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Daily site updates, photos and the DPR

Log daily progress, site photos and the manpower log from the field, and roll it up into a daily progress report.

Capture what happened on site each day, progress, hours, photos and manpower, in a couple of taps, then roll it all up into a print-ready Daily Progress Report you can share with the client. This guide is for site engineers, project managers and owners who want an honest daily record without a second layer of paperwork.

One update, many effects

Site and design staff should do one thing, log what they did, and let Panzo do the rest. When a person updates a task from the field, that single action fans out to the task percent, the project progress bar, a timesheet entry for the hours worked, and any attached photo or document filed into the project's folders. There is no separate step to update the task, log time and upload a file.

  • A progress slider sets how far the task has come. 100% sends it up the reporting chain for a manager to approve, rather than self-completing.
  • An Hours field books the time worked that day into the timesheet.
  • An attachment plus a folder picker files the photo or document alongside the task.
  • The manually set percent shows next to the schedule-planned percent, so slippage is visible without forcing a formula.

Filing a daily site update

Alongside individual task logs, the site executive files a daily Site Update for the whole site: work done, the plan for tomorrow, manpower by trade, materials, blockers, an overall status and photos. Every picklist behind it, trades, site status, blocker types, comes from a Control Panel master, so you tune the options to how your firm works.

  1. Open the project's Site Updates tab

    Go to the project and open Site Updates. The Daily Progress Report card sits at the top.
  2. Record the day

    Log the work done, tomorrow's plan, manpower by trade, materials and any blockers, then set the site status.
  3. Add photos as image links

    Paste one image URL per line to attach site photos. Panzo shows them in the day's gallery and on the report.

Important

Photos are image links, not camera capture

Site photos are entered as image links, one URL per line, not through a native in-app camera upload. Host the image (for example in your shared drive or WhatsApp export) and paste the link.

The Daily Progress Report

The Daily Progress Report (DPR) is generated, not filled in. For any chosen date it consolidates the two live sources, the day's task work logs and the site update, into one document. It opens on the most recent day with activity, and the date dropdown lists only days that have work logs or a site update. Switching dates recomputes instantly in the browser, so you never lose your place in the record.

What the DPR showsWhere it comes from
Tasks worked, completed and sent for reviewThe day's task work logs
Total hours loggedTimesheet entries from the daily-work cascade
Manpower on site by tradeThe site update form
Work done, tomorrow's plan, materials and blockersThe site update form
Site photosImage links added to the update

Use Print / PDF to print the report or save it as a PDF. A print rule isolates just the report, so you get a clean end-of-day summary without the app around it, ready to share on WhatsApp or email.

Key takeaways

  • One field update fans out to task percent, project progress, a timesheet entry and a filed attachment.
  • The site executive files a daily update: manpower by trade, materials, blockers, status and photos.
  • Site photos are added as image links, one URL per line, not native camera capture.
  • The DPR is generated from data you already logged and prints or saves to PDF in one click.

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