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Property management operations teams automate Propertyware workflows — with complete output visibility as everything executes.

Utility bills, vendor invoices, vendor bill entry, collections intake — the workflows your team runs manually every week, because automating something that writes to Propertyware felt too risky. Celeron removes the risk without removing your team from the process.

Start Free — $200 in credits, Propertyware integration ready
The Problem

Propertyware workflows are manual because the writes are dangerous.

Property management operations teams know the asymmetry well: reading data from Propertyware is easy. Running calculations is straightforward. But writing to a bill record, creating a lease charge, attaching a document, or closing a work order — those writes have consequences. An incorrect bill amount creates a vendor dispute. A wrong lease charge generates a tenant complaint. A work order closed prematurely creates a reconciliation gap.

So teams don't automate. Or they automate the reads and do the writes manually. Or they built something in Zapier, it ran silently, and one month they discovered it had been misfiring for weeks before anyone checked. Every option has the same problem: either the automation isn't controlled, or the control requires doing the work manually.

Celeron is built on a different premise. Automation handles all the reads — parsing PDFs, matching buildings and vendors, retrieving work orders. Everything that should be automated, is. And every write surfaces in the Queue with full context as it executes: source data, extracted values, what will be written. Your team reviews dozens of bills or invoices in a fraction of the time — everything visible, everything traceable. Items that look right execute. Edge cases get flagged. Everything runs with confidence, not hope.

Workflow 1

Water & utility bill processing

The manual version

A water or utility bill arrives. Someone on the ops team opens the PDF, reads off the vendor, amount, and property address, looks up the building and unit in Propertyware, creates the bill linked to the correct vendor, attaches the PDF, posts a lease charge to the tenant, attaches the PDF to the lease charge too, checks whether the amount is unusually high compared to last period, flags estimated reads, and updates the building's custom fields with the new amount and date. Multiply that by every utility bill across every property in the portfolio, every month.

Manual time
20–40 min per bill — PDF review, Propertyware lookup, bill creation, lease charge, document attach, custom field update.
With Celeron
Workflow runs on document receipt. Review time reduced by ~90%. Usage alerts surface automatically.
How Celeron handles it
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Step 1 — Read: Parse utility bill document
Celeron sends the bill PDF through Document AI, which extracts vendor name, building address, unit identifiers, amount due, billing dates, and read type. Every extracted field is visible in the Queue with its source.
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Step 2 — Read: Find building and unit in Propertyware
Using the extracted address and unit identifiers, Celeron queries Propertyware and returns the matching building and unit records. If no match is found, the item surfaces for manual resolution.
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Step 3 — Read: Find vendor in Propertyware
Celeron searches Propertyware vendors by the extracted vendor name. If the vendor exists, the record is returned. If not, the vendor is created before proceeding.
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Step 4 — Write: Create bill in Propertyware
Celeron creates a bill in Propertyware linked to the matched building and vendor, using the extracted amount, dates, and financial details from the parsed document.
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Step 5 — Write: Attach PDF to bill
The original utility bill PDF is uploaded to Propertyware and attached to the newly created bill record.
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Step 6 — Write: Create lease charge
A lease charge is created in Propertyware to bill the tenant for the utility amount. The PDF is attached to the lease charge and published to the tenant portal.
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Step 7 — Write: Audit for excessive usage
Celeron compares the amount due against the building's Water-Last Amount Paid custom field. If the current bill is more than 25% higher than the last period, an alert email is sent.
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Step 8 — Write: Audit for estimated reads
If the bill's usage value is 0, or the read type is "estimated" or "E", an alert email is sent before any charge is finalized.
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Step 9 — Write: Update building custom fields
Celeron writes Water-Last Amount Paid, Water: Date last bill paid, and Water-Last Bill Received back to the building/unit record in Propertyware for use in future audits.
Workflow 2

Vendor invoice processing & approval

The manual version

A vendor invoice arrives. Someone opens the PDF, reads the work order number, pulls up that work order in Propertyware, retrieves the attached bill, compares the invoice amount against the bill, routes the invoice to a manager for sign-off, updates the bill once approved, attaches the invoice document to the work order, marks the work order closed, and records the payment. Nine steps. Each done manually. A missed step — an invoice approved but the work order left open, a bill not updated — creates reconciliation problems that surface weeks later.

