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How to use Norbs
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Set up your business on Norbs
- Create your account with your mobile number and the code we send you.
- Pick up to three languages for replies. Here — English, Hindi and Kannada.
- Add your name and your business name.
- Now tell Norbs about your business, in your own words — any language, even mixed.
- Or tap Speak and just say it.
- Add a photo — a price label, a menu, a rate card. Norbs reads it. Check what it found, then save.
- Add your price list. Every item and price comes in, ready to check before it is saved.
- Word, PDF, CSV and PowerPoint work too. If a file may not be your own — a supplier's list, say — Norbs asks before saving it.
- Everything you added, in one place.
- Check what Norbs understood about your business.
- Confirm your type of business.
- Mark where you operate.
- Then buy a plan on our website — and Ask AI is ready for you and your team.
Knowledge
Upload a document
- Open Knowledge and tap Add document.
- Pick a file — Word, PDF, Excel or a photo. Norbs reads it.
- Here's what Norbs found. Check it, and fix anything that's wrong before you save.
- When it looks right, tap Save to knowledge.
- The new facts are now part of what Ask AI knows.
- And the file itself is listed under Documents.
Check & fix what Norbs read
- Add a document as usual — then always check what Norbs read before you save.
- Look closely: this price has lost a zero.
- Tap it and type the right price.
- Now check the facts too.
- A fact can be wrong too — this price range covers only the new items. Remove it with the cross.
- Then tap Save to knowledge.
- Open Products — the corrected price is saved.
Search — by name or by photo
- Type in the search box — results appear as you type.
- Your own product comes first. A supplier's rate is shown apart, never as your price.
- AI search can also use a photo — tap Gallery.
- Pick the photo.
- Crop it to the label, and tap OK.
- Norbs reads the label and finds the product — your price and the supplier's, side by side.
A product's page
- In Knowledge, open Products and tap a product.
- Its page shows your price and how much stock you have.
- Product details shows the unit and the GST rate.
- Tap Edit product to change the price, stock, GST or units.
Upload a new version of a document
- To update a document, add the new file with the same name.
- Norbs reads it. Check what changed — here, the new prices.
- Then tap Save to knowledge.
- Open the document: the new file is version 2, in use.
- The old version stays below. Ask AI uses the version in use.
Go back, retire or restore a version
- To go back, open the older version and tap Use this version.
- Ask AI will use that version. Your products and prices stay as they are.
- Version 1 is now in use. Switch back the same way.
- To stop using a version, tap Retire. Its facts leave your answers.
- The newest remaining version takes over — and a retired version can be restored any time.
- Tap Restore, and it's back in use.
Share a document with field staff
- Open a document and tap Share with.
- Tick the field staff who should see it. Team members already see every document.
- Other apps send the file itself, out of the business. Then tap Done.
- Your team shows what each person sees. Field staff see only what you share, until their access date.
Ask AI
Ask AI — by text or by voice
- In Ask AI, type a question — or tap one of the suggestions.
- Norbs answers from your own documents — here, your payment and credit terms.
- Or tap the mic and just ask, in your language. Tap stop when you're done.
- Your question goes as a voice message, and the answer comes back as text.
Ask AI about a photo
- In Ask AI, tap the clip and choose a photo.
- Pick the photo — a shelf label here — and crop it.
- Then type your question about it.
- And tap Ask.
- Norbs checks the photo against your price list — here, the label is out of date.
Chats your team shares
- Ask AI chats belong to the business, not one person. Long-press a chat to rename, limit or archive it.
- Here, the new chat gets a clear name.
- A field rep's chat is private — only they and you can see it.
- Priya, a team member, sees the same chats — but not the field rep's.
- She can open any chat and carry on the conversation.
- Everyone sees the question and the answer, in one place.
Products
Update a price or stock through Ask AI
- Open Ask AI and start a new chat.
- Type the change — the product, its new price and its stock.
- Norbs prepares the change for you. Tap Review and approve.
- Check the old and new values, then tap Approve.
- Confirm — this updates your real records.
- The change is saved.
- To check, open Business, then Products.
- The product now shows the new price and stock.
- Open it to see the same values in its details.
Team
Add a team member or field staff
- Open Settings, then Your team. Tap the Add button.
- A team member gets the shop, products and Ask AI. Type their mobile number and name.
- Tap Add to my team. They sign in on their own phone with an OTP.
