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Follow-ups

Calls, messages and notes with a follow-up date, from every guest, owner, tenant and company timeline.

What this page is for

One list of everything someone promised to come back to. Each guest, owner, tenant and company page has a Communication log: a timeline of emails, calls, WhatsApp and SMS notes, meetings and remarks. Entries with a follow-up date show here until they are done.

Who can use it

See the communication log (by default Admin, Operations, Sales, Finance and Viewer). Adding entries and marking them done needs Add to the communication log (all of those except Viewer).

How to log a call or note

  1. Open the guest, owner, tenant or company.
  2. Under Communication log, open Log a call, message, meeting or note.
  3. Choose the type and direction, write a summary and any details.
  4. To be reminded, set Follow up on and Who follows up, then select Save.

How to work through follow-ups

  1. Choose For: Me or Everyone, and Due and overdue, Coming up or Done.
  2. Select the name to open the record, then Mark done. Reopen brings it back.

Fields and columns

Field Meaning
Type Call, Email, WhatsApp, SMS, Meeting or Note.
Direction To them, From them, or Internal (a remark between staff).
Due The follow-up date; red when it has passed.
Who follows up The person reminded; you, unless you choose someone else.

Statuses and automation

Settings that change this page

Notification preferences decide whether the reminder arrives in the app, by email or both.

FAQs

Where do I see a guest's emails? On the guest's profile, in the Communication log.

Troubleshooting

Problem What to do
An email was not logged The address must match the email on the guest, owner or other record exactly.
No reminder arrived Check your notification preferences and that you are the person following up.

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