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A committee member just require a phone or laptop with internet access.

If you are using the security feature, the guards need a phone/computer with internet access.

Every security post should have one mobile phone.

The next step is to create some users.


How to create Users

There are three main ways to create users:

  1. Data Import
  2. Resident Sign Up
  3. Manual Creation

To sign up, share the sign up link with residents:

Sign Up Page

After filling out the form, the committee would then approve and create the user:

Sign Up Page

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Types of Main Users

There are two types of main users on this platform:

  1. Normal Users (Residents)
  2. Power Users (Committee Members)

How to create users?

There are two ways to create accounts for users/residents:

  1. Manual Creation
  2. Data Import

Creating Payments

Who Can Create Payments?

Both Normal Users and Power Users can create payments.

Normal Users Creating Payments

When a Normal User creates a payment, it involves:

Note: When a Normal User creates a payment, it is tied only to that user who created it.

Power Users Creating Payments

A Power User can do everything a Normal User does, plus:

It’s recommended that Normal Users (residents) create and enter their own payment details to reduce the committee’s workload. However, Power Users (committee members) can also create payments on behalf of Normal Users and must confirm all payments.

Confirming Payments

When a payment is confirmed, it means the attached payment receipt matches the payment details. Once confirmed:

Note: We only send receipts to users who have logged in before. This may change in the future, depending on the RA’s request, to allow sending to all users regardless of their login status.

Additional UX Features

  1. Auto-Fill From Previous Year
    • When creating payment details for a house that had a payment in the previous year, the system can automatically:
      • Display users associated with that house (making it easier to select who the payment is for).
      • Copy the number of cars and car plate numbers from last year to speed up the process.
  2. Quick Confirmation (Beta)
    • Lets Power Users quickly view the payment receipt and details on a single page for easy confirmation.
    • Allows edits to the payment on the same page.
    • Once a payment is confirmed, the system automatically takes you to the next payment in line for confirmation.

Normal Users

Certain features are only available to Normal Users who have “paid” for the latest year. A Normal User is considered to have paid for the latest year if they’re associated with a house that has a payment confirmed by a Power User.

Normal User Features

  1. Search Car Plates
    • Users can look up car plate details, but the information shown is limited for privacy:
      • If the car is associated with a payment, it will show that the car belongs to a specific street (but not the house number).
      • If the car is not associated with any payments, it will show the latest entry (date and time) of the car into the neighborhood and the street it visited (again, not the house number).
  2. Registered Visitors
    • Users can register visitors’ vehicles in advance.
    • When the security guard enters the visitor’s car plate, they’ll see that this car is a registered visitor, which can reduce ID checks and speed up entry.
    • This feature’s effectiveness depends on the RA security’s standard operating procedures.
  3. RSVP for Events
    • Users can see what events are happening (e.g., AGM) and submit RSVPs, specifying the number of attendees.

All Features

Membership Payments

  1. Quick Confrim - Confirm payments easily and quickly
  2. Receipt - A receipt is automatically generated and sent to payer
  3. Issued - Easily track when gate tags and car sticker are issued.
  4. Payment - Committee & residents are able to create membership payments
  5. Statistics - View houses that have dropped out, due to pay, etc.
  6. Import - Import user details, address of houses and membership payment details
  7. Export - Easily export yearly payment details for audit and accounting pruposes
  8. Cars - Keep track of number of vehicles associated with a membership payment

Security

  1. Digital Log Book - Guards record car & motorbike entries through the app
  2. Audit Trail - View reason for visits, car number plate and house address
  3. Export - Export security logs

Finance

  1. Invoice - Store invoice details and attachments for future reference
  2. Payment Vouchers - Combine multiple invoices into one payment with auto-generated PV
  3. Bookkeeping - Track your weekly, monthly and yearly expenditures

Events

  1. AGM - Track attendances based on user info and house address
  2. Export - Easily export attendances info for record keeping and audit requirements

Others

  1. Visitors - Residents may register visitors for convenience and/or reduce car traffic
  2. Users - Residents can create an account themselves or committee members amy assist
  3. Statistics - View statistics on security (car entries) and membership payments