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title: "Enabling the Editing of Consumable Sell Prices in Shipments and Setting the Consumables Default Cost Basis"
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updated: 2026-08-13T09:35:56Z
published: 2026-08-13T09:35:56Z
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# Enabling the Editing of Consumable Sell Prices in Shipments and Setting the Consumables Default Cost Basis

You enable Consumable sell price editing and set Consumable default cost basis in the *Global Options* dialog. The former occurs in the **Shipments and Scaffold** tab. The latter occurs in the **Billing** tab.

## Enabling the Editing of Consumable Sell Prices in Shipments

The sell prices set in Rate Profiles for Consumable items are pulled into [the *New Direct Ship* dialog](/v1/docs/the-new-direct-ship-dialog) and will default based on the price set in the Rate Profile selected for the Job SIte. The ability to edit the sell price on [the *New Direct Ship* dialog](/v1/docs/the-new-direct-ship-dialog) is set at a global level in [the *Global Options* dialog](/v1/docs/the-global-options-dialog) and affects all end-users of the database. The initial default is for editing to be disabled.

To enable the editing of consumable Sell:

1. Click the **Tools** menu and select **Global Options**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/global%20options.gif) The *Global Options* dialog appears.
2. Click the **Shipments and Scaffolds** tab.
3. Click the **Allow editing consumable sell price** checkbox (to put a check in it). ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/4fffdb4e-6738-4757-9047-f6687634549e.png)
4. Click **OK**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/97c05e5f-fec4-4197-9ba2-914a4bc9e3d0.png)

In addition to allowing the editing of Consumable sell prices, Quantify also adds a **Calculator** button to the *New Direct Ship* dialog to apply markups and discounts to Consumable items.

## Setting the Consumables Default Cost Basis

Quantify provides options from which you can select the Consumable cost basis for new Estimates and Shipments: No basis, catalog cost, last cost and average cost.

To set the default cost basis for Consumables:

1. Click the **Tools** menu and select **Global Options**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/global%20options.gif) The *Global Options* dialog appears.
2. Click the **Billing** tab. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/a6c5b6ca-94ce-4b8a-8dee-e6f2bd7a344f.png)
3. Click the **Copy this consumable cost into new estimates and shipments** dropdown and make the appropriate selection. Your options are:

> **Note**: a default is not enabled.

**Catalog Cost**: pulls the cost amount for items from the Consumable Catalog. **Last Cost:** Pulls the last cost amount for items from the Consumable Catalog. **Average Cost:** Pulls the average cost for items from the Consumable Catalog. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/94d5aeaa-9530-4d5f-ad59-54c377888868.png)
4. Click **OK**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/b3074440-710d-4618-a30b-1512e0489b31.png)