- Now add field staff.
- Field staff see only their own day. Choose how long they need access — it ends by itself.
- Type their number and name.
- Tap Add field staff.
- The list shows each person's role, and when field staff access ends.
Choose what field staff can see
- Open Settings, then Your team.
- Tap Knowledge on their row. Route and punch-in stay on; everything ends with their access date.
- Sales rep turns on products, AI search and Ask AI.
- Set a daily AI spend limit for them.
- To choose documents, tap Selected and tick them. It now shows Custom.
- Tap Save. Their row now lists exactly what they can see.
Edit or remove someone
- Tap Edit on someone's row.
- Change their name if needed. To change the number, remove them and add the new one.
- Extend their access — pick how long.
- Tap Save. The row shows the new name and end date.
- Remove takes them off your team straight away. What they entered stays in your records.
- Or tap Keep them — nothing changes.
Field ops
Import your client list
- In Settings, open Field ops, then Field clients.
- To bring in your whole client list, open Import and choose an Excel or Word file.
- Pick the file — Norbs reads it.
- Check the list and fix anything that reads wrong.
- Tap Look up these addresses. Some need you to choose the right place.
- Open each one, pick the place on the map, and check the pin.
- Confirm — it moves to Placed.
- Do the same for the rest. A shop the map doesn't know lands on its area, not its door — drag the pin there.
- Next, review all your clients on one map, and check every pin.
- Tap Confirm. Your clients are ready for planning the day.
Add one client by hand
- Tap the map where the client is.
- The pin goes exactly where you tapped. Type their name, address, area and phone.
- Tap Add — the client is on your map.
- Or search for a place, like a landmark near them.
- Pick it — Norbs pins it as a new client.
- Tap the pin, then Edit name or address.
- Give it the client's real name, then Save.
- Re-centre shows all your clients on the map.
Plan someone's day
- Open Settings, then Plan the day.
- Tap Assign clients, then pick who is going out.
- Add a note for their day, like what to collect.
- In List, tick the clients they should visit.
- See them on the Map, then save the day.
- The board shows each person's stops, and how many are visited.
- Tap a name to see their stops and your note.
Pick clients on the map
- You can also pick clients on the map.
- Pick the person, then tap a pin to see that client.
- Add it to their day.
- Tap Draw and circle several pins — they're all added at once.
- Erase takes clients off the same way.
- Changed your mind? Undo puts back the last loop.
- Tap Save this day.
Review the day
- Open Plan the day.
- The board shows today's visits for everyone.
- Tap a name to see only their pins.
- Each stop shows if they punched in and out at the client, plus their note and photos.
- Show route draws their path — only where the phone recorded it.
- Summary writes up their day. It uses your credits.
- It reads their notes, voice notes and photos — so you get the whole day in one place.
Field staff
Start my day· field staff
- Today shows your stops and the office's note.
- Tap Start my day, and read the promise: recording runs only between Start and Finish.
- Agree, then allow notifications — so you always see when it records.
- Your day has started — the time shows at the top.
- A notice stays on your phone while it records.
At a client· field staff
- At the client, tap I've reached.
- When you're done, tap Done here.
- Write what happened — or tap Speak to say it in your own language.
- Add a photo — take one, or pick from the gallery.
- Tap Save and move on. The note shows under the stop.
Finish & start again· field staff
- When your visits are over, tap Finish my day.
- It tells you which stops were not visited. Tap Finish.
- Recording stops. Need to go back out? Tap Start again.
- It's the same day — nothing extra is charged. Your remaining stops open again.
Your knowledge & Ask AI· field staff
- Knowledge shows what the owner shared with you — until your access date.
- Check products, prices and stock.
- Documents shared with you are here.
- In Ask AI, type a customer's question — a private chat with you and the owner.
- The answer comes from what the owner shared — use it on the spot.
Business
Your products list
- Business, then Products, lists everything you sell — with price and stock.
- Products you retire move to Retired, and can be restored.
- Columns turns off fields you don't use.
- Tap Add to enter a new product by hand.
- Search by name, or by SKU if you use them.
Units
- Units lists the units Norbs already knows.
- To add your own, tap Add, type its name, then Add a conversion.
- Say what it's worth — here, one tray is twelve bottles.
- Choose Whole business to use it for every product.
- Tap Save.
- Your own units are marked Yours, with what they're worth.