Visibility and Access
Contractors can log into SpyderFlow with restricted visibility. As an external user the full main menu will be limited in view.
- Contractors perform Purchase Order (Standard and Defect) work activities.
- Contractor workers are linked to the Contractor.
Statuses for Workflows
- Draft: When a contractor edits or creates a record
- Review Required: Submitted for internal review
- Active: Approved by internal users: the internal users are their contact employees at the company allocating the work to the sub contractor (trade).
Licences and Insurances
- Can be marked required or optional
- Tied to specific work/service types
- required licences and insurances must be valid for activation
- system can warn or block work if licences or insurances are expired.
Purchase Orders (POs)
- Contractors cannot edit the PO directly.
- Can add notes and attachments.
- Submit Claim (before PO is Review Required):
- Sets PO status to review required, updates completed date and creates a note if comments are added.
- Revert Claim (PO is Review Required):
- Sets PO back to status of In Progress, clears the completed date and creates a note if comments are added.
Calendar Events, Notes, Attachments
- Calendar events linked to Purchase orders show clickable links to Orders (if permitted)
- Icons indicate if a work activity or note attachment is in Review Required status.
- Notes, by default are set to Review Required when Created by Contractor
- Can change to “Created” if the note is information only.
- Can create notes
- Cannot edit or delete notes.
- Attachments are always set to Review Required status.
- Can create attachments
- Can add files to attachments
- Cannot edit or delete attachments
Invoices
Contractor users see invoice types reversed compared to internal (subscriber company) users.
| Internal Section | Internal Type | Contractor Section | Contractor Type |
| Receivable | Receivable | Payable | Payable |
| Receivable | Sales Credit Note | Payable | Purchase Credit Note |
| Payable | Payable | Receivable | Receivable |
| Payable | Purchase Credit Note | Receivable | Sales Credit Note |