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Submittals (Mobile)

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User Personas: Project Manager | Field User

Good submittal management is a vital element of the successful and timely completion of any project. Submittal Items and Packages can be sent out and tracked as needed throughout your project’s life cycle, ensuring that open communication is always at the forefront of your overall project management strategy.

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 Submittal Items and Packages on the eSUB Fusion mobile app are view-only. Submittal Items and Packages are created and managed on the web.

To perform the actions in this article, you need the Submittals - General Permissions - View permission. See Set Up User Permissions, or contact an Admin user to adjust your permissions.

This article covers the mobile component of Submittals. For the web component and additional details, see: Submittals.

Use the links below to jump to a topic:

View and Manage the Submittals Log

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The Submittals tool from the Project’s Home Screen.

 

  
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The submittal Items tab showing items and summary details.

 

  
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The Packages tab showing submittal packages and expand/collapse chevrons for the items within those packages.

 

From the Project Home Screen:

  1. Select a project from the project list, then select Submittals
  2. Select the Items or Packages tab depending on what you wish to view
  3. Use the search bar and the filter button to refine the list
  4. Select a Submittal Item or Package to view it

On the Packages tab, select the expand and collapse chevron on a package to preview the items it contains, and select an individual item to view its details.
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Search, sort, and filter options on the Submittal Package log.

 

Log Features on Mobile

Search, sort, and filter the log

  1. Use the search bar at the top of the page to enter your search criteria
  2. Use the filter button next to the search bar to configure filtering and sorting for the current page

See Navigating Through the eSUB Fusion Interface on Mobile for more guidance.

The submittal items log can be filtered by document type (Submittal or Transmittal), Revisions, Status, and Submittal Item Type.

Document Statuses, Due Dates, and Flags

Documents with an approval process or of a time-sensitive nature have additional features displayed on the log page so that the most pertinent information is available at-a-glance.

Document Statuses

The Status represents the document’s current state. Status options vary by document type.

Due Dates

Documents of a time-sensitive nature may display a due date. Depending on the document type, the due date may represent a date that is pertinent to an internal or an external stakeholder on the project team.

Flags

Some documents can be flagged for urgency while creating or editing the document. Flagging serves as a visual indicator of importance to the user viewing the document log. Flags are not currently available on the mobile app.

 

View Submittal Items and Packages

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The General tab of a submittal item.

 
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The Additional Info tab of a submittal item.

 

From the Submittal Log:

  1. Select the Items or Packages tab depending on what you wish to view
  2. Use the search bar and the filter button to refine the list
  3. Select a Submittal Item or Package to view it

The fields shown on mobile are read-only. They are managed and configured on the Submittal Item or Package via the web.
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Files attached to a submittal item.

 
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Open attached PDFs in the device's native PDF viewer.

 

Files

Select a file on the Files tab to open it in your device’s native PDF viewer. Files can only be added to a submittal item via the web.
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Photos and video attached to a submittal item.

Media

Since submittals are read-only on the mobile app, any media attached from the web can be viewed from the Media tab. Select a media thumbnail to display a preview.

Submittal Item & Package Features

General Info

The details of the General Info section appear on the Submittals Log page to give insight into the content and the urgency of the Item or Package and help you to track its progress.

Correspondence

The addressee from your Contacts list and the sent and returned dates for the Item or Package.

Item Details

The pertinent details of the Item, or the pre-existing Items included in the Package.

Additional Dates (Submittal Items Only)

Various dates for the Item that help with tracking its progress.

Attachments (Submittal Items Only)

Any files associated with the Item.

Internal Notes (Submittal Items Only)

A placeholder for internal notes that may be helpful to you or other project members working on the Item.

Revisions

Revisions allow you to make corrections or updates to the document while also keeping a record of the previous versions. Document revisions will have R1, R2, R3, etc. appended to the document number field so that they can be easily identified. Older document revisions are uneditable, but they can still be emailed or downloaded as PDF. The Revise function is currently only accessible via the web.

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 Use the Show Latest Revision Only filter option to hide old revisions from the log.

Frequently Asked Questions

To view FAQs related to Submittals and all other tools, see Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).

See also: Navigating Through the eSUB Fusion Interface on Mobile

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