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Dela is a Deltek digital assistant powered by OpenAI. It enhances the user experience in ComputerEase Field through text chat or voice commands.

Dela defaults to Voice Chat mode. You can switch to Text Chat mode and enter your questions or requests in the input field. If Dela does not understand a request, it prompts you for clarification or offers other assistance.

You can start a conversation with Dela to create time and expense entries and ask questions about various areas of ComputerEase Field. You can continue the conversation with follow-up questions and requests to gather information.

After each interaction, you can provide feedback by selecting the Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down icon. Your feedback helps improve Dela's responses.

Dela only understands and responds in English. In a future release, we expect to have a Spanish version of Dela.

To use Dela, click the Dela icon at the top of the application. The icon is available on all screens except those used to change settings or enter and edit data. Dela is enabled by default but can be disabled on the Settings screen.

Tasks that can be performed through Dela are the following:

  • Create time entries

  • Duplicate time entries

  • Inquire about time entries and relevant information

  • Create expense entries

  • Inquire about expense entries

  • Inquire about field logs

Examples of tasks related to creating time entries that you can ask Dela to perform:

  • "Add X hours to job X, phase X, category, X for today."

  • "Add start time of 8:15am for job X for yesterday."

  • "Add end time of 4:35 for job X for yesterday."

  • "Start timer for job X, category X."

  • "Add 10 hours for employees Joe, Sam, Bill, Bob, and Sue for today."

Examples of questions about time entries that you can ask Dela to answer:

  • "How many hours do I have for this week?"

  • "How many hours do I have for this period?"

  • "How many hours does Joe have for this week?"

  • "How many hours does Joe have for this period?"

  • "Are there any of my employees missing time for yesterday?"

  • "Are there any of my employees with less than X for this week?"

  • "Do any of my employees have time that isn't signed for last week?"

  • "What entries are pending my approval?"

  • "Is there time pending my approval for job X"

Examples of tasks related to creating expense entries that you can ask Dela to perform:

  • "Add a 300 dollar expense for today."

  • "Create an expense for Home Depot for yesterday for 110 dollars and 87 cents."

  • "Open my camera."

Examples of questions about expense entries that you can ask Dela to answer:

  • "Do I have an expense for Home Depot?"

  • "What expenses do I have for yesterday?"

  • "Do I have expenses for fuel this week?"

  • "Do I have any pending expenses?"

  • "Do I have an expense for 300 dollars?"

  • "Can you tell me about my expenses for card 4567?"

  • "Do I have expenses for Job 100?"

Examples of questions about field logs that you can ask Dela to answer:

  • "Do I have any field logs for yesterday?"

  • "Do I have any field logs for today?"

  • "Do I have any field logs for job X?"

  • "Do I have any field logs with heavy rain this week?"

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