Trimble Pay Suggestions Portal
Many subcontractors download and print the Application for Payment AND at least 50% of them don't print and upload the SOV. When I bring this to their attention, they are very confused because the SOV is a separate tab.
I am unable to print the SOV without reopening the billing period which is a huge issue.
This really is a frustrating feature that needs to be improved.
When the billing period is open, everything works seamlessly. If you go into a specific vendor's settings, you can download FROM THE SETTINGS TAB the Trimble pay SOV (which is all we need) without any issues. This suggests the capability to download the SOVs is already built in, without requiring the subcontractor to print and upload their own.
I had assumed it would also be possible to generate all sub SOVs as part of the compiled report, given that the system can already download them individually—but perhaps that's not an option?
It wouldn’t be a major inconvenience to download each SOV manually if that restriction (disabled when the billing period is closed) could just be lifted. However, relying on subcontractors to upload their SOVs isn’t practical and adds unnecessary burden to their workflow and ours.
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My usual workaround for this issue is to download the Schedule of Values under the Settings for the specific contract. Why is downloading the latest schedule of values restricted to when the billing period is open? Makes no sense.