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Projects & work items

A customer cannot see a file in the portal. What is wrong?Projects & work items

The portal shows only the files you have marked «Visible in the portal». Internal files, such as a costing, cannot be marked.

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How do I give a customer access to the portal?Projects & work items

With an invitation from their card (an email address is needed). The customer signs in with a code sent by email or with Google/Microsoft — no password.

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Can I send an offer without opening a project?Projects & work items

Yes. An offer has its own page; it becomes a project only when you press «Convert to project», once the customer has accepted it.

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Why can't I see «Team › Me › My time»?Projects & work items

Time recording is the office's choice (Team › Team settings › Time recording) and appears only at the «Estimate + time recording» level.

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Why can't I see «New project from a template»?Projects & work items

It appears once the office has at least one template switched on. Switch one on or make one under Settings → Projects & services → Project templates.

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Why are there no ready-made templates?Projects & work items

Ready-made templates follow one country's procedures and are offered only to offices there. Where there are none, you make your own.

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Why can't I drag bars on my phone?Projects & work items

On a phone the timeline becomes a list; you change dates from a row's dates panel.

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What happens if I start a second timer?Projects & work items

You are asked first; if you go on, the first one stops and its time is kept as a suggestion in «My time».

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I left the timer running. What happens?Projects & work items

You get a notice; at 12 hours it stops by itself and the time waits as a «Needs a check» suggestion for you to correct.

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Can the customer send me files through the portal?Projects & work items

Yes — PDFs, images and Word documents arrive in the project, and its lead is notified.

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Team & security

How do I change a user's role?Team & security

In Team › Members & roles, by whoever manages the team's members; what each role allows, in Team › Team settings › Roles & permissions.

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Why can a colleague not see prices?Team & security

Amounts — prices, payments, finances — are seen only by whoever has the permission to see amounts. The «Technical staff» role does not have it by default; whoever manages the members can change that in the roles.

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Does sick leave need approval?Team & security

No. Sick leave is not a request: it is recorded straight away and the managers are told.

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Why can't I see «New role»?Team & security

Roles of your own are part of the Large business plan. On other plans you change the permissions of the ready-made roles.

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I lost the phone with my authenticator app. How do I get in?Team & security

With one of the recovery codes you kept when you switched it on; each code works once.

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Can I stop some notifications?Team & security

Yes, under Notifications › «Settings»: for each category you choose «In Ergothiki» and «By email» separately, and when the emails come (at once, or one summary a day at the hour you set).

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Fees & VAT

What is the difference between the «Agreed fee» and the «Invoiced amount»?Fees & VAT

The agreed fee is what you agreed; the payment status follows from it. The «Invoiced amount» is the amount on the invoice you issue yourself, VAT included — Ergothiki does not issue invoices, it only records them.

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Does Ergothiki issue invoices?Fees & VAT

No. Ergothiki issues no invoices and sends nothing to myDATA; you issue your invoices as always, and here you record the amounts and payments.

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Office settings

I deleted a customer by mistake. Can I bring them back?Office settings

Yes. Whatever you delete goes to «Deleted records», from where whoever has the restore permission can bring it back — unless that section has been emptied.

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If I change the currency, do the amounts I have recorded change?Office settings

No. Amounts already recorded are not converted — which is why the change asks you to confirm.

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Who can download all of the office's data?Office settings

The full export is for the owner alone, who re-enters their password to download it; it is kept for 7 days. The Excel file can be downloaded by whoever changes the settings.

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I deleted the office. Can I get it back?Office settings

Within the first 14 days, yes: if a new plan is chosen, the office comes back as it was. After that the data is deleted.

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Does sample data count towards the plan's limits?Office settings

No. And when you delete them, only the samples go — your own records stay.

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Getting started

A teammate can see the project but not «Edit». Why?Getting started

Everyone can read projects; editing, deleting and adding work items are for whoever has the projects permission.

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Customers & partners

What does «Linked to Ergothiki» mean on a partner?Customers & partners

That the partner runs an office of their own on Ergothiki: anything you assign them arrives there as a collaboration invitation.

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What if the other office never answers the invitation?Customers & partners

An invitation nobody answers lapses after 30 days and you are told; you can then assign the work to someone else.

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Can the partner office see my customer's details?Customers & partners

Only their name, unless you tick on the work item that they may see the telephone number and email too.

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Why can't I see ErgoMail?Customers & partners

ErgoMail is seen by whoever holds the «Office messages» permission; the «Technical staff» role does not have it by default.

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Appointments & calendar

Can I book two appointments at the same time?Appointments & calendar

Yes — you are warned if the same person already has an appointment, and you choose «Save anyway» or «Change the time».

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Why won't the field work report save?Appointments & calendar

Because it contains a number that is not in your notes. Correct it in the draft, or add it to your notes.

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Does the calendar show the note on a leave request?Appointments & calendar

No. The calendar shows only who is away and what kind of leave it is.

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Daily work

When do I write a task, and when a work item?Daily work

A work item is a fee-earning piece of the work, inside a project. A task is something that has to get done — a phone call, a missing document.

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Who is told when I mark a note as urgent?Daily work

The project's lead, the work item's assignee and the office's management; if it stays open, it is brought up again.

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Subscription & billing

How do I cancel the subscription?Subscription & billing

Through «Manage how you pay» on the subscription page. The office stays active until the end of the period you paid for, then becomes a Visitor.

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Do credits expire?Subscription & billing

The ones you buy never expire. The plan's credits come each month, are used first and do not carry over to the next month.

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Why do I have no credits during the trial?Subscription & billing

The trial has everything a Business has, without the monthly credits; you can buy credits if you need them.

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Do I lose my data if the subscription ends?Subscription & billing

No. The office becomes a Visitor: nothing is deleted, the work simply pauses until you choose a plan, and exporting the data stays available.

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Apps

Can a call be recorded without my knowing?Apps

No. Everyone sees «● This call is being recorded», and before you stay in the call you choose «Continue» or «Leave»; anyone who does not answer within a minute is removed.

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How long is a recording kept?Apps

As long as the office sets under Features: 30, 90 or 365 days, or until deleted. The transcript and the minutes stay afterwards; the call provider's copy is deleted within 7 days.

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Who sees a recording and its minutes?Apps

The members of the room's office who were in the room when it was recorded, and in a project room whoever manages projects. A partner office sees only approved minutes; customers and guests see nothing.

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Why does a task from the minutes have no one assigned?Apps

It is assigned only to someone who was in the call and is a member of the room's office; otherwise — or if the recording file has been deleted — it has no one assigned, and you assign it.

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AI agents

Can an AI agent delete anything?AI agents

No — except an office expense, to the Trash, and only if the office turned on deleting through AI. An email, an invitation, a publication, a receipt, an expense or a correction of an office expense happens only if the office sets that area to Record, and after you approve it.

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Does an AI agent see the office's amounts?AI agents

Only if your role sees them and the Finance area is not set to Off in the AI agents settings; otherwise they do not reach it at all.

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