• Votes

    2

    Abbreviate Item Descriptions

    They used to have a feature in DOS that would automatically abbreviate the Item Descriptions as you reduced the column width, by deleting vowels starting near the end of ...
  • Votes

    2

    Make JC Phase column available to estimating when the accounting side ...

    Currently the accounting system resides on a separate server for security reasons. We have gone through the JC Phase's to make them shorter then the estimating phases as ...
  • Votes

    1

    Be able to create a new Available Elements to sort by

    Currently only able to use the given "Available Elements" to be able to sort your estimate. Would like to be able to create more Available Elements to be able to sort and ...
  • Votes

    9

    Scheduling Integration

    Integration into Primavera or Microsoft Project was a necessary component of the Pervasive Version that cut down hours of manual entry that SQL will now require.
  • Planned

    5

    Locking Location Values

    In Pervasive, I was able to select or set a location in the Default takeoff values and select ok. That location would be locked for all future item or assembly takeoffs ...
  • Votes

    3

    Enlarge the text in the takeoff window

    Would like to see the ability to enlarge the text in the takeoff window. You can currently zoom in on the spreadsheet view. The text in the takeoff window is so small ...
  • Votes

    4

    Report Writing

    Built-in report writing is very limited with the options Sage offers. At the very least we'd like to see the ability to export directly to Microsoft Word. Would also ...
  • Votes

    1

    Create a report that will give us the allocated add-on per line item

    I'm looking for a report that will list, in detail, each individual add-on allocated to each line item.
  • Votes

    2

    Password protect shared layouts

    We share layouts and when an individual makes a change to the layout it changes to the main layout. If it is protected then it forces a shared user to create their own ...
  • Votes

    1

    Allow us to turn off labor and equipment hour phase totals on reports

    If a report has equipment of labor, each phase has a total hours on reports. This is useless. Please allow us to turn it off.
  • Votes

    2

    Assembly Window, bottom item panel to many columns - (Hensel Phelps)

    When looking at the assembly window the bottom item panel there are so many columns. Could we please get the ability to control/hide these columns and it sticks on your ...
  • Votes

    9

    Allow for automatic backup of Options files to the server for proper ...

    In the Pervasive version of Estimating we were able to keep our personal Options files stored on the server so that we could access them from where ever on the network ...
  • Votes

    12

    A qualifications / assumptions module would be nice.

    I use the notes column for any Q/A for the specific item or assembly. But every job has general qualifications and assumptions that needs to be documents prior to ...
  • Votes

    4

    Concurrent User Licensing

    Like any other major estimating system on the market today all use concurrent user licensing. It is much more productive to all be working in the same estimate. The merge ...
  • Votes

    4

    Audit Trail Management System

    I would really like to see a better audit trail that could be restored at any given time. Something that is live with in the application rather than a print out report.
  • Votes

    1

    Replace bid grids with bid day grids from the 90s

    Create bid day grids only and replace the archaic and inaccurate bid grid. The bid grid doesn't take into account add-ons anyways so the comparison is often wrong.
  • Votes

    5

    "import" takeoff quantity for WBS values

    So editing WBS values - takeoff unit is able to be imported, but not takeoff value. So if I am importing bids items for instance for unite price bids I get value, ...
  • Votes

    1

    Who /when assigns security to see/access estimates under any ...

    So even a Jr estimator gets to assign security to new estimates? Might need to review: Who /when assigns security to see/access estimates under any particular branch? In ...
  • Votes

    8

    Multi user

    Need something more robust than two chairs, two mice, and two keyboards at a computer to call estimating multi-user. Merge estimates either is not the solution. ...
  • Votes

    1

    WSB level grand total unit price and grand total rounding

    WSB level grand total unit price and grand total rounding should add up with allocated addons. Unit price module like columns for truncated unit price calculated and / ...