Price Update Procedure

Price Update for Material

The following instructions are for linking with Harrison Publishing House. For assistance with other pricing services, check the pricing service's help or call Viewpoint Customer Support.

1. Price Update for Material is accessed by selecting or Data > Price Update.

2. The Price Update window displays:
   
   
   Notice that the top of this window is divided into two sections: “Price Update File” and “Application Data Sets.” The left side pertains to the Price Update file, while the right side contains the information applicable to the Estimating Application being used.

3. Complete the fields in this window as appropriate for the update you are performing. Make sure you read the explanations of the fields in Price Update Fields.

4. Check View Log Files to create a log of updated items.

5. When you have completed all of the fields and selected the options you want to use, select Save Settings.

6. Select OK to continue.

7. The Price Update process will then be shown in a progress bar. When processing is complete “Update Completed” is shown, as well as, a count of the number of items updated.

8. When “View Log Files” is checked, three logs display in separate windows: success.log (items that were updated), not found.log (items that were not found), and error.log (any errors that were found). Each item is listed with a comment. These logs may be printed so you have a written record of what changed in this update.

9. When you have finished reviewing the logs, close them, and return to the Price Update window.
    

Note: Performing a price update will cause a read lock on the selected datasets during the Update and/or Link Refresh operations. 

Price Update for Labor

The following instructions are for linking with Harrison Publishing House. For assistance with other pricing services, check the pricing service's help or call Viewpoint Customer Support.

1. Price Update for Labor is accessed by selecting  or Data > Price Update.

2. The Price Update window displays:
   
   

3. In the Service field, select “Harrison CINX Labor Update Webservice”, then browse to your labor update file.

4. Since the price code is initially matched, select Match HPH code for the location of your Harrison Code. This is typically located in the Harrison Publishing House field (previously called the Buyer Code field).

5. In the Price Update Field Labor section:When updating for field labor using Harrison, multiple items will share the same HPH Pricing Code but have different HPH Labor Codes.
   Note: The Labor Unit on the left should match the column it resides in on the right (whether Field Labor or Alt Field). In the example above, the Labor field, MCAA is selected on the database profile screen.

6. Check View Log Files to create a log of updated items.

7. When you have completed all of the fields and selected the options you want to use, select OK to continue.

8. If a duplicate HPH Pricing Code is found in Estimating, you will be prompted to select the appropriate Harrison Labor (LBR) Description from the Resolve Ambiguous Labor Codes screen.

   • When you save the selection, it will update the labor and populate the Labor code field with your selection to be used for any later update instances.
     Note: All labor codes found in the data set do not have to be addressed when prompted; they can be resolved in a future update.

   • A message displays with a count of items that were not matched and will not be updated

9. When processing is complete, “Update Completed” is shown, as well as, a count of the number of items updated.