This update focuses on accuracy, polish, and fixes: • Adding a photo with your camera now works reliably everywhere, including CAT 1 inspections and new service records. • The Helper Log report now counts your different helpers correctly, even when a name was entered with slightly different spacing or capitalization. • Refreshed icons across the app — the Escalators tab, Watch List, and Handrails — with larger, clearer Monitoring buttons. • A tidier Hours timeline, with the service type shown in one consistent spot on every card. • Your Escalator Field Command files now stand out in the Docs list. • Clearer help tips, plus assorted visual refinements throughout.

This update brings a cleaner, more polished experience across the app: • Adding a photo with your camera now works reliably everywhere, including CAT 1 inspections and new service records. • The Helper Log report now counts your different helpers accurately. • Refreshed icons across the app, including the Escalators tab, Watch List, and Handrails. • The Watch List and Handrails buttons are larger and easier to tap. • A tidier Hours timeline, with the service type shown in one consistent spot on every card. • Your Escalator Field Command files now stand out in the Docs list. Plus assorted visual refinements throughout.

Watch List is now easier to navigate — the tab has a cleaner label and updated icons that are easier to read at a glance. Favourite Mechanics shortcuts now appear on the Dashboard so you can switch your mechanic in focus with a single tap. The Escalators tab has a new custom escalator icon and a cleaner empty state. The Helper Log now counts helpers correctly regardless of how their name is capitalized. Minor polish throughout.

Service record cards now show a color-coded stripe by type (maintenance, callback, sold work, and more) so your daily list is scannable at a glance. The Hours tab now shows a helpful message when there are no records for the selected time period, with a spring animation on entry. Bug fixes: the Done button on a new service record now warns you before leaving if no service type has been selected. Key photo picker in escalator details no longer freezes after typing.

Escalator Key tracking — Record the key code for each unit along with up to two reference photos of the physical key. Keys are organized by manufacturer and automatically carry over to other units in the same building. Helper Log report — New PDF in Settings showing a full 12-month timeline of helper assignments, including date ranges, no-helper days, and a count of unique helpers. Import documents from OneDrive — Tap Share in the OneDrive app (or any other app) and choose "Open in Escalator Field Command" to send PDFs and Word files directly into your Documents tab. Bug fixes and reliability improvements.

Added a Community section in Settings with quick links to the Counterweight newsletter, the Escalift community forum, and escalift.io — stay connected to the trade without leaving the app. Cleaned up the Year Progress section on the Cat1 Metrics PDF — removed the Days Elapsed, Days Remaining, and Year Elapsed stat boxes for a cleaner report layout.

New: Try the app free for 30 days — no card required. After your trial, you can keep viewing and exporting everything; editing requires Premium. Improvements: • Cleaner Settings with one-tap Submit a Bug / Suggest a Feature / Rate buttons. • Maintenance dashboard now distinguishes "All done" from "Nothing urgent" — and gives you a 5-working-day heads-up on scheduled work. • Cat 1 Metrics PDF now includes a Year Progress section showing how your completion pace compares to the calendar. • Various polish: amber Service Record banner, dashboard pickup list with check-then-Done, off-route service records flagged on the Hours tab.

• Docs tab now defaults to a heat-map view — most-opened files at the top in red, fading down through orange and yellow to cool blue at the bottom. Each card glows in its position color and fades to the right. The "Size" sort is gone. • Pickup list on the dashboard is now two-step: tap an item to check it (it stays visible with a green check + strikethrough), then press "Done" to remove the batch. "Undo" restores the last removal. No more accidental tap-and-it's-gone. • Hours tab — service records logged on another mechanic's unit now get a thin amber border and a small "⇄ Steve Anderson's unit" caption, so off-route work stands out at a glance. • The amber "SERVICE RECORD" banner at the top of the Service Record screens is now strongly visible (was barely showing through on real device screens). • "Non-Billable Service" service type renamed to "Service Work" everywhere.

• Fixed scrolling on the Hours "Today" list — up/down swipes now respond on the first try instead of needing several attempts. • Typing in description/notes fields feels less cramped — more room above the keyboard and a "Done" button to dismiss it. • OFF ROUTE service records now default the responding mechanic to whoever's in focus, not the unit's route owner. • Service Record banner is now brighter amber to match the green Time Ticket banner.

Quality-of-life polish across Hours, Docs, the dashboard, and Service Records. • Hours tab is more responsive: tapping the dimmed area reliably closes the stepper, the speed-dial buttons have more breathing room, and the unit banner on Service Records now opens the escalator's detail page. • Docs tab: new "Hottest" sort highlights your most-used documents with a heat-map color stripe. • Dashboard: "All caught up" tile appears when there's no maintenance due, instead of an empty slot. Sample pickup list now seeds with Gloves, Oil pads, and TKE comb bolts. • Escalator detail: Maintenance Schedule now sits with the other narrative fields, just above Notes. • Region picker (settings + onboarding) explains what region affects, with a one-tap email link to request your region if it's not listed. • Various copy polish across Settings and the subscription screen.

