Direct Cost Summary Report

The Direct Cost Summary report gives an overview of the Direct Cost Schedule allowing costs associated with your project to be reviewed in a print-friendly format.

The report has a number of columns relating to each Direct Cost Item as well as a total value line at the bottom of the report. The columns displayed are:

REPORT

Line #
Parent #
Item #
Description
Quantity
Unit of the Schedule item
Resource Type
Item Rate
Item Total
Item Type

A total of all items is given at the end of the summary.

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 Summary Report - formatting options

FORMATTING OPTION	DESCRIPTION
Show Resource Totals	Displays the Labour, Material, Plant, Subcontractor and Other values shown on the report. Checking this option enables the Show resource rates option.
Show Resource Rates	If checked, the per unit rate of Labour, Material, Plant, Subcontractor, Plant and Other values are shown below the resource total for each line. Resource Totals must be enabled in order to view Rates. Rates will be shown in brackets below Resource Totals on the report.
Show Anticipated Values	If checked the Anticipated Rate and Total values will be shown on the report alongside the difference between the Anticipated Rate / Total and the Estimated value.
Sort By	The report will be ordered based on the selected column. The available columns to sort on are Line Number, Quantity, Estimated Rate or Estimated Total.
Sort Descending	Sort the column that is set within the Sort By field in descending order.
Only Include Items With a Quantity	Any items without a quantity will be filtered out of the report and will not be displayed.
Displayed Unit Total	The Displayed Unit Total field allows you to select a resource unit (such as mhr or m2) and apply a summation column for the unit selected. Only one Unit Total column can be added to the report at a time.
User Defined Columns	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 allowing 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.