{"id":493,"date":"2017-07-26T11:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T11:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=493"},"modified":"2023-08-24T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T11:36:38","slug":"mobile-app-start-travel","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/knowledge-base\/mobile-app-start-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile App &#8211; Start Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Mobile App &#8211; Start Travel<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are ready to start travelling to your next job you need to let the app know. To do this simply tap on the job and select \u2018Start Travel\u2019 from the menu that appears.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-1713\" src=\"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/Start-Travel-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"686\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Departure Time<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your departure date &amp; time (now) is populated automatically by the app using the date and time from the mobile device. If you need to amend either of these simply tap on the date or time fields and select the appropriate values from the controls that appear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Estimated Time of Arrival<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your previously entered ETA (estimated time of arrival) appears here for you to confirm. However, if things have changed in the meantime you can enter a new ETA.<\/p>\n<p>To amend this simply tap on the date or time fields and select the appropriate ETA from the controls that appear.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Starting Mileage<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Optionally you can also record the current mileage of your vehicle. On arrival you will be prompted to enter your new mileage. This is important if your company charges customers by the mile when charging travelling expenses. Tap on the box to enter the value.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile App &#8211; Start Travel When you are ready to start travelling to your next job you need to let the app know. To do this simply tap on the job and select \u2018Start Travel\u2019 from the menu that appears. Departure Time Your departure date &amp; time (now) is populated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[12],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-493","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-mobile-engineer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/493"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1715,"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/493\/revisions\/1715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=493"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/support.servicesight.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}