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title: "About the Estimate Dialog Consumables Tab"
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> ## Documentation Index
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# About the Estimate Dialog Consumables Tab

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.

![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/2ef99db7-91a4-48a4-a310-3e7d180369e0.png)

| Category | Use this dropdown to filter the list of consumables in this tab by product category. Product categories are managed in the Consumable Catalog. |
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| Filter | Use this text field to filter the list of consumables in this tab by specific characters or words. |
| Filter Options (![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/fc4cdb73-275e-4bf4-9155-1a3b8e50001f.png)) | 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. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/c7caae4b-4e8a-4bf2-95fb-1731b5416bff.png) |
| 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 (![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/17c7f1a4-319b-47ea-9d13-3d813725a3c1.png)) | 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*](/v1/docs/the-consumables-tab).) |
| Change Selected Items (![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/86899a01-1940-45c3-b31b-479d5d20acc2.png)) | 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*](/v1/docs/configuring-the-new-estimates-products-tab). |
| Cost Basis | This column displays the configured value for each Consumable. The cost basis is configured in [the **Billing** tab](/v1/docs/about-the-global-options-dialog-billing-tab) of [the *Global Options* dialog](/v1/docs/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. |