{"id":145902,"date":"2026-09-20T14:21:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=145902"},"modified":"2026-09-20T14:21:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:21:32","slug":"why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/","title":{"rendered":"Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can&#8217;t be edited?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">A work item template represents a definition of the materials and services needed for just a single unit of the specified work item (example: the cost of one square meter of paint). That&#8217;s why the Quantity field always shows the value &#8220;1&#8221; as read-only and can&#8217;t be edited.<\/p>\n<ul dir=\"ltr\">\n<li>The unit linked to this quantity appears next to it in the table summary: &#8220;Total (1 &#8216;[work item unit]&#8217; of &#8216;[work item name]&#8217;).&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>When the template is later used within a cost sheet, the system multiplies this single unit by the actual quantity required in the project.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> if the selected work item has a unit already defined in the inventory, the unit is filled in automatically based on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"template":"","categories":[15599,15624,15668,15669],"tags":[15950,15951,15948,15953,15954,15952,15949,15955],"class_list":["post-145902","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-construction","category-work-item-templates","category--en","category----en","tag-defining-a-single-unit-of-a-work-item","tag-multiplying-quantity-when-used-in-a-cost-sheet","tag-quantity-field-shows-value-of-1","tag-table-summary-for-a-work-item-template","tag-unit-auto-filled-from-inventory","tag-unit-linked-to-a-work-item","tag-why-cant-i-edit-the-quantity","tag-work-item-templates-in-daftra"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can&#039;t be edited? - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn why the Quantity field shows a value of 1 and can&#039;t be edited in a work item template.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can&#039;t be edited? - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn why the Quantity field shows a value of 1 and can&#039;t be edited in a work item template.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-09-20T14:21:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/\",\"name\":\"Daftra Knowledge Base\",\"description\":\"Daftra\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/\",\"name\":\"Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can't be edited? - Daftra Knowledge Base\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-20T14:21:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-09-20T14:21:32+00:00\",\"description\":\"Learn why the Quantity field shows a value of 1 and can't be edited in a work item template.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can&#8217;t be edited?\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can't be edited? - Daftra Knowledge Base","description":"Learn why the Quantity field shows a value of 1 and can't be edited in a work item template.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can't be edited? - Daftra Knowledge Base","og_description":"Learn why the Quantity field shows a value of 1 and can't be edited in a work item template.","og_url":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/","og_site_name":"Daftra Knowledge Base","article_modified_time":"2026-09-20T14:21:32+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/","name":"Daftra Knowledge Base","description":"Daftra","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/","name":"Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can't be edited? - Daftra Knowledge Base","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-09-20T14:21:13+00:00","dateModified":"2026-09-20T14:21:32+00:00","description":"Learn why the Quantity field shows a value of 1 and can't be edited in a work item template.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/why-does-the-quantity-field-show-a-value-of-1-and-cant-be-edited\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why does the Quantity field show a value of 1 and can&#8217;t be edited?"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/145902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/145902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145903,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq\/145902\/revisions\/145903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}