Create a PSOhub project from a company in Hubspot
In order to create a PSOhub project from a company in HubSpot, scroll down to the PSOhub section of the right panel of the company and click Create Project.
IMPORTANT NOTE: There must be NO coma or apostophre characters in the name of the company (and related contact(s)). This may prevent the invoice from going through to your financial software if you are leveraging the integration of PSOhub with your financial software.
A message that your project was successfully created will appear and the PSOhub section will display a link to the project in PSOhub.
Note that this section will always display the latest five projects related to this company (whether it came from a deal in HubSpot or directly from the company).
Click the link.
If you are already logged in PSOhub, the link will bring you directly to the project.
If not, the link will bring you to the login page of PSOhub, once logged in simply navigate to Projects where you will see it and will be able to click on it to open it.
Your project is now created!
The left panel is where you will find the general information and parameters of your project such as:
how detailed you want your invoices to be or if you want your smart invoices to be generated first as a draft or sent directly to the client.
where to define the project manager of this project so he/she can view it in the dashboards and project's list.
You can modify the information on the left hand side by clicking on the More button (contract tab) and selecting Edit.
Since this project comes from a company in HubSpot, it has automatically inherited the name of company as part of the project's name. In this case no amount is defined in the Deal amount but you can modify this should you want to.
The right panel will show you and give you access to the different records related to this project; e.g. company, contacts, hours, documents, etc.
You will notice that the company has followed into PSOhub. Contacts related to this company will also be created in PSOhub however THEY WILL NOT APPEAR at the project level; since PSOhub is not able to identify which contact(s) should be linked to this deal, it will leave it to you to select the one or multiple ones.
The middle panel is the hart of your project. This is where you will:
Define your contract (via a template)
Define your budget (optional)
Identify your project's team and rates
Set up your task board and planning (optional)
Attach files directly into your Project
The predictive analysis of your Project, can be recalled anytime in the dashboard
Tip: If you want more space to view the middle panel you can collapse the right panel by clicking the right arrow at the top of the panel, and expand the panel again by clicking the arrow again. The same principle will apply if you want to collapse the left panel.
The last step in the creation of your project is to set it up as Active. When a project is created it is automatically set to the stage Proposal. This will prevent anyone from booking time and expenses towards the project (it will not be visible in the timesheet and expense entry screen) as well as invoicing, thus giving you time to finalize it.
To change the status simply click the down arrow of the field and select Active.
The two additional stages (Sent and Signed) are optional and are there should you want to track the information before the project is set up to Active. You can use them for reporting and filtering purposes.
Your project is now Active! You can go ahead with time and expense entry as well as invoicing your fixed fees.
One final note regarding the middle panel: as the project unfolds it will show activities relating to the project in a chronological order, with the latest activity at the top.
NEXT STEP
Your next step now is to start booking time and expenses!
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