• Votes

    7

    Please enable the ability to make an estimate available by an ...

    In version 19 of Sage Estimating, the ability to access an estimate that was left open by another user was disabled. It is imperative this feature be reactivated. If an ...
  • Planned

    6

    "Enhanced" Notes

    Ability to add additional sections to the estimate notes were added, along with rich text formatting. Unfortunately, none of this functionality is usable when printing ...
  • Votes

    6

    Add Item Window in Assemblies

    Please allow the add item window to remain open while editing formulas and while changing between assemblies. This was present on previous versions and I don't see why ...
  • Votes

    5

    Unlocking an estimate in use by others.

    Please enable the ability to make an estimate available by an Administrator when an estimate is in use by another user. This feature appears to have been disabled in the ...
  • Votes

    5

    Allow for silent installs so that the updates and upgrades can be ...

    Making the update installs require user interaction makes the process too labor intensive. Please provide MSIs and parameters so that we can push the updates.
  • 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

    5

    Duplicate Key Error - when renumbering Assembly ID

    When trying to update an assembly to one that already exists, the Application forces you to close the Application. Error message: Cannot insert duplicate key row in ...
  • Votes

    5

    Add Productivity Tables as you had in Pervasive Program

    When you create a takeoff and are setting up job you are no longer in SQL Version offered the different Productivity Table List that had 10 different Productivity Levels ...
  • Votes

    5

    Restrict access to users from multiple databases

    We currently have multiple Estimating databases (for various groups in the business) and we would like to restrict users to having full access to all databases and only ...
  • Votes

    5

    Need a customized column similar to a WBS that can total other columns

    The only customized columns available are in the form of WBS columns, which are good for sorting, but cannot be used in formulas. We would like a column that is ...
  • Votes

    5

    Quantities to Job Cost for (L,M,S,E,O) to be columns in spreadsheet

    To review estimate of quantities to job cost Detail window right click on Category detail Then you can see the Quantities to Job cost for that one cat, it should be ...
  • 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

    5

    Default Estimator

    In the estimate information window, you can provide a name under Estimator. This is helpful when using the estimating management console. As you can imagine, the list ...
  • Votes

    5

    Why does the takeoff window have to be closed to access layout or ...

    If the "Assembly Takeoff" window is open, the following icons "gray" out: Info, Layout, Combine, Adjust Column, Move/Copy, Sort Sequence. You have to close the ...
  • 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

    Entering multiple subcontractor names into the bid grid

    Entering multiple subcontractor names into the bid grid in the older version (Pervasive) could be done by selecting multiple contractors in one trade list. There was also ...
  • Votes

    4

    Base Productivity & Productivity Factors

    Adjusting the "Labor Productivity Factor" changes the "Labor Productivity", and the "Labor Base Productivity" remains unchanged as it should. However, when you adjust the ...
  • Votes

    4

    Setting up database Resources and Crews needs IMPORT and EXPORT from ...

    No building GC wants to type in hundreds or thousand of resources manually when he could import at the click of a button. No billion dollar heavy/civil contractor who ...
  • Votes

    4

    Estimate opening from incorrect database

    Since we upgraded from Pervasive database to SQL in Estimating 20.1, when users open an existing estimate, the estimate opens up in the incorrect database. Users have to ...
  • Planned

    4

    Ability to lock columns in Database Editor

    When working in Database Editor, to be able to lock a column will be helpful