The Report feature in Billcost

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Click on the “Report Options” button in the Billcost Project Manager.

When open, note the following:

-          Preview: Clicking on this will generate your Reports & you will be reminded to Cost Your Project

-          Ok: Will Save your Report options and chosen filters and close the Report Options

-          Cancel: Cancels any changes made to the default Reporting options.

-          Report can be Printed or Exported to Excel or Word (Link to video on Exporting to Excel)

Various reports in Billcost can be customised.

When in Report Options, be it under the Estimator or Profit Report tabs, when you click on any of the main Reports, their customise tabs will become active.

Clicking on these tabs you can customise the tabs as to what items you would like to filtered into these Reports.

All Reporst (Estimator & Profit)

Cover Page/ Summary of Input/ Measured Input/ Detailed Activity/ Summary of Trades/ Rates List/ Rates by Supplier/ Summary of Trades by Trade Graph/ Summary of Trades by Category Graph/ Profit settings/ Profit Graph

Summary of Input – Looks like a priced Bill of Quantities. Project is divided into trades, each trade containing those Formulae that have been measured. For each Formula, the description, measured quantity, cost per unit, and total cost is given. Total cost per trade, and total Project cost are also given.

Detailed Activity – The most comprehensive of all the Reports. Same as the Summary of Input Report, but gives the exact breakdown of items used in every Formula.

For every Formula, the exact quantity and cost of every material, labour item, plant, fee, and sub-contractor item used to make up the final cost is given. This Report can be extremely long, especially for large Projects. Is very helpful though, as it gives you an idea as to which materials you need to order at various stages of your Project.

Summary of Trades – The handiest ‘summary’ type Report. No matter how large your Project is, this Report is always only one page in length. For every trade measured, gives the total cost per cost category (material, labour, and so on), the total cost per trade, and the percentage each trade contributes to the total Project cost. It also shows the total cost per cost category.

Rates List – Your ‘shopping list’ for the Project. Shows a consolidated, alphabetical, rounded list of all resources required for the Project, separated by cost category.

For each item it shows the item’s ordering quantity (rounded), unit of measure, discount (if

any), unit price, VAT, and total cost.

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