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Routines and Checklists

Build recurring checklists with rich field types, schedule them flexibly, assign them, and change them later.

Actions explained

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

Add manager notes to the handover report

Leave attributed notes on the day's handover so the next shift knows what changed.

We keep getting logged out on a tablet

Why a shared tablet seemed to log itself out or "expire" mid-shift, and how the device PIN replaces that.

Customer Complaints

Log complaints, categorise them, link a corrective action, and track resolution so patterns surface early.

Closing a Site for a Period

Tell Paddl a location is shut between two dates so no tasks are created for those days, and clear any that already were.

Knowledge Hub and Ask Paddy

Build a searchable knowledge base, and use Ask Paddy to answer questions from it and to set work up for you.

Admin Panel vs Mobile App

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

Publishing a rota, and what the notice counter means

What staff see when you publish, and why Paddl records how much notice each change gave.

Manager Mode on the Mobile App

Switch into manager mode for an overview of your team, compliance, sign-offs, and quick reporting.

Notification Settings

Choose what notifies you and how, and the best ways to get a message to the whole team today.

Reporting Incidents, Accidents & Near-Misses

Log incidents, accidents, and near-misses, investigate them, and keep the evidence insurers and inspectors expect.

Checking In to Your Location

Check in to your venue so the right tasks appear, switch location, and check out at the end of your shift.

Late and missed tasks

When a task becomes overdue, when it becomes missed, what "missed in the busiest hour" means, and how to resolve one.

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.

Reviewing Records & Sign-Offs (Manager)

Review and approve submitted records, chase document sign-offs, and clear handovers from manager mode.

Who can see sales and labour cost

Sales are owner-only unless the owner lets managers in. Labour cost has its own switch. What each setting exposes.

Letting Paddy suggest a week

Ask Paddy to draft a week of open shifts against the demand band and your labour target. It never publishes.

Checking your hours

Where to find what you have worked this period and whether your manager has approved it.

Submitting Handover & End-of-Shift Reports

Raise handover notes at the end of a shift, see how the next shift picks them up at check-in, and where managers review them.

The App for Contractors

How contractors sign in, keep credentials current, sign documents, see their events, and track their hours.

Approving hours and timesheets

How Paddl works out what was worked, what the flags mean, and how to correct a line.

The labour cost report

What the rota will cost against what the approved hours cost, by site, person and day, and as a share of sales.

The rota and closed sites

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

Clocking in from a shift

Starting a shift from your rota, what the location check does, and what happens with no signal.

The demand band on the rota

The strip under each rota day shows how busy the site usually is, hour by hour, from up to thirteen weeks of takings.

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.

Building your first rota

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

Eligibility warnings on the rota

What each warning means, and why Paddl warns you rather than stopping you.

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.

Signing In, Face ID & Shared Tablets

Use Face ID or a fingerprint, stay signed in, and unlock a shared tablet with its device PIN instead of signing back in.

Using Offline Mode

How the app keeps working with no signal, what gets queued, and how it syncs when you reconnect.

Monitoring Customer Reviews

Bring your reviews into Paddl, read the AI sentiment and themes, catch compliance flags, and see who was on shift.

Managing Contractors

Set credential requirements, invite contractors, review their documents, and control access with events.

Seeing your shifts in the app

Where your rota lives in Paddl Assist, and what the times mean.