Onboarding is much friendlier for new users. After clearing sample data (or on a first install), the app drops you straight onto the Escalators tab with a clearer "Add your first escalator" prompt and an enlarged note about which fields are required. The other tabs (Dashboard, Cat 1, Monitoring, Documents, Hours) stay dimmed until you've added at least one unit, so you're not staring at empty screens wondering what to do next. The first time you add an escalator, the Route Mechanic you enter automatically becomes your "Mechanic in Focus" — no second step needed to pick yourself from a dropdown. The "Clear All Data" button in Settings now behaves the same as "Clear Sample Data" — wipes mechanic state and drops you on the Escalators tab so there are no leftover bits from earlier testing. Plus a fix for the Edit Time Ticket modal where typing in the Description field could push the field out from under the keyboard.

Finicky bits.

v2.8.21 (Build 115) • Hours: drag-to-reorder handle moved to the top-left of each card • Cat1: percentage in the progress dial no longer clipped on small screens • Dashboard: upcoming maintenance grouped by building so each building shows once • Dashboard: maintenance heads-up now uses 3 weekdays of lead time instead of 7 calendar days • Dashboard: the expanded Maintenance card now collapses when you leave and come back • Dashboard: tapping an item inside the top status banner opens its source (unit, monitoring, or final list) • Monitoring: handrails sorted by seriousness (urgent on top) and the expanded view shows the date the record was logged • Service history: the record date now stays readable regardless of how long the type label is

• New bento-style dashboard with subtle color-coded cards • CAT1 Progress + Weekly Hours now side-by-side • Critical alerts shown as a tinted warning banner • Monthly-only maintenance schedules — weekly option removed; existing schedules auto-migrate • Clearer maintenance picker: "Which weekday of each month" • Yellow full-text maintenance summary, no longer cut off • Overdue maintenance now visible on the dashboard • Universal search in the Documents Vault (building, unit, tag, date) • Documents tab filter menu closes on tap-outside

• New recurring maintenance schedules — see what's due in the next 7 days on the dashboard. • Dashboard greeting now includes a one-line status summary. • Documents vault no longer duplicates photos from multi-unit tickets. • Fixed: multi-unit tickets show the correct total hours when opened to edit.

What's new in 2.8.4 • Maintenance items in "Needs Attention" are now grouped by building — e.g. "Eaton Centre · 3 units without maintenance this month" instead of one row per unit • Monitoring callouts on the Dashboard now only surface units that are ACTIVELY on the Monitoring tab (no more stale entries from units removed long ago) • High-priority monitoring units are highlighted; medium-priority units only appear if they have monitoring photos; low-priority units stay quiet • Removing a unit from the Monitoring tab now also clears its priority, photos, and Action Items text — with a confirmation alert before deletion • Dashboard Overview tutorial popup now explains all four filter chips including "All Units" • Older shut-down units that lack a recorded shutdown date now show an approximate duration ("Down since approx. Mar 12 · 3.5 months ago") based on the unit's last edit

• Smarter Dashboard — tapping a "Needs Attention" item now opens the right tool (Monitoring card for deficiencies, filtered list for overdue maintenance, unit detail for shutdowns) • Maintenance "Needs Attention" only appears in the last 4 weekdays of the month — much less noise • "+N more items" is now tappable to expand the full attention list • CAT1 Progress card on the Dashboard now opens the full metrics screen • Pull-to-refresh added to the Dashboard and Settings • Shutdown listings now show the date and an approximate duration ("Down since Mar 12 · 3.5 months ago") • Mutually exclusive filter chips on the Escalators tab — only one can highlight at a time • Tap a photo thumbnail on Hours records to view it full-screen • In-app PDF viewer for unit attachments • Built-in PDF reports now include the date AND time generated, plus the Number of Steps / Pallets and a Personnel section • Walkthrough emphasizes that all data stays on your device — no cloud, no accounts • New banner in Settings → Backups reminds you to back up regularly • Yellow indicator on the menu icon nudges you toward backups until you've opened the section once • Two-step confirm before deleting a unit, with a count of what will be lost • Live "GID already exists" warning while typing • Reopen a completed CAT1 inspection if you need to fix a mistake • "Saving photo…" indicator when adding photos in Monitoring • Better empty states with clear "tap + to add" guidance • Many accessibility improvements for VoiceOver users (labels, hit-target sizes, status announcements) • Various bug fixes and stability improvements

updated the dashboard

New Features Elevator app now includes the same 7-day free trial as Escalator Sample Data banner now also appears on the Dashboard tab Settings stat cards labeled "Total Records — All Mechanics" for clarity Improvements Dashboard CAT1 Progress card redesigned: two stacked full-width bars — Completed CAT1 Tests (green) and Progress Including Partials (yellow) — with a thin separator line. Replaces the old Complete/Failed/Pending segmented bar Escalator tab status filter cards (Running / Shutdown / All Units / Maintenance) are now mutually exclusive — selecting one always deactivates the others Sample data renamed: "Mike Dangerfield"/"Mike D." → "Steve Anderson"/"Steve A." Default mechanic-in-focus when sample data loads is now Steve Anderson Bug Fixes Removed haptic feedback from autosave on add-service screen — was firing too often while typing

New dashboard with personalized greeting, animated stats, and weekly hours chart with overtime tracking. Urgent handrails section shows color-coded unit info at a glance. Shutdown units now display date and duration. Smooth animations throughout all charts and metrics.

Bug fixes and stability improvements.

- ui improvements - fixed photos in monitoring tab -force delete in document vault

-fixed photos on monitoring tab -UI improvements.

-fixed an issue where photos were being lost. -added tab icon spring physics and scale animation.

-fixed photos being lost after update -UI improvements on the hours tab