Learn how to add items in your BOQ from your Cost Database

• Adding items to an estimate takes place in the BOQ tab under Estimates, so you need to have an estimate created before proceeding with the further steps.

Follow this series of steps to add items to your BOQ

1. To start adding items to your BOQ, click on the ‘Add’ icon which will add a row for you to fill in details of your item.

   

2. Select a code from the dropdown list by clicking on the dropdown icon as shown below. If you wish to see the description of the code for accurate selection, click on the ‘i' icon as shown which opens a window having the complete list of items added to selected cost database. Once you find your required item in the list, select the item by clicking on it and click on the 'Select’ button at the bottom to add the selected item in the BOQ.

   

   You can also click on ‘Wrap Text’ icon to view the full description of items for better clarity.

   

   You can click on the filter icon marked on every column, click on the dropdown arrow to select the filtering method, and then enter the value to filter the items as per your need.

   

3. The fields of Code, Description, Unit, and Rate will get auto-filled after the item is added and will be non-editable since those are being fetched from the library i.e. the Cost Database.

<aside> 🗒️ The Unit column on the Items and BOQ tab references Purchase units, and not measurement units.

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You can enter the quantity of your item in the quantity field, or leave it blank and it will auto-populate once this item is associated with a takeoff.

To learn how to associate an item with a takeoff, click here.

<aside> 🗒️ While adding quantity manually, the small arrow icons in the input box can help you with incremental changes in your quantity.

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After entering the quantity of the item, the amount will get calculated and appear in the ‘Amount’ column.

You can also click on the ‘Items’ tab to view the list of items added to your BOQ as shown in the following picture.