Direct Cost Estimates Report

The Direct Cost Estimate report allows you to generate a printable version of the Direct Cost Schedule and the Cost Estimates associated with each item. This report details the important properties of each selected Direct Cost Schedule Item and lists the entire Cost Estimates for each selected item.

This report is useful when reviewing the work required with any particular Direct Cost Schedule Item, or if you wish to print the entire work for your Direct Cost Schedule.

REPORT

The report displays the following information:

Item #
Cost Estimate Line Number
Description
Formula
Resource
Unit
Quantity
Rate
Costs broken down by resource type
Total value
Summary of the schedule item

FORMATTING OPTIONS

You can change the format of the data by clicking the Change button, in the bottom left-hand corner in the Options section of the report.

Direct Cost Estimates Report - formatting options

FORMATTING OPTION	DESCRIPTION
Show Cost Estimate Lines	This option allows you to select the level of detail shown for each cost estimate line. This can be set to show all Cost Estimate lines, all except excluded Cost Estimate lines, only summary Cost Estimate lines or no Cost Estimate lines.
Exploded Group Resources to (x) levels deep	Explode Group resources to (x) levels deep will expand group resources assigned to cost estimate lines. (x) represents the number of contained group resource levels that will be expanded out in the report per cost estimate line.
Show Resource List	When this option is ticked, the report shows a list of the resources that have been used in the cost estimate of the item. The list includes the resource’s type, name, rate, quantity used and the total value of the resources within the cost estimate.
Use Resource Description when Cost Estimate Line Description is blank	When this option is ticked, any cost estimate lines that do not contain a description will use the description of the resource assigned to the line.
Show Define Value	When this option is ticked, any defines used in the cost estimate are shown with their assigned value.
Units to Summarise	This allows you to select units to summarise on the report underneath each direct cost item. Only units that have been used within the direct cost estimates are listed.
Units to Display As Columns	This allows you to select which Unit summation columns should be displayed as columns on the right-hand side of the report. These columns will summarise the resource units consumed against each Cost Estimate and Cost Schedule line shown.
User Defined Columns To Display	This allows you to select User Defined Columns to display on the report.

Note: General Report Options are available as standard for this report.

ITEMS SECTION

The Items Section allows you to specify which items will be displayed within the report. This is broken up into two sections the Options and the Grid Section.

The Options section will allow you to easily include/exclude any Heading or Provisional items from the report. The Grid Section contains checkboxes that allow you to include or exclude individual items from the report.

FORMATTING OPTION	DESCRIPTION
Include Text and Heading Items	When this option is checked, text items and heading items that appear within the Items selection section are checked and will be included on the report.
Include Provisional Items	When this option is checked, provisional items that appear within the Items selection section are checked and will be included on the report.