➡️ How to Reopen a Job Yourself (Android, v2.17.0+)
Ply for Android 2.17.0 lets owners and admins reopen a finished job straight from the Finished jobs tab in the mobile app; see the Android steps below. On the web app and on iOS, reopening is still a backend action, so the support steps further down are still the way to go there.
Open the Stock section and go to the Jobs tab.
Tap Finished Jobs.
Find the job you want to reopen (use the search bar or scroll), then tap the "..." menu next to it.
In the menu that opens, tap Reopen Job.
A confirmation prompt appears. Tap Confirm to reopen the job, or Cancel to back out.
You'll see a "Job successfully reopened" confirmation, and the job moves back to Current Jobs.
📌 Before you reopen: the confirmation screen includes this warning: "Tools released when it was finished are not returned, and it stays unlinked from its project." In practice, that means reopening won't automatically bring back tools that were released to stock when the job finished; if you still need them on the job, you'll have to reassign the
➡️ How to Reopen a Job Yourself (iOS, v1.8.10+)
Open the Stock section, go to the Jobs tab, then tap Finished.
Tap the job you want to reopen to open its Job Detail page.
At the top right, tap Reopen.
A confirmation prompt appears: "Reopen this job? The job '[Job Name]' will move back to your active jobs. Tools released when it was finished are not returned, and it stays unlinked from its project." Tap Reopen Job to confirm or Cancel to back out.
You'll see a "Job reopened" confirmation. The status badge changes from Finished to Active, and the top-right button switches from Reopen to Edit.
➡️ Why jobs sometimes close by accident
If you're finding jobs are getting closed before they're actually finished, this is often a workflow issue on the FSM side rather than a Ply issue. For ServiceTitan specifically: clocking out itself doesn't close a job — a technician can't clock out while still "on" a job; the appointment needs to be marked Complete or Done first. This usually happens through the Closeout flow at the end of a shift: if a technician selects "Complete the Job" instead of Pause, Hold, or scheduling another appointment — while the work isn't actually finished — the job gets closed out prematurely.
💡 If this is a recurring issue for your team, it's worth a quick training reminder on which Closeout option to select when a job genuinely isn't done yet.
➡️ Frequently Asked Questions
Can I reopen multiple jobs at once?
Yes! Just include all the job names/numbers in your support request, and we'll reopen them together.
Will reopening a job affect my inventory?
Reopening the job itself won't change your inventory. Any inventory adjustments will only happen if you make changes in the job.
📌 Note: materials assigned to a job don't return to stock automatically when a job closes; they need to be manually transferred back. See Do materials and tools reappear in my catalog when a job ends?
What happens after I'm done with the job again?
Simply close it again as you normally would once everything has been updated.
If my job syncs from ServiceTitan, HouseCall Pro, or FieldEdge, does reopening it in Ply also reopen it there?
Reopening a job in Ply is independent of its status in your FSM:
HouseCall Pro: job sync is one-way (HCP → Ply only), so there's nothing to reopen on the HCP side. See HouseCall Pro Jobs + Ply: How Jobs Work + Location Responses.
ServiceTitan: if the job's invoice is already Posted in ServiceTitan, it stays closed there regardless of what happens in Ply. You'd need to unpost/reopen the invoice separately in ServiceTitan (subject to your ST permissions and accounting process). See Why a Purchase Order may fail to sync to ServiceTitan.
FieldEdge: jobs are read-only in Ply for this integration (Ply can't write back to FieldEdge), so reopening in Ply has no effect on FieldEdge. See FieldEdge + Ply: How the Integration Works. There's an open feature request specifically for reopening closed jobs on the FieldEdge side, upvote it here if this would help your workflow.
Is there a way to reopen jobs myself, without contacting Support?
On Android (2.17.0+) and iOS (1.8.10+), yes: owners and admins can reopen a finished job themselves right from the Ply mobile app. On the web app, reopening is still a backend-only action performed by our support team, so send us the job name/number and we'll take care of it. There's an open feature request to bring self-serve reopening to web too: Ability for Admin or Owners to reopen a finished job.
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