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Getting Started with Payroll Templates

Learn How Payroll Templates Simplify Processing

August 4, 2026

ProjectSight's New Addition: Charlie & Conversational Daily Reports

Using ProjectSight AI chatbot to quickly and efficiently log labor and equipment data.

July 28, 2026

🤖 Your AI-Powered Vista Helper

Trimble Vista is powerful, but finding the right setup steps or documentation can take time. By pairing Microsoft Copilot with the official Vista Help site, you can turn AI into your personal Vista assistant. Whether you're creating Jobs, setting up Contracts, troubleshooting billing issues, or learning a new module, Copilot can quickly explain concepts, answer questions, and point you directly to the information you need—helping you work smarter and get more value from your Vista investment.

July 21, 2026

ProjectSight's Ball-in-Court Workflow Example: RFIs

Leveraging ball-in-court workflows in ProjectSight to streamline your RFIs.

July 14, 2026

Tip Tuesday

What’s New in Vista Web (2026 R6)

Spanish Support, Smarter Forms, and Field Upgrades

July 7, 2026

Union Reciprocity in Trimble Vista: A Practical Guide to Project Specific Overrides

June 23, 2026

Tip Tuesday

Cash Management Go-Live: Why Skipping the Pre-Go-Live Bank Reconciliation Can Impact Your CM Reporting

June 16, 2026

Tip Tuesday

Clean Up Your Vista: Retiring Custom "Business Email" Fields

Keeping professional and personal communications separate just got a whole lot easier.

May 26, 2026

Streamlining ERP Job Imports in ProjectSight

Trimble's new feature that allows users to bulk import and link Vista or Spectrum jobs directly from their ERP into ProjectSight, eliminating the need to manually create each project from scratch.

May 19, 2026

⭐ A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Vista Jobs, Contracts & Billing

A clearer way to understand Vista’s Job to billing workflow

May 12, 2026

Instant Support: Using Trimble Assistant within Viewpoint Vista

Receive immediate, AI-powered support directly within Viewpoint Vista using Trimble Assistant. Simply ask plain-language questions to get instant guidance on software procedures and field definitions. This tool eliminates manual searching and saves time, ensuring your workflow remains uninterrupted without ever having to leave the application.

April 28, 2026

Field-Ready Updates: What's New in ProjectSight Mobile This Month

Four updates to ProjectSight Mobile that make daily reporting faster and more accurate in the field.

April 21, 2026

Vista SM: Flexible, Efficient, and Built for Your Service Needs

How Vista Service Management Delivers Real Value for Service Teams

April 7, 2026

Back to Basics. Vista's grid tab.

This blog post covers the essential features of the Vista Grid View, a powerful tool within the Viewpoint ERP suite designed to help construction professionals manage large datasets with efficiency.

March 31, 2026

Tip Tuesday

What's New in Vista Update 2026.3

March 24, 2026

3 Essential Free Visuals to Improve Your Power B Reports

Enhancing Power BI’s capabilities by installing custom Microsoft visuals.

March 17, 2026

Tip Tuesday

TID Enforcement Is Coming… But Please Put the Panic Button Down

TID enforcement is not the apocalypse.

March 10, 2026

A Beginner’s Guide to Vista Project Management: What to Expect and How the Workflow Fits Together

Building strong foundations with Vista PM training

March 3, 2026

Beyond the Surface: Using Power BI Drill-Throughs to Navigate Smartsheet Project Plans

Learn how to integrate Smartsheet with Power BI to create a hierarchical reporting system that uses drill-through functionality to connect high-level project milestones with granular task checklists.

February 24, 2026

Trimble ID Just Got Easier — Here’s How to Turn On Passkeys

Trimble ID now supports passkeys via Microsoft Authenticator. This guide shows how to enable them, sign in passwordlessly to @viewpoint.cloud, and set up fallback methods like email and phone. Future-proof your login workflow—fast, secure, and phishing-resistant.

February 17, 2026

Trimble AI Assistant

Trimble AI Assistant - A New Feature in version 2025.12

February 10, 2026

From Timecard to Job Cost: A Beginner Friendly Look at Payroll GL Posting in Vista

If Payroll to Job Cost Makes Your Head Spin… Read This

February 3, 2026

Enhancing Project Analytics: Integrating Smartsheet with Power BI

Integrating Smartsheet with Power BI to transform project tracking into sophisticated, high-level business intelligence.

