Subtotals

Subtotals are groupings of similar items. Subtotals are used to accumulate totals for material, labor, weight, area and user defined attributes. Multipliers can be applied to the Subtotals to adjust the accumulated totals.

The subtotals file can contain up to 999 subtotals.  In Summary and Bid Summary, you can choose to view and print reports of these accumulations.

You can specify three Estimate adjustments and phases for each Subtotal: one each for material, field labor, and shop labor. Adjustments can be of three types: percentage, multiplier, or addition. Phases have to be valid (those setup in the Phases File).

If you choose to print total by Estimate phase (a separate report that is produced after printing a Bid Summary) the totals are redistributed according to the phases you setup here and in the Bid Templates File.