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New illustration request-weeping holes blocked or innifective
I would like to see an illustration for blocked weeping holes in a brick veneer wall similar to illustration #1749 or #1151, but more specific to the issue where an ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
Action List
Have a spot for extra input at the bottom of the Action List for any additional items that they would like to add that are not part of the inspection scope (E.g. ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
2-way Google Calendar Sync
Allow for 2-way syncing of Google calendar with Horizon. Currently, only Horizon events are pushed to Google calendar.
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Integrations
Make cover page HTML editable
Cover page currently is very basic. I'd like to snazzy this up a bit with some custom HTML - as I have a very important link to highlight that clients seem to miss. ...
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Report Designer
Quick links in the mobile app
Say you're looking at a chimney. You take a photo of the chimney in the DESC tab. But the chimney has defects that should be noted. Clicking back through to the ...
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Mobile/Tablet
Add the ability to attach a web page for any recommendation.
Being to attach a web page and have that be saved in the template/recommendation would help give additional information to the clients.
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Report Writing & Publishing
General photos
Would like ability to add a genera photos button to HM3 mobile - this way generic photos go directly to general photos folder- currently general photos I need to go ...
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Horizon Mobile 3
On the App Ask if I really want to delete a comment or recommendation
In the App, there have been numerous times where I have left my finger too long on the screen when selecting a comment to edit and it deletes the comment. This is ...
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Horizon Mobile 3
Email automation
Either build the ability to automate follow-up emails to clients and agents or integration with service providers like mailchimp, constant contact, etc.
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Horizon Marketer
Online Book - Length of inspection
When people are using the online booking, they select from a list of different inspection types I offer, however, some are an hour, some are eight hours long and I'd ...
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Other
Illustration for where smoke alarms/detectors should be installed
I was surprised to find there isn’t an illustration/diagram that shows where smoke alarms/carbon monoxide alarms should be installed throughout a home to show clients ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
Increase photo quality
I’m struggling with the image quality of Horizon reports and it would be great if you had the option to change it. The screen shot below is from a different software ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
Manage Template configuration
1. There is no ability to move tabs around or delete structures such as a roof if you are doing an apartment build or to change the order in which you wish to ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
Allow searching by phone number using the find function
I suggest that we allow the find function to search by phone number. I will at times get calls and I recognize the number but not know the name attached to the ...
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Work Order
Make approved contract available for inspector and client
After the contract is approved by the client, a copy of the approved version with client name, clicked approval box, and date/time should be saved in the work order ...
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Work Order
Offline switch for Mobile 3
When working in areas with poor mobile data coverage the automatic sync causes the app to hang or be very slow especially when adding photos. The work around provided ...
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Horizon Mobile 3
Capitalize the first letter when using speech to text input feature
Currently when you use speech to text input, you have to go back to the start of your notes to capitalize the first letter. Google voice to text capitalizes ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
Lock inactive insp Mobile home screen.
It would be really helpful, If we have the ability to upload all inspections that have an accepted contract to the app for the week but then to prevent confusion on ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
Update the commercial ancillary items to conform with ASTM-2018-15 standards
Update the commercial ancillary items to conform with ASTM-2018-15 standards and format the items as described in the ASTM-2018-15 Standard Guide for Baseline ...
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Ancillaries
Additional sections or ability to custom add new sections
I do a lot of rural inspections with properties that have one or outbuildings, more than just a garage or carport, the only two outbuildings descriptions currently ...
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Ancillaries
Change Mobile app to grouped dropped-down menus and alphabetic options
Granted, I am a new inspector and so don’t often use the correct term when searching for a defect, and therefore it takes a few times to get it found when searching. ...
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Mobile/Tablet
Differentiate photos taken in Horizon vs outside Horizon
Spectora photos are not stored in the camera Photos. This allows cya and quick photos to be taken while in the camera but separately building the mobile report ...
Additions - Weather
Add a section at the start of the report for weather conditions and time of inspection.
TREC REI-75
I recently viewed the video that was made in reference to making the TREC REI-75 the more "prominent" form in the published report. My suggestion is to put the ...
Show Digital Signatures On Contract
When you download the contract it does not display the signatures. In Alberta it is a requirement to be signed by both parties.
