Hardware Overview
Hardware Overview is a mini, hardware-store-specific dashboard that sits alongside the main Dashboard. It shows job card counts by status, a low-material-stock alert strip, and a live list of every job that is still open or in progress, so a shop owner can see what work is pending without opening Job Cards.
Overview
The page loads job cards and materials in parallel and derives four counts from them: Open Jobs, In Progress, Done Today and Low Stock — nothing is fetched specifically for this page beyond what Job Cards and Material Stock already expose.
It is a read-only summary — there is no add/edit here. Every stat card and the job list are clickable and jump you straight to Job Cards or Material Stock.
This page only exists in the Hardware variant; it is the first item in the "Hardware" section of the sidebar, appended after all the standard pos-app menus.
Before You Start
- You must have the Billing feature enabled on your plan — the same gate used for the rest of the billing menu.
Step-by-Step Guide
1 Check today's workload at a glance
- Open Hardware → Hardware Overview.
- The four stat cards show: Open Jobs (awaiting work), In Progress (being worked on), Done Today (jobs marked DONE with an update timestamp matching today) and Low Stock (materials at or below their minimum quantity).
- Click any card to jump to the page it summarises — Open Jobs, In Progress and Done Today all open Job Cards; Low Stock opens Material Stock.
2 React to a low-stock alert
- If any material is at or below its minimum stock level, a "Low Material Stock" banner appears above the job list, listing each item and its current quantity/unit.
- Click through to Material Stock (via the Low Stock stat card) to update quantities or reorder.
3 Review active job cards without opening Job Cards
- The "Active Job Cards" panel lists every job that is OPEN or IN_PROGRESS (up to 10), showing job number, customer name, description and a coloured status chip.
- If nothing is open or in progress, the panel shows "No active jobs".
- Click any stat card above the panel to open the full Job Cards page and act on a specific job (advance status, view details, delete).
Every Field & Button, Explained
| Field / Button | What it does |
|---|---|
Open Jobs | Count of job cards with status OPEN — created but work has not started. |
In Progress | Count of job cards with status IN_PROGRESS. |
Done Today | Count of job cards with status DONE whose last update timestamp falls on today's calendar date. |
Low Stock | Count of materials whose quantity is at or below their configured minimum stock level. |
Active Job Cards panel | Up to 10 OPEN/IN_PROGRESS job cards, most useful as a "what's still pending" checklist. |
Tips & Best Practices
- Use the Low Stock banner as your daily reorder checklist for fabrication/repair materials — it only shows items that actually need attention.
- If "Done Today" stays at 0 for most of the day, that is a sign jobs are piling up in OPEN/IN_PROGRESS rather than being closed out.