Group Resources Report

The Group Resource report produces a printable breakdown of each available Group Resource within the project along with the associated Cost Estimate lines which can then be distributed for review purposes.

Group Resources Report without any formatting

REPORT

The report displays the following information:

  • Group Resource Line Number
  • Description
  • Formula
  • Resource name
  • Unit
  • Quantity
  • Rate
  • Costs broken down by resource type
  • Total value
  • Summary of the group resource

Note: The information is broken down into two sections, The Group Resource Summary and the Group Resource Cost Estimate.

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.

Group Resources Report - formatting options

FORMATTING OPTION

DESCRIPTION

Show Cost Estimate Lines

The Show Cost Estimate option allows you to select the level of detail shown for each group resource cost estimate.

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 via the drop down list.

Exploded Group Resources to (x) levels deep

Explode Group resources to (x) levels deep will expand the group resource reported on a cost estimate line.

(x) represents the number of contained group resource levels that will be expanded out in the report per cost estimate line.

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

While the Show Define Value option is ticked, any defines used on displayed Cost Estimate lines of a Group Resource will be shown with their defined value.

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