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Admin Panel vs Mobile App

When to use the admin panel and when to use the app, and how managers move between them.

An alert is not being raised

When you expect Paddl to flag something and it does not, check whether the alert was already handled or whether the thing it watches is switched off.

Actions explained

The things a rule can do when it fires, from showing a panel to creating a task.

The rota and closed sites

What happens to shifts and alerts when a site is shut for a refurbishment or a holiday.

Building your first rota

Draft a week, copy last week forward, and save a template you can reuse.

Equipment Management

Track equipment, schedule servicing and PAT testing, attach manuals, and link items to your HACCP controls.

What Ask Paddy can do for you

Ask Paddy can set up routines, book visits, draft paperwork, chase your team and build an audit pack. Here is what to ask for.

Risk Assessments

Generate or write risk assessments, require staff sign-off, and keep them reviewed on schedule.

What are Rules & Automations?

Set up rules that prompt staff and create tasks automatically based on real conditions like the weather and forecast.

Switching Modules On and Off

Choose which parts of Paddl your business uses under Settings > Modules, and what happens to the pages, alerts and Ask Paddy when one is off.

Food Safety Records

One Records page for food safety: chips for each kind of check or report, Checks and Reports tabs, filters, resolving and export.

Staff are not getting push notifications

If notifications are not reaching a phone, the usual cause is the phone itself blocking Paddl, even when every switch inside Paddl is on.

Staff did not get the task or notification

Why a rule fired but the person did not see the task or alert.

Your Dashboard: Readiness and Requires attention

What Home shows when you sign in: how ready each site is for an inspection, the official food hygiene rating, and the four lists of what needs you.

Equipment is missing or not raising service alerts

A fridge that will not appear when logging temperatures, or a service reminder that never arrives, usually comes down to its status.

Finding Your Way Around

The sidebar and its sections, searching for any page, the Settings home, the bar at the bottom of a phone screen, and what the colours of Paddl's messages mean.

The Inbox

What lands in the Inbox tab of the bell, who sees it, and how each item clears.

Notification Settings

Choose what notifies you and how, set quiet hours, and get a message to the whole team.

Unfilled shift alerts

When Paddl tells you a published shift has nobody on it, how the till changes the order, and how the alert clears.

Documents and Staff Sign-Off

Upload certificates, policies and reports by category, track expiry and review dates, require staff signatures, and let AI extract key data from what you upload.

Why did my rota notification change?

With team chat switched on, some notifications become posts in a channel instead of a push to everybody. Here is what moved and what did not.

Your Profile & Security

Change your name, email, and password, set a profile photo, and turn on two-factor authentication.

What the till sync brings in

What Paddl reads from Square, how often, how long a day keeps settling, and which features each figure feeds.

Understanding Alerts

What Paddl alerts mean, how they are raised, and how to clear them before an inspection.

React when a temperature is logged out of range

Automatically create a corrective task and alert managers the moment a fridge or freezer is logged out of safe range.