalation so a review step does not stall in one person's court.
- Route a form to multiple reviewers and set completion rulesAssign a review step to several people, then choose a Completion Rules option that decides when the step is done.
- Task List review workflowHow Punch list and Safety observation wait for every item to close, then verify or send work back with Revision Required.
- The anatomy of a review stepA review step has an assignee, a set of actions, and a notification. Anyone who can open the submission can follow its progress.
Documents and transmittals
- Guest acknowledgment without a seatOutside recipients open an emailed acknowledgment link, review the package, download files, and acknowledge without a Formis seat.
- Send a transmittalSubmit the construction-pack Transmittal form and send it so external recipients can acknowledge by email.
- Set up the document registerTurn on Document Control, assign a Document Controller, manage published and review queues, and create transmittals from Documents.
- Share a document Project-wideMark a file as Project-wide access so every project member can open it after it is published, without sending a transmittal.
- Work with outside partners on a projectInvite owner's reps, engineers, and subs onto one project so each company sees shared work and their own records without your full internal filing set.
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Account and billing
- Edit your invite and notification email templatesCustomize the project invite email from Team on Pro and higher, and see what Starter keeps on the system template.
- Plans, trials, and upgradesCompare Starter, Pro, Business, and Enterprise in Plan and Billing, run the 14-day trial, and upgrade when you are ready.
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