Glossary
Account settings
Section titled “Account settings”Where you change your name, email and profile picture, and choose your notifications. Find it by selecting your name at the bottom of the menu.
Active points
Section titled “Active points”The Points you have available right now, shown on the Points Remaining card. Also called your balance.
The bell icon that lists your recent updates. See Notifications.
Billing
Section titled “Billing”The part of QOS where you can see your invoices, if we’ve given you access.
The document that explains what a project is and what you want. Open it from the Brief tab.
Checklist
Section titled “Checklist”The list of items inside a task. Tick them off as they’re done.
Email alert
Section titled “Email alert”An email that tells you something changed in QOS, with an Open in QOS button.
Final art
Section titled “Final art”The finished files for a project, in a Dropbox folder. Open them with the Final art button.
Your starting page in QOS: jobs in progress, latest deliveries, invoices due and signed agreements.
Home Screen app
Section titled “Home Screen app”QOS added to your phone’s Home Screen so it opens like an app. See Install QOS on your phone.
Invoice
Section titled “Invoice”A bill for work, retainers or services. See Invoices and payments.
Job number
Section titled “Job number”The code that identifies a project or task, such as the one in the ID column.
A timeline of what changed on a project and when. It only shows if we’ve turned it on for you.
Updates, questions and decisions on a project or task.
PIN (invoice)
Section titled “PIN (invoice)”A 6-digit code, sent in the same email as an invoice link, that opens that invoice.
PIN (sign-in)
Section titled “PIN (sign-in)”A back-up way to sign in with your email address and a 4 to 8 digit PIN. We turn it on for you if you need it.
Points
Section titled “Points”How we measure work on a retainer. See Retainers.
Project
Section titled “Project”A piece of work we’re doing for you.
Push notification
Section titled “Push notification”An alert that appears on your phone or computer after you turn on notifications for that device.
Short link
Section titled “Short link”Our short-link address. A qual.ls link opens the same page as the longer secure link it stands for.
Reserve Bank
Section titled “Reserve Bank”A separate store of Points that doesn’t count towards your balance until you move them across. See Retainers.
Retainer
Section titled “Retainer”An ongoing arrangement where you get an amount of work each month, measured in Points.
Secure link
Section titled “Secure link”A link that opens a single page, such as an invoice or an approval, without needing you to sign in to QOS.
Status
Section titled “Status”Where a project or task is up to, such as Information required or Review. See Projects.
A smaller item of work. It has a checklist instead of a brief.