January 27, 2026

Tip Tuesday

You Might Be Using Only Part of What Vista Can Do

Get more value from the Vista system you already own. Learn how customization and Vista Web can streamline work and improve visibility.

January 20, 2026

Back to Basics: Excel Skills Every Construction PM Should Master

This guide introduces 12 simple Excel formulas that help construction project managers build confidence with numbers, clean up their spreadsheets, and understand job costs more clearly. These basics aren’t the end goal—they’re the foundation for defining cleaner, more accurate reporting that can be customized directly inside Vista.

January 13, 2026

Job Costing in Vista: The Essentials - Bite Size Version

Job Costing Made Simple: Your First Steps Inside Vista

January 6, 2026

Tip Tuesday

Voiding and Reissuing a Payroll Payment in a Closed Pay Period

December 30, 2025

"Ball-in-Court" Workflows: The Next Enhancement to ProjectSight

Walking through the construction of a workflow template using ProjectSight's latest feature update.

December 23, 2025

Tip Tuesday

What’s Hot in 2025 R12 for Viewpoint HR Management for Vista

The 2025 R12 release of Viewpoint HR Management for Vista is here — bringing smarter tools, smoother workflows, and better mobile support. Get a quick look at what’s new and why it matters.

December 16, 2025

Tip Tuesday

Inbox Zen: Transform Chaos into Color with Outlook’s Conditional Formatting

Learn how to use Conditional Formatting in the new Outlook to color‑code emails for instant clarity. This guide walks through simple steps to highlight important messages — including a favorite trick to mark CC’d emails in red — plus tips to keep your inbox organized and stress‑free.

December 9, 2025

A New Addition to TC1 Analytics: Human Resources

Notifying Trimble Construction One users of new updates to the Analytics environment.

December 2, 2025

Smart Payroll: New Feature in Trimble Vista Releases 2025.08 and 2025.10

November 25, 2025

Plan, Process, Prosper: Your ERP Year-End Toolkit

Wrap Up the Year, Kickstart the Next

November 18, 2025

Tip Tuesday

Automating Stored Procedure Execution with VA Inquiries and the WF Notifier Job Manager

Automate your Vista workflows by scheduling stored procedures with VA Inquiries and the WF Notifier Job Manager — simple, consistent, and hands-free.

November 11, 2025

Unlocking Vista: The API That Builds Bridges

The Trimble Vista API enables secure, bidirectional data exchange between Vista’s cloud platform and external systems. With RESTful endpoints for equipment, payroll, and reporting, it streamlines construction workflows and supports real-time automation and audit-friendly integration.

November 4, 2025

Customizing Dashboard Widgets in ProjectSight

In this Tip-Tuesday, we will closely examine how to edit our widget charts to fit our project management needs.

October 28, 2025

What’s New with Supplemental Pay in Vista

Fresh updates make it easier to manage bonuses, commissions, and extra earnings

October 21, 2025

Tip Tuesday

Clearing Positive & Negative AR Retainage that Nets to Zero

Use AR Cash Receipts to create a zero cash receipt to clear/offset retainage that nets to zero.

October 14, 2025

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Access your Vista data with Excel's Power Query!

An intro to Power Query for Vista users

October 7, 2025

Employing AI Chatbots to Assist in Power BI Reporting

This week, we cover how to utilize AI chatbots to improve your Power BI report.

September 30, 2025

Getting Your Data Vista-Ready: A Quick Prep Guide

Import with confidence—clean data, smooth results

September 23, 2025

Tip Tuesday

Secure Act 2.0 Catch-Up Contributions Now Supported in Trimble Vista

Secure Act 2.0 Made Easy in Trimble Vista

Susan Hanly

September 16, 2025

Tip Tuesday

What's New in Vista Web 2025 R8: Cool Features, Fewer Clicks, and AI That Actually Helps

From smart expense receipts and managed Trimble ID logins to Canadian onboarding and copy-from-PO requisitions, this release is all about saving time and reducing hassle in the field and the office.

September 9, 2025