About the Estimate Dialog Consumables Tab

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Use the Consumables tab to enter counts of Products to be included in the Quantity column.  Manually enter Rent rates, or copy rent rates from a Rate Profile using the Change menu option. The total rent amount is shown in the Status Bar at the bottom of the Products tab.

Category

Use this dropdown to filter the list of consumables in this tab by product category. Product categories are managed in the Consumable Catalog. 

Filter

Use this text field to filter the list of consumables in this tab by specific characters or words.

Filter Options ()

Use this button to configure how Quantify will filter the information in this tab, based on the characters you enter. When you click this button, the Filter Options dialog appears. Use it to configure filter options. 

Showing

Use this dropdown to filter the list of consumables in this tab so that the tab displays either all the parts available in the Branch Office assigned in the Summary tab, or by only the parts assigned to the current Estimate. 

Calculate Sell Price ()

Use this button to calculate the sell price for the selected consumable. When you click this button, the Change Selected Rows dialog appears. Use it to configure how Quantify will calculate the sell price of the selected Consumable. (For information about calculating Consumable sell prices using the Discount, Markup and Profit Margin calculator, refer to About Consumable Markup and Margin in The Consumables Tab.) 

Change Selected Items ()

Use this dropdown to change to copy a Rate Profile into the selected consumable. 

Part Number

This column displays the part numbers of all parts displayed in the Consumables tab of the Estimate dialog. 

Description

This column displays descriptions of each part displayed in the Consumables tab of the Estimate dialog. 

Weight

This column displays the weight of each part displayed in the Consumables tab of the Estimate dialog.

Available

This column displays the number pieces available of each part displayed in the Consumables tab of the Estimate dialog.

Quantity

This column displays the quantity being shipped of each part displayed in the Consumables tab of the Estimate dialog.

Sell

This column displays the sale price of each part displayed in the Consumables tab of the Estimate dialog.

If you are selling the Consumables to the customer, click in the Sell column cell and enter the appropriate sell amount.

Note: To apply sell rates from a Rate Profile, perform the steps detailed in the Applying One or More Rate Profiles to the New Estimate section of Configuring the New Estimate's Products Tab.

Cost Basis

This column displays the configured value for each Consumable. The cost basis is configured in the Billing tab of the Global Options dialog. If no value appears in this column, the cost basis is set to None. Users can also configure the cost of consumables to be based on:  Catalog Cost, Average Cost and Last Cost.

Catalog Cost

This column displays the cost of the materials as entered into the Product Catalog..

Last Cost

This column displays the cost of the Consumable that was last entered on a purchase Transaction.

Avg Cost

This column displays the average cost to purchase one unit of each part displayed in the Consumables tab of the Estimate dialog.