Manual time
30–60 min per invoice — PDF review, Propertyware lookups, approval routing, bill update, document attach, work order close, payment entry.
With Celeron
Workflow runs on invoice receipt. Approval is the only human step. All writes execute on approval with full audit trail.
How Celeron handles it
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Step 1 — Read: Parse invoice document
Document AI extracts the vendor name, work order number, line items, and total amount from the invoice PDF. All extracted data is visible in the Queue before any action proceeds.
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Step 2 — Read: Find work order in Propertyware
Celeron queries Propertyware using the extracted work order number and returns the full work order record — status, vendor, property, and associated bill references.
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Step 3 — Read: Retrieve attached bill
The bill currently attached to the work order is fetched from Propertyware for comparison against the parsed invoice data.
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Step 4 — Read: Get building details
Building details are retrieved using the building ID from the work order, providing full context for the approval reviewer.
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Step 5 — Approval: Send invoice for review
The workflow pauses. The invoice is surfaced in the Queue with the parsed document data, the matched work order, the attached bill, and building context. Nothing writes until a reviewer approves.
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Step 6 — Write: Update bill with document data
On approval, Celeron updates the Propertyware bill with the extracted invoice details — vendor, amount, line items, and dates.
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Step 7 — Write: Attach invoice to work order
The original invoice PDF is uploaded to Propertyware and attached to the work order record.
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Step 8 — Write: Close work order
The work order is marked closed in Propertyware after the document is attached and the bill is updated.
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Step 9 — Aggregate: Record bill payment
A bill payment is recorded in Propertyware to complete the financial transaction and close out the payable.
Workflow 3

Vendor bill entry from work orders (Home Depot)

The manual version

A Home Depot purchase is tied to a work order. Someone pulls up the work order in Propertyware, reads off each line item, and manually creates a bill with the correct amounts and vendor references. With multiple line items and multiple work orders per week, this is repetitive data entry that adds no value — just risk of entry error.

Manual time
10–20 min per work order — Propertyware lookup, line-by-line bill entry.
With Celeron
Workflow runs on submission. Bill created in seconds. Zero manual entry.
How Celeron handles it
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Step 1 — Read: Fetch work order from Propertyware
Celeron retrieves the work order by number from Propertyware, returning all details and line items needed to create the bill.
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Step 2 — Write: Create bill in Propertyware
Celeron creates a bill in Propertyware for each line item on the work order — correct vendor, correct amounts, linked to the work order. No manual entry.
Workflow 4

Collections account creation (SimplicityCollect)

The manual version

A delinquency document arrives. Someone opens the PDF, reads off the debtor's name, address, account identifiers, and case details, logs into SimplicityCollect, creates the account by hand, and then separately fills out a postal trace form with the same data. Two systems, same data entry, done twice. An error in transcription or a missed field delays the account from entering active collections.

Manual time
15–30 min per account — PDF review, SimplicityCollect entry, postal trace form completion.
With Celeron
Workflow runs on document receipt. Account created same day. Postal trace submitted automatically.
How Celeron handles it
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Step 1 — Read: Parse delinquency document
Document AI extracts the debtor's name, address, account numbers, and case identifiers from the PDF. All extracted fields are visible before account creation proceeds.
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Step 2 — Read: Find client in configuration list
Celeron matches the document to the correct client using the integration configuration client list, ensuring the account is created under the right client record.
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Step 3 — Write: Create account in SimplicityCollect
A new collections account is created in SimplicityCollect using the extracted debtor and case data. No manual entry into the platform.
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Step 4 — Write: Initiate postal trace
The postal trace PDF form is filled using extracted step data and submitted. No re-entry of information already captured in Step 1.
The Queue Experience

What the queue experience looks like.

