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description: To control how your team works with work orders and work types, customize page layouts and assign user permissions.
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# Customize Work Order Settings for Field Service

To control how your team works with work orders and work types, customize page layouts and assign user permissions.

### Required Editions

<table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small edition"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">Available in: both Salesforce Classic (not available in all orgs) and Lightning Experience</td></tr><tr class=""><td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;">The Agentforce Field Service and Operations core features, managed package, and mobile app are available in <strong>Enterprise</strong>, <strong>Unlimited</strong>, and <strong>Developer</strong> Editions.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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          <col style="width:50%">
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        <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
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            <th scope="colgroup" class="slds-cell-wrap" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:top;" id="d57837e72">User Permissions Needed</th>
          </tr>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e72 ">To edit page layouts and set field history tracking:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e72 ">Customize Application</td>

          </tr>
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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e72 ">To create and edit users:</td>

            <td class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e72 ">Manage Internal Users</td>

          </tr>
        </tbody>
      </table>

1. Assign user permissions.
    
      
    | Users Who Will... | Need These Permissions | Permissions Are Auto-Enabled on These Standard Profiles |
    | --- | --- | --- |
    | Enable Field Service | Customize Application | System Administrator |
    | View the Work Orders tab, work orders, and work order line items | Read on work orders | Read Only, Standard User, Solution Manager, Contract Manager, Marketing User, and System Administrator |
    | Create or clone work orders | Create on work orders | Standard User, Solution Manager, Contract Manager, Marketing User, and System Administrator |
    | Edit work orders | Edit on work orders | Standard User, Solution Manager, Contract Manager, Marketing User, and System Administrator |
    | Delete work orders | Delete on work orders | System Administrator |
    | Create, clone, edit, or delete work order line items | Edit on work orders | Standard User, Solution Manager, Contract Manager, Marketing User, and System Administrator |
2. Customize the fields and related lists on the following objects’ page layouts.
    
    ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support_field_service-264-0-0-production-enus/3f7dceb9-dd70-454a-b49e-bbb4526a158d/images/icon_note.png)
    
    Note If you have your own field service terminology, remember that you can rename an object’s tab and labels. In Setup, select **Rename Tabs and Labels**, and enter your own term for the object you’d like to rename.
    
    <table class="slds-table slds-table_bordered slds-max-medium-table_stacked slds-m-bottom_small ">
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            <thead class="slds-text-title_caps ">
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                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d57837e240">Page Layout</th>
                <th scope="col" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" id="d57837e243">Recommended Customizations</th>
              </tr>
            </thead>
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                <td data-label="Page Layout" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e240 ">Work Order</td>

                <td data-label="Recommended Customizations" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e243 ">
                  <ul>
                    <li>Arrange the <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.fs_work_order_fields.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Work orders have the following fields. Sometimes you can't see or edit certain fields because of your page layout and field-level security settings.">fields</a>. The
                      default layout includes only some of the available fields.</li>

                    <li>Confirm that your page layout has the desired related lists:<ul>
                        <li>Child Work Orders: The work order’s child work orders</li>
                        <li>Object Milestones: Milestones on the work order (available only if entitlement
                          management is set up)</li>
                        <li>Products Consumed: Products used during the completion of the work order</li>
                        <li>Product Requests: Products requested for the work order</li>
                        <li>Product Request Line Items: Line items on product requests</li>
                        <li>Products Required: Products needed to complete the work order</li>
                        <li>Resource Preferences: Preferred, required, or excluded service resources on the
                          work order</li>
                        <li>Service Appointments: Appointments indicating when the work is scheduled</li>
                        <li>Service Reports: Reports summarizing the work for customers</li>
                        <li>Skill Requirements: Skills needed to complete the work order</li>
                        <li>Time Sheet Entries: Schedule of mobile workers’ time spent on the work order</li>
                        <li>Work Order Line Items: Sub tasks or steps on the work order</li>
                      </ul>
                    </li>

