Cost Lines: A Complete Breakdown

You can watch the video below for a complete overview of estimating, or continue reading for detailed written instructions.

Estimate Overview

How to edit cost lines

There are two ways for your clients to view your estimate:

1. Itemized (where they can see each separate line item)
2. Non-itemized (where they only see the section title and the cost)

To get to the cost lines from the estimate, click on the highlighted area above (2).

Cost line overview:

This is where to edit cost lines and other aspects of the estimate.

Right below the estimate name, you will see a set of inputs.

From here, you can edit the following:

1. The title and number of the estimate
2. Estimate date
3. Estimate expiration date
4. Estimate approval email introduction
5. To access the cost lines, click on the highlighted area right below "Description & Pricing"

A cost line represents a cost like labor, materials, or a different cost. You can change the following:

1. Item Name
2. Item Description
3. Cost per unit
4. Quantity
5. Markup/Margin
6. Price for Client
7. Whether tax should be applied
8. Whether the client can see it

You can access the settings specific to a line item by clicking the arrow at the very left of a cost line item to expand it.

From here, you can:

1. Choose whether the item is visible to the client
2. Choose whether the quantity is visible to the client
3. Choose whether the line item is taxable
4. Choose whether the company covers the tax applied to the company cost
5. Add the company cost per unit
6. Add the quantity of units
7. Edit the Markup/Margin
8. Add a vendor
9. Add a SKU
10. Add a category of material
11. Choose whether to show only the category name of line items in the estimate
12. Choose whether the photos are visible to the client
13. Add photos

At the right hand side, it shows the math going into how Projul generates the price for the client.

There are more settings in the 3-dot menu of the section. To get there, open the 3-dot menu in the top right corner of the section:

The different options here are:

1. Remove the section ("Remove estimate section")
2. To make it into a selection (learn more in the Selections article)
3. To make it into an assembly (learn more in the Assemblies article)
4. Duplicate the section
5. Add a labor cost line item
6. Add a material cost line item
7. Add another cost line item
8. Add a subsection
9. Add a 1build line item (only with 1build integration)
10. Apply an estimate section template
11. Add an estimate section template as a subsection
12. Save the section as a new estimate section template

Markup/Margin in cost lines

You can switch between markup and margin by doing the following:

1. Click on the symbol next to the markup or margin value
2. Choose whether you want to see Markup/Margin and % or $

Adding new line items

You can add new line items by clicking on one of the boxes in the highlighted area above. The options for line items are:

• Labor line item
• Material line item
• Other Cost line item
• 1Build line item (if you have the integration set up)

Subsections:

Subsections are sections in the main sections that help to organize your estimate. 

You can add a subsection by clicking the drop down arrow to the right of the "1build" button.

This will open a pop-up that gives you options of what to add to the estimate.

A subsection in an estimate looks like this:

It functions as a normal section, and you can add line items to it by:

1. Clicking on the "add item to subsection" button, or
2. Simply clicking and dragging an existing line item into the subsection.

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