When you have created and sent your proposal to a customer, the proposal will be updated to show pertinent details and its status.
Status: The current status of the proposal, dependent on the stage of the proposal.
Sent - Automatically set when you send the proposal.
Active Engagement - Automatically set if the customer accepts the proposal. Can be manually set.
Completed - Can be set when the proposal is completed.
Rejected - Can be set when the proposal is rejected.
Proposal Information: Information specific to this proposal.
App Ribbons: This will show the interactions, invoices, and payments associated with the proposal.
Scrolling down, you will also find:
Auto Paid?: This checkbox will automatically charge the customer for each invoice generated, in other words, this is for recurring payments. In order for this option to show:
The Customer's payment information must be saved. This can be captured from payment on acceptance or from a previous proposal. You can set up Payment Required to Accept in the Proposal App's Preferences.
More Actions: There are a number of actions available to you when editing a proposal. Some of these options will only appear depending on the status of the proposal.
Send to Customer: Re-send the proposal to the customer.
Take Payment: If there is an invoice associated with this proposal, you can take a payment for it.
View Acceptance: View what the customer sees in their portal.
View Engagement Letter: This will show the engagement letter generated from the proposal in a PDF file.
Change Status: As mentioned before, there are four states a proposal can be in. Other than the Sent status, you can manually set this.
Sent - Automatically set when you send the proposal.
Active Engagement - Automatically set if the customer accepts the proposal.
Completed - Can be set when the proposal is completed.
Rejected - Can be set when the proposal is rejected.
Edit Proposal: When you edit the proposal, it will return to a draft state and the proposal will need to be resent again. A proposal that has been sent can no longer be edited.