                    <li>Optionally, add your own custom values to the Status picklist field. The Status field
                      comes with these default values:<ul>
                        <li>New</li>
                        <li>In Progress</li>
                        <li>On Hold</li>
                        <li>Completed</li>
                        <li>Cannot Complete</li>
                        <li>Closed</li>
                        <li>Canceled</li>
                      </ul>
                      <p>When you create a custom value, select a status category that the value falls
                        into. The available status categories match the default status values. For example, if
                        you create a Customer Absent value, you may decide that it belongs in the Cannot
                        Complete category.</p>
                      <p>To learn which processes reference Status Category, see <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.fs_status_categories.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Service appointments, work orders, and work order line items have two status-related fields—Status and Status Category—which come with the same standard values. Status categories, which are referenced in many field service processes, allow you to use custom status values while maintaining a consistent work classification for tracking, reporting, and business process management.">How are Status Categories Used?</a></p>
                    </li>

                  </ul>
                </td>

              </tr>
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                <td data-label="Page Layout" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e240 ">Work Order Line Item</td>

                <td data-label="Recommended Customizations" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e243 ">
                  <ul>
                    <li>Arrange the <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.fs_work_order_line_item_fields.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Work order line items have the following fields. Sometimes you can't see or edit certain fields because of your page layout and field-level security settings.">fields</a>.
                      The default layout includes only some of the available fields.</li>

                    <li>Optionally, add your own custom values to the Status picklist field. The Status field
                      is identical to the Status field on work orders.</li>

                    <li>Confirm that your page layout has the desired related lists:<ul>
                        <li>Child Work Order Line Items: The line item’s child line items</li>
                        <li>Product Request Line Items: Line items on product requests</li>
                        <li>Product Requests: Products requested for the line item</li>
                        <li>Products Consumed: Products used during the completion of the line item</li>
                        <li>Products Required: Products needed to complete the line item</li>
                        <li>Service Appointments: Appointments indicating when the work is scheduled</li>
                        <li>Service Reports: Reports summarizing the work for customers</li>
                        <li>Skill Requirements: Skills needed to complete the line item</li>
                        <li>Time Sheet Entries: Schedule of mobile workers’ time spent on the line item</li>
                      </ul>
                    </li>

                  </ul>
                </td>

              </tr>
              <tr class="">
                <td data-label="Page Layout" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e240 ">Work Type</td>

                <td data-label="Recommended Customizations" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d57837e243 ">
                  <ul>
                    <li>Arrange the <a href="https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.fs_work_type_fields.htm&amp;release=264.0.0&amp;type=5" title="Work types have the following fields. Some fields may not be visible or editable depending on your page layout and field-level security settings.">fields</a>. The default layout includes only some of the
                      available fields.</li>

                    <li>Confirm that your page layout has the desired related lists:<ul>
                        <li>Products Required: The products needed to complete the work. Work orders and work
                          order line items inherit their work type’s required products.</li>
                        <li>Skill Requirements: The skills needed to complete the work. Work orders and work
                          order line items inherit their work type’s skill requirements.</li>
                      </ul>
                    </li>

                  </ul>
                </td>

              </tr>
            </tbody>
          </table>
    
    1. To let users view and manage work orders in a variety of places, add the Work Orders related list to any of the following objects’ page layouts.
        
        - Accounts
        - Assets
        - Cases
        - Contacts
        - Entitlements
        - Maintenance plans
            
            ![Note](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-service-support_field_service-264-0-0-production-enus/3f7dceb9-dd70-454a-b49e-bbb4526a158d/images/icon_note.png)
            
            Note Before adding the related list, update the field-level security for the Maintenance Plan and Suggested Maintenance Date fields on work orders to make them available to users.
        - Return orders
        - Return order line items
        - Service contracts

- **[How are Status Categories Used?](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.fs_status_categories.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5)**  
    Service appointments, work orders, and work order line items have two status-related fields—Status and Status Category—which come with the same standard values. Status categories, which are referenced in many field service processes, allow you to use custom status values while maintaining a consistent work classification for tracking, reporting, and business process management.

#### See Also

- [Work Order Fields for Field Service](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.fs_work_order_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Work orders have the following fields. Sometimes you can't see or edit certain fields because of your page layout and field-level security settings.")
- [Work Order Line Item Fields for Field Service](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=service.fs_work_order_line_item_fields.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "Work order line items have the following fields. Sometimes you can't see or edit certain fields because of your page layout and field-level security settings.")