Below is a structured summary of feature requests for InEight Estimate. These suggestions are intended to facilitate discussion among users of Estimate. If there is broad agreement and demand for these features, it may help generate momentum to encourage InEight to implement them.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Features
- Unit Manhours Column: Add a column for Unit Manhours in the WBS screen. Currently, the window displays $/unit but does not show MH/Unit.
Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) Group Enhancements
- Auto Sum Quantities: Enable automatic summing of quantities based on user input of the unit of measure. This would provide more meaningful $/Unit or MH/Unit values at the grouped level.
Import Functionality Improvements
- Pay Item Assignment: Allow assignment of pay items during import.
- Unit of Measure Assignment: Enable assignment of unit of measure to resources during import.
- WBS Assignment to Cost Item: Make it possible to assign a WBS to the cost item during import.
Parent Level Quantities (Quantity Check)
- Automatic Parent Quantity Input: If quantity check is enabled and the system sums subordinate quantities to verify parent level accuracy, add a feature that automatically inputs the summed quantity into the parent level for the user. This feature could be limited to cases where subordinates are set to Fixed quantity driver to prevent looping issues.
Publish to Control - Hybrid CBS Structure Creation
- CBS Structure Creation on Publish: When publishing to Control, provide the ability to create a CBS structure based on tags and/or account code levels.
- Terminal Costs and Groupings: Use terminal costs and groupings to create a CBS structure.
- Account Code and Tag Layering: Build a CBS structure using account code levels layered with tags.
- CBS Structure Example: For instance, CBS could be organized as Account Code Level 1, followed by Area, and then Account Code Level 3.
