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Guides and reference for setting up and running your shop in Flux. New here? Start with Getting started.

Getting Started

  • Getting started From signing up to your first invoice. Thirty minutes, start to finish.
  • Finding your way around What each item in the left menu does, how the store dropdown works, and where your account settings live.
  • Bringing in existing data How to move customers, vehicles, inventory, and vendors from your old system into Flux.

Customers & Vehicles

  • Customers and contacts Find customers fast, add new ones from the work order screen, and keep contacts, tax status, and account notes straight.
  • Vehicles, VINs, and history Add a vehicle in seconds with VIN decoding, find it later by plate or fleet number, and see everything you have done to it.

Work Orders

  • Creating a work order The New Work Order screen from top to bottom: scheduling details, customer, vehicle, lines, notes, and what happens when you save.
  • Line items Item types, stock parts, labor, discounts and fees, tax brackets, templates, and reordering lines on a ticket.
  • The Dashboard and work order statuses How tickets move from estimate to work order to invoice, what the statuses mean, and how to read the Dashboard colours.
  • Invoicing and payments Close a ticket, record one or more payments, read the margin colour, and fix a payment method afterwards.
  • Printing What prints on work orders, estimates, invoices, statements, and inspection reports, and how to get a clean copy from any browser.
  • Inspection reports A digital multi-point inspection attached to the work order, filled in on a tablet and printed for the customer.

Appointments

  • Appointments Handle booking requests from your website and see scheduled work on the calendar.

Inventory & Vendors

  • Managing inventory Add part numbers, understand on-hand versus reserved quantities, see stock at your other locations, and catch items that need reordering.
  • Receiving stock with vendor invoices Enter the invoices your suppliers send you to add stock, keep costs current, and track what you owe in Accounts Payable.
  • Vendors Keep your suppliers' contact details on file so vendor invoices and reorder lists can refer to them.

Reports

  • Reports Every report in Flux, what question it answers, and how to run it.
  • Charge accounts and statements Invoice fleet and dealer customers on account, print statements, and record their payments when they come in.
  • Company Dashboard Sales, margin, tires sold, and new customers for every location side by side.

Deferred Work & Reminders

Settings

  • Store details, logo, and labor rate The store information that prints on every work order and invoice, plus your default labor rate, time zone, and reference-number format.
  • Tax rates Set the sales tax applied to parts, labor, and fees, and how much of it tax-exempt customers are spared.
  • Payment methods Define how customers pay, which method is the default, and which ones are charge accounts that stay open until paid.
  • Team members (technicians and advisors) The technicians and service writers you assign to work orders. They do not log in; people who log in are User Accounts.

Team & Account

  • User accounts and roles Give staff their own logins, decide which stores they can open, and what each role is allowed to do.
  • My Account Change your own password and manage AI assistant connections.

Plans & Billing

  • Plans and billing What each plan includes, how the free trial works, and how to add a card, change plans, or cancel.
  • Running more than one location How stores, settings, inventory, users, and reporting work when your organization has several locations.

Integrations

FAQ & Troubleshooting