Equipment and Tools
Open Equipment Input Pages
- To Open Equipment and Tools Input Page - Click on Tab - (see
image below)
Equipment and Tools - Add
- Click ADD to open Input Dialog (see image below)
- Once you have several inputs - to navigate from input page to
input page - Click on Buttons (First Page, Previous Page, Next Page, Last
Page)
- To View Input Page that is hidden - Use the Scroll
Bars
Input Dialog
Input Dialog Components
- Enter ID #- Enter ID # from Field Document and then Click
on your TAB key and Item will appear next to Item Description (see image below)
- Identifier - You can create a identifier for this item if
needed (Optional)
- Look Up ID # - Click to Open Price Data Table for this
Category
- Add Equipment Note - User can add a note for this input -
It will print on the Bill Page - Equipment Notes.
- Date - Enter the date show on the Field Document. You can
do one date or start date and end date
- Qty - Enter the QTY as shown on Field Document
- Add Phase Codes - You must set these up on the Project
Settings
- Tax Values - MUST be set up on the Project Settings
- Input Item is Taxable - Check box to bill Tax (Even if
this box is checked it will not bill a Tax if no values were entered in the Tax Setup
- Input Item is NOT Taxable - Do Not Check the
Box
- Allocations - there are two options to entering Allocations
- Set up Allocation on the Project Settings Dialog
- Enter Directly from the Input Dialog - If you do this it will be saved in
drop down and on Allocation Setup Table
Billing CAPS and Equipment Terms
If you are needing to Apply Equipment CAPS or Terms - Note:
Equipment Terms must be set up on the Equipment Price List
Follow instructions below
- Include Item for BILLING CAPS (Retail or # Days) - Check
this box and Click ENTER then a Message will appear - Click YES on popup message
- Include Items for Equipment Terms (Weekly and Monthly) -
Check this box and Click ENTER then a Message will appear - Click YES on popup
message
Input Notes
- To Open Input Notepad - Click on the Button ADD NOTE (see image
below)
- Input Notes DO NOT print with bill - they are designed for internal
use
- To Print a Note use toolbar located on the Bottom of Notepad see Notepad Print
Input Notepad
- Once a Note is Entered for a Input - The Item on the Input Page will
highlight Gray to indicate a NOTE exist
- Notes are Stamped with Date and Name - Name is the same that you logged in
with.
- To Modify or Read an Existing Note - Click On Labor Item and Click Modify
then Click on Edit Note on Dialog
- When a Note Exist - Item is highlighted in Gray
- To View Note or Add to Existing Note - Same Process for ALL Input
Categories
- Click on Item to Highlight - then Click Modify - Click Edit
Note
Equipment and Tools - Remove an
Entry
- To Remove an Existing Entry - Click On the Item you want to
Remove - This entire line will highlight (see image below)
- Click the button REMOVE - A message will appear to confirm
remove of the labor item
Equipment and Tools - Modify an Entry
Modification TIP: Modifications of an existing
entry changes the original entry and will change the original billable total -
To best protect your original data it is recommended that you save the bill file
with a new file name before you modify. Once modifications are complete and you
are satisfied then you can save with the original file name. This is best
practice and a way to protect the original input data.
- To Modify an Existing Entry - Click On the Item you want
to Modify - This entire line will highlight (see image below)
- Click the button MODIFY - This will open the Modification
Dialog (see image below)
Equipment and Tools - Modification Dialog
- IMPORTANT- This is for single modifications -
If you choose more than one entry at a time use the Global Modification
function.
- MODIFICATIONS are basically a new input of
the item. If you make a modification be sure to validate all items on Input
Dialog before you click ENTER button. Items can change due to last input of the
same ID # may have been different.
- ONCE DIALOG IS OPEN - Make your changes to
this input Item and then click ENTER to apply the changes
- REFRESH - You MUST refresh the bill after a
modification - Hold the CTRL and Press R to Refresh / Recalculate
Bill
Equipment and Tools - Sort