Canvassing Apartments or Buildings with multiple units is made easier with the release of the Buildings feature.
What is a Building?
A Building is a location that has multiple units in it. When importing, if everything within the street address is the same other than the unit or floor, these addresses will be combined into a building. You will need to have matched Unit Number as its own field in addition to House Number if you’d like to use this feature.
How can I identify a Building?
A new Building icon indicates a location is part of a building, clicking on it will allow you to view building information such as Access Type, the number of houses and floors, Building Notes, and the ability to add more units.
The Database displays the Building icon while the map displays the number of units within the building.
What additional information can I see about a Building?
Web Application
From, the Import page, there are extra properties that you can import that relate to buildings, such as:
Directions (how to get to the unit i.e elevator to the right)
Building notes
House Notes
Access type
unlocked
locked
unspecified
Floor
From the Map and Database page, you can filter by houses based on these building properties:
“In Building,”
“Access Type,”
“Building Notes”
Walk App
With the Walk mobile app, there are 4 components when you are viewing a Building:
Access Details
Locked
Unlocked
Unspecific
Building Notes
Floor Information
Adding a New Unit
Capturing an Interaction for an Individual Unit/Flat
From the Building summary, click on the Floor of the unit you'd like to record the interaction for. Note: You can preset floors using the "Floor Number" field when importing if this information is available.
From here you will see a list of the available units. You click on the one of your choice and this will bring up the Interaction screen.
Bulk assigning units to a floor
Web Application
Within Building Summary, click on the houses that are available and they will all display for you
Hovering over the House Icon will bring up a checkbox, select all of the units on the floor you're editing
Use the Edit Floor Button to change the floor number for the selected units
Walk App
Within Building Summary, click on the Floor Information that is available and it will display your unit options
Holding down on the first unit you'd like to add will give you the option to select more. Select all of the units on the floor you're editing
Use the pencil icon to change the floor number for the selected units
If you have any questions, you can message us via the chat or email support@ecanvasser.com