Your team's daily workflow in Celeron is built around the Queue — not a spreadsheet, not an export.

Item View
Each bill, invoice, or account appears as a card showing the primary identifier — vendor name, work order number, building — alongside the key data needed to make a decision. Status is live: processing, ready for review, approved, completed.
Bulk review
Your team selects all items that look correct and approves them in one action. The write executes for every selected item. Items with questions stay in the queue for individual handling.
Step-level detail
Every item can be expanded to show the full step-by-step output — what Document AI extracted, what Propertyware returned, what the proposed write contains. If an amount looks wrong, your team sees exactly where it came from.
Step View
Switch to Step View to see the workflow's steps as tiles — how many items are ready at each step, how many are blocked, how many need attention. One view to understand where the entire workflow stands right now.
Audit trail
Completed items are permanently logged — source data, step outputs, reviewer, approval timestamp, write confirmation. When a vendor disputes a charge, your team opens the completed item and has the complete record immediately.
Integrations

Integrations used in Propertyware workflows.

IntegrationRole in Propertyware workflows
Propertyware
Source and write target for utility bills, invoices, and work orders. Celeron reads buildings, units, vendors, and work orders — and writes bills, lease charges, bill payments, and custom field updates back.
Document AI
PDF extraction for utility bills, vendor invoices, and delinquency documents. Celeron sends documents through Document AI to extract structured fields before any Propertyware write executes.
SimplicityCollect
Write target for collections account creation. Celeron creates accounts in SimplicityCollect using data extracted from delinquency documents.
Gmail / Mailgun
Alert email delivery for usage audits and monthly report distribution. Celeron sends alerts for excessive or estimated utility reads, and distributes reports to recipient lists.
Microsoft Excel
Source and output for monthly report workflows. Celeron modifies Excel templates with current period data and exports each sheet as a PDF for distribution.
ROI Framework

The ROI is immediate — every cycle you run.

Every workflow Celeron automates returns a compounding portion of your team's time. The more workflows you run, the more time compounds back.

WorkflowWithout CeleronTime savingsYour team reviews
Utility bill processing20–40 min per bill~90% fasterUsage alerts only
Invoice processing & approval30–60 min per invoice~90% fasterApproval step only
Vendor bill entry from work orders10–20 min per work order~95% fasterNone required
Collections account creation15–30 min per account~90% fasterNone required
Manual process time eliminated
~90%
across all four workflows
Team effort returned
~90%
to higher-value work per cycle
vs. equivalent headcount
~10%
of annual ops analyst fully-loaded cost
Getting Started

The trial runs against your real Propertyware environment.

$200 in free credits, valid for 30 days. Propertyware integration is available on day one — connect your credentials, configure a workflow, and run your first review queue in the same session.

A recommended first workflow for Propertyware teams: utility bill processing. It's one of the most repetitive manual tasks in property management, works immediately with real documents you already have, and gives your team a clear demonstration of how the Queue works in practice. Most teams run their first review queue within one hour of connecting Propertyware.

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Sign up at app.beta.celeron.solutions/registration
No card required to create your account.
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Configure Propertyware credentials
Navigate to Integrations. Enter your Client ID, Client Secret, and System ID.
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Add a payment method
Required before building your first workflow. Your $200 in trial credits cover the cost — nothing is charged until you exceed them.
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Create a new workflow
Describe it in plain English: "Parse utility bill PDFs, find the building and vendor in Propertyware, create the bill, attach the document, and create a lease charge."
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Celeron drafts the workflow steps
Review the spec, approve it, and the Automation Agent builds the steps.
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Run the Setup Queue
Validate each step against a real utility bill. When the output looks right, move to production.

Implementation timeline: most Propertyware teams have their first workflow in production within their first week of trial.

Your Propertyware workflows should be automated. Every output should be visible as it executes.

Start with $200 in free credits. Connect Propertyware. Run your first utility bill workflow. See exactly what Celeron does as every step executes.

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