How to Use the Floating Camera Button
Everything you need to know about the fixed indigo camera button in AskBiz — where it lives, how to access it from any screen, and why it exists as a floating control.
Key Takeaways
- The floating camera button is always visible in the bottom right corner of the CFO dashboard screens.
- It provides one-tap access to the receipt scanner without navigating to the Expenses tab first.
- The button sits above the navigation bar at z-index 50, so it appears over all other content.
Where the Button Lives
The floating camera button is a circular button with an indigo background and a white camera icon. It is fixed to the bottom right corner of the screen, positioned just above the main navigation bar. Because it uses a high z-index in the layout, it floats visually on top of all other content — meaning it is visible whether you are looking at the Cash Flow overview, the Expenses list, the Burn Rate drill-down panel, or the Runway detail screen. You never have to scroll or navigate to find it.
Why It Is a Floating Button
Expense recording is a time-sensitive action. When you are at a coffee shop paying for a client meeting, or at a trade show making a purchase, you want to capture the receipt before you leave or before the paper gets lost. A floating button means you can tap it the moment you receive a receipt, regardless of which part of the app you happen to be viewing at that moment. Without the floating button, you would need to tap back to the home screen, navigate to Intelligence, select Cash Flow, tap Expenses, and then find the scanner option — a journey of five or six taps compared to one.
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Step 1: While inside any screen of the AskBiz CFO dashboard, locate the indigo circular button at the bottom right of the screen. Step 2: Tap it once. An action sheet slides up from the bottom showing two options: Take Photo and Upload from Library. Step 3: Choose Take Photo to use your device camera in real time, or choose Upload from Library to select an existing image. Step 4: Complete the photo or selection. Step 5: Wait two to five seconds while the AI processes the image. Step 6: Review the extracted fields on the review screen. Step 7: Correct any errors and tap Confirm. The expense is saved and you are returned to the screen you were on before.
Behaviour After Confirming
After you tap Confirm on the review screen, AskBiz returns you to whichever screen was active when you tapped the floating camera button. If you were on the Overview tab, you go back to the Overview tab. If you were on the Runway drill-down panel, you go back there. The new expense has already been saved and the relevant metrics updated, so you can immediately see the impact on your burn rate or runway without any further action.