Adding items quickly with Fast Add
On a punch walk you might record fifty items in an hour. Opening the full item form for each one, and re-typing the same floor and room every time, is too slow. Fast Add mode is built for exactly this: a minimal form that saves an item and immediately gets out of your way for the next one.
How it works
Fast Add strips item entry down to the essentials:
- Type the issue description.
- Set the status if needed (new items default to Incomplete, which is almost always what you want on a walk).
- Tap Save & Add Next.
The item is saved, the description field clears, and the cursor is back in the description field, ready for the next issue. No navigation, no scrolling.
When you are done, tap Done to leave Fast Add mode and return to the list.
Sticky defaults carry your location
The part that saves the most time: Floor, Room, Sheet, and Assigned To carry over from the previous item automatically.
Walk into Room 204, set the room once on the first item, and every item you add after that is tagged Room 204 until you change it. Move to the next room, update the room field once, and keep going. The same applies to the floor, the sheet reference, and the assigned trade.
This matters later, not just during entry. Consistently tagged items are what make sorting and filtering useful: filter by room for the re-inspection, sort by trade to hand each sub their own items.
Fast Add versus the full item form
Fast Add captures the description, status, and the inherited location fields. Photos, comments, and resolution dates are not part of the fast flow; add those afterwards by opening the item from the list. A common pattern is to capture everything in Fast Add during the walk, then attach photos to the items that need them while walking back through. See Adding items to a list for everything an item can hold.