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Last Updated: 2026-07-24
Configure Work Order Defaults

Configure Work Order Defaults

You can customize your work order default settings including various settings for onboarding, edit, modification, end, reopen, and imports. These settings enable you to customize the way you manage work orders to meet your business requirements.
  1. From the header, select
    More
    Company Settings
    .
  2. Under
    Jobs & Work Orders
    , select
    Work Order
    .
  3. Under
    Onboarding
    on the
    Work Order Defaults
    tab, consider:
    Option Description
    Allow Contractors to be onboarded to multiple Work Orders
    Enables contractors to have more than one active work order.
    Recalculate Budget Labor Amount
    When enabled, and if budgets are enabled, the budget for the work order recalculates to reflect any changes to due dates or payments.
    Work Order Maximum Duration in Days
    Controls the duration between the candidate's start and end date set on the offer and onboarding form. When enabled, enter the number of days.
  4. Under
    Modification
    , consider:
    Vendor Approval Fields
    Select the fields that you want to require vendor approval when changed on the work order. VNDLY sends an approval request to the vendor anytime that you make a change to the specified field when updating a work order. Note: If the vendor is a vendor lite vendor, the approval is skipped.
    Change Notification Fields
    Select the fields that you want to trigger a notification to users when changed on a work order.
    Vendor Work Order Mod Rejection Reason
    Set how the
    Rejection Reason
    displays:
    • List
    • Free Form
    • Both
    Backdating Effective Date Tolerance in Weeks
    Controls how far back an effective date can be selected when making bill rate changes that may impact existing timesheets.
    Example: If you enter
    3
    , users can select up to the first day in the workweek 3 weeks prior to the current week. If you enter
    0
    , VNDLY keeps existing effective date restrictions related to timesheet entries and the work order.
    Users need the necessary backdating permission for this setting to apply.
    Allow Negative Budget Amounts
    When enabled, budget amounts can be negative for work order updates.
    Allow Work Type Profiles and Work Types to be effective dated/overridden
    When enabled, work type profiles and work types can be managed from the
    Work Order Update
    screen. Users need the applicable permissions. See: Reference: Work Order Permissions.
    You cannot disabled this setting once overrides are being used.
    To see work type profiles and work types on offer releases, you must enable the
    Work Type Profile
    field to display in
    Job Application Settings
    .
    Show the Resource manager field next to Organization Unit field
    If enabled, the
    Resource Manager
    field displays if the
    Organization Unit
    field also displays when you modify a work order. This allows users to change the resource manager and organization unit at the same time when they update a work order.
    Limit Length of Access to Work Order for Closed Approval Tasks
    Number of days a user should have access to a work order after the approval task is closed, if the approval task is the only connection to the work order.
    End Date Restriction
    When enabled, the
    End Date
    field limits how far a future end date can be selected for updates, reopens, and bulk updates.
    Date Restriction Type
    Indicates the type of restriction:
    • Submission Date
      : Current date based on when the change request is submitted.
    • Existing End Date
      : Current work order end date.
    Max Days to Extend (From Existing End Date)
    Maximum number of days that can be extended from the current work order end date.
    Display Additional Markups for Pay Rate Work Orders
    When enabled, clients can enter values for
    Overtime
    and
    Double Time
    markup options in addition to the standard
    Markup
    option when creating or updating a pay rate-based work order.
    When disabled, the
    Overtime
    and
    Double Time
    markup options don’t display on work orders. Instead, Workday VNDLY uses the value for the standard
    Markup
    option for all markup calculations.
  5. Under
    End
    , consider:
    Option Description
    End Time of Day
    Indicates the time the work order ends on the end date. For manual ending, this indicates the default time suggested in the end form. For automatic ending, where VNDLY requires the end time, this is the default time suggested on the offer and onboard form.
    End Timezone
    Time zone used by the
    End Time of Day
    field.
    Work Order End Type
    Select whether work orders should end manually or automatically.
    If you select
    Automatically End Work Orders
    , additional options and the
    Default End Reason
    field displays.
    Default End Reason
    You can keep the default selection or select another reason if your tenant has additional custom reasons. The selected reason displays on the work order to explain why the work order automatically ended.
    Auto-End Grace Period (Days)
    The number of days following the end date that the work order automatically ends.
    Contractors can login after Work Order End
    When enabled, contractors can sign in after the work order ends.
    Show "Do Not Rehire" option on Work Order End Form
    When enabled, users see the
    Do Not Rehire
    fields when ending a work order.
    Note: If this is disabled, those fields can be updated directly on the contractor profile.
    Show Upcoming End Date in X Days
    Displays a banner on the work order indicating the number of days that remain until a work order's end date, starting with the number of days entered. Example: If you enter
    14
    , the banner displays 14 days before the work order's end date. Entering
    0
    disables the banner.
    Recalculate Budget Labor Amounts
    When enabled, and if budgets are enabled, the budget for the work order recalculates to reflect changes to due dates or payments.
  6. Under
    Reopen
    , consider:
    Option Description
    Skip Vendor Approval for Reopen
    Select to enable users to reopen a work order without a vendor approval.
    Reopen with X days of Work Order End
    Indicates the number of days after the work order moves to
    Ended
    status that you can reopen it. If you enter
    0
    days, ended work orders cannot be reopened.
    Allow Negative Budget Amounts
    When enabled, budget amounts can be negative when reopening a work order.
  7. Under
    Imports
    , indicate if imports should
    Update primary work orders only
    .
  8. Click
    Save
    .