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Jun 24, 2026 · Articles

Clone a Work Order

Some work orders grow large and unwieldy from a billing perspective. The new Clone Work Order feature lets you copy an existing work order—preserving comments, documents, and custom field values—while giving you a fresh start for scheduling and invoicing.

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Jun 24, 2026 · Articles

HTML Email Templates in BigWave: What They Are and Why They Matter

A plain-English intro to HTML email templates in BigWave — what they are, why they're worth it, and how AI can build one for you even if you've never written a line of HTML.

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Jun 23, 2026 · Articles

HTML Templates for Invoice Emails: The Complete Field-Code Cheat Sheet

Build a professional, branded invoice email in BigWave — with a complete cheat sheet of every field code you can drop in, plus repeating line items, totals, and a Pay Now button.

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Jun 22, 2026 · Articles

HTML Templates for Alerts and Everything Else

Invoices aren't the only emails BigWave sends. Here's how to use HTML templates for alerts, reminders, quotes, and other notifications — with the building blocks that work across every email type.

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Jun 4, 2025 · Product news

How BigWave Software Transforms Field Data Collection into Operational Gold

Imagine this... Your technician finishes a job in the field — takes a few photos, jots down some notes, maybe grabs a signature. But instead of it all flowing…

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Sep 15, 2024 · Product news

Transform Your Document Management with BigWave's Deliverables Feature

In today’s fast-paced business world, efficient document management can make or break a project. If you’ve been looking for a way to streamline your processes,…

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Oct 5, 2023 · Product news

Streamline Your Invoicing with BigWave

Invoicing is a crucial aspect of any business, and delays in sending out invoices can lead to cash flow issues. With BigWave, you can say goodbye to manual…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Articles

Find a user and view their login information

Today, a user emailed looking for a specific person in their system. Given the name of a person, it's straightforward to find them and see how they are entered…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Articles

Designating a project manager

Projects in BigWave now have a designated project manager. Previously, project roles (to which project team members are assigned) could be designated as…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Product news

Global Tags now available

The ability to tag work orders and schedule items have been in BigWave for some time now. Schedule tags are global in nature, but work order tags have always…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Articles

Interact with your Partners in BigWave

Partners in BigWave Within the industries served by BigWave, partner companies are a big part of everyday operations. Without chains of established partner…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Product news

Introducing the new LastUpdated field for your API client code

Today we released a new API endpoint to inform what work orders have changed since a given date. When properly used, it cuts down client processing…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Articles

Monitor Fire Alarm Systems

BigWave helps manage maintenance contracts that require regular site visits on a defined periodic schedule. Whether it be on a weekly, monthly, or yearly…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Articles

Partner Custom Fields

Today we released the ability to define custom fields for Partners. This continues the upgrades we are making to the partner area including the ability for…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Articles

Supplier Purchase Orders

Often times supplies needed for a work order come through an outside vendor(s). Typically, the buying company will issue multiple purchase orders (POs), one…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Product news

New API endpoints for invoice information

Many BigWave users leverage the flexible and extensive invoicing features. This evening's release will feature an API update that includes invoicing…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Product news

The new Dark Mode theme

Today, we released support for dark mode to BigWave. Many are familiar, but dark mode is a theme style that reduces glare by making backgrounds darker centric…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Articles

What are projects in BigWave?

To better understand Projects in BigWave, and why these even exist, it’s important to understand the limitations found with most field service management…

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Dec 21, 2022 · Articles

What is BigWave?

BigWave, founded in 2005, creates service management software that schedules and tracks service, deployments, and maintenance for IT assets in the retail…

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