Did you know. Customising reports Part One

Have a look at the Report Options window below, taken from the Project Manager

By now you should know that in Billcost you have two sets of reports. One set contains the estimated or budget values, the other set contains the profit values, meaning that this is the values that includes your profit.

You are most likely also aware that you can switch off certain report by removing the tick boxes and moving between the budget value and profit value reports by selecting  the specific tabs situated bottom left and bottom right on the tags portion of the reports setup screen. These options marked by Red blocks in the image below.

This is however not the end of the filtering options for reports. You can customise reports on two more levels, the first of these being a general level meaning that settings on this level will apply to all reports.  Select the Rate Filters tab as illustrated in the image below for options on the general level.

Rate filters refer to the six different rate types into which the Billcost system divides a project cost estimate. On the rate filters tab you can deselect certain items from the reports, like all equipment items as shown below. Keep in mind that selectiona made here will be applied to all the reports in the project.

You may also activate  filtering on selected report. As the reports are selected you will notice the individual tabs change from grey to black as the are activated. Select the tab for the relevant report for more filtering options like illustrated below.

This can be done for most of the reports by viewing each tab. This comes in handy when you need to provide certain information without want to show specific quantities or prices.

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