I am also not able to paste my ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
Video insertion
Does Horizon plan to allow for real time video taken at the inspection to be inserted into the final report? ; Without downloading a file from Youtube? Spectora has ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
When creating a new item in customize it's only 20 characters max
The maximum amount of characters in the "customize" create a new item is only 20 characters max please increase
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Report Writing & Publishing
The ISO (international Standards Organization) standard is YYYY-MM-DD. I would suggest using this da
In the USA, it is MM/DD/YYYY.
In Europe, it is DD/MM/YYYY.
In Canada, it is undefined and neither can be used. The financial and health industries can't accept ...
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Work Order
Format text in report, including cover page, summary and sections (Observations, Descriptions, Info)
Allow us to make things easier to read in the report by customizing colors, bold, italic, and underline.
Example: As Alan always says, Recommendations and ...
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Option to rearrange the order of the observations and recommendations
I would like the ability to drag and drop the order of the obs and rec to my liking. It also allows the user to make the them fit better on the page.
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Report Writing & Publishing
ISN report upload.
Add a way to upload the report into the ISN system so that it does not have to be separately downloaded and then uploaded.
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Integrations
recommendation sections
The system should allow us to fully customize the recommendation sections. For example I do not use the cost boxes, I like to use it for other reasons.
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Report Writing & Publishing
Confirmation Format
Requesting HTML format for Confirmations instead of just text. Poor optics, we need to get with the times.
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Work Order
New Illustration
"Can we get an illustration similar to #1555 that does NOT say "polybutylene" so it can be used for all other plastic piping that is too close to water heater venting ...
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Illustrations
Make this website stay at the same location after an 'upvote'
Make this website stay at the same location after an 'upvote'.
Currently if you are at the bottom of page 2 and upvote something, then you get sent back to the ...
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Other
Also save Client #2 information for future work orders
Currently only the primary clients info is saved and entered when opening a new work order and filling it with a previous clients information. Both the first client ...
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Scheduling & Work Order
2 STEP AUTHENTICATION
I recently had a request for password reset come to me that I did not ask for. This means someone was trying to get into my account.
I would really like to see you ...
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Other
Quicker photo markup mobile 3
In horizon 2 it took two clicks to put a circle on the photo.
In Horizon mobile 3 it takes five clicks.
Considering there are lots of pictures in a report, ...
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Horizon Mobile 3
Ability to save notes in limitations for all future reports.
We were taught to CYA by always stating things like "All roof and its systems/components should be fully inspected upon possession or when accessible to fully ensure ...
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Report Writing & Publishing
Make a template out of a finished report.
Allow option to make a template from an existing report. Ability to edit once download.
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Report Designer
ISN intergration
The current partnership is a one-way push from ISN to discover. Important details such as the inspection type, realtor information and other important work order ...
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Integrations
Search by town
Would like to be able to search by town on Status bar when looking up Completed Inspections
Add ability to select blank item in speed write
It would be useful to be able to select the blank item while using speed write to address custom situations. Example: location of access to crawlspace... i would like ...
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Speed Write
In the contract the invoice total currently embeds at total fee, please split to fees and taxes.
From consumer protection BC after my Licensee inspection....
2. Similar to my point above, the invoice and the contract are two separate documents. Section 19 of the ...
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Invoice
Deck inspection reports
Would be helpful to have a Deck ancillary form to inspect and report on Decks. ASHI has SOP for Deck inspections.
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Ancillaries
Spare photo for each tab
Create a spare photo section for each section roof exterior hvac etc so we have a reference for each section,rather than the entire picture file in roofing and from ...
Correlate Photo numbering to recommendation numbering
Photo numbering should match the recommendation numbering if turned on. For example, the photos for rec. #1 would be 1(a), 1(b). Photos for rec.#2 would be 2(a), ...
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Photo Editing
Allow "copy" function for addresses in app
It would be great to be able to to tap and "copy" an address in the app. This way I can "paste" the address into my navigation system. At the very least I would like ...
Make this list of changes searchable..
Make this list of changes / recommendations searchable..
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Report Writing & Publishing
Contract designer - Auto-insert work order information into custom contract
The report designer uses "tags" to pull client information from the work order into the fully customizable title page. Please create the same functionality to insert ...
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Contracts