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What is the customer portal, and what does the customer see?

How to open the portal, what the customer sees, which files you show them and what they can send you.

On this page How do I invite a customer? Which files do they see?

The customer portal gives a customer their own way into the progress of their project. It is off by default; it is switched on, and what it shows is set, under ErgoWeb → Settings → Customer portal.

SectionWhat the customer sees or does
Projects and progressTheir projects and where each stands — on from the start
DocumentsThe files you show them, and what they upload to you — on from the start
OffersEvery offer you sent them, in its latest version; they can answer until it stops being valid
MessagesThey write to the office; the conversation arrives in ErgoMail
Video calls with customersThey join a video call from the portal (ErgoMeeting is needed too)

How do I invite a customer?

From the customer's profile, in the Customer portal box, send an invitation to their email; each customer has one account, and a new invitation replaces the old one. The customer signs in with a six-digit code sent by email, or with a Google or Microsoft account.

Which files do they see?

None until you choose: on a file of the project or of a work item, the Visible in the portal switch shows it. Internal files (expenses, notes, offer costing) cannot be made visible. Whatever the customer uploads (PDFs, images, Word documents) arrives in the project, and its lead is notified.

Portal invitations and files are handled by whoever creates projects:

PermissionOffice OwnerOffice administratorProject managerTechnical staffSecretariatAccountingWebsite manager
Create and edit projects and work itemsyesyesyesnononono

What the portal shows is set by whoever runs ErgoWeb:

PermissionOffice OwnerOffice administratorProject managerTechnical staffSecretariatAccountingWebsite manager
Manage ErgoWeb — the public website and its postsyesyesnonononoyes
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