{"id":145936,"date":"2026-09-20T14:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=145936"},"modified":"2026-09-20T14:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T14:23:38","slug":"how-does-the-bill-of-quantities-work-in-a-work-item-template","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/how-does-the-bill-of-quantities-work-in-a-work-item-template\/","title":{"rendered":"How does the Bill of Quantities work in a work item template?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Bill of Quantities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> represents the core section of the work item template screen, where all the materials and services needed for a single unit of the work item are defined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>For each row in the table:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Item (required):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> selected from a list showing the materials and services defined in the system along with their SKU, with the ability to search by name or code, or add a new material\/service directly from the same list.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Quantity (required):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a numeric field specifying the required quantity of this item per unit of the work item.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unit (required):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> selected from the unit templates defined in the system, with the ability to add a new unit directly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Unit Cost:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> filled in automatically (from the average inventory cost or the last purchase order, based on the &#8220;Unit Price Calculation&#8221; setting), and can be edited manually.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Subtotal:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> read-only, automatically calculated (Subtotal = Unit Cost \u00d7 Quantity).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>How the Table Works:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A summary appears below the table showing the <\/span><b>Total<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the format: &#8220;Total (1 [work item unit] of [work item name]).&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than one row can be added by clicking <\/span><b>&#8220;Add,&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or one or more rows can be selected via the <\/span><b>&#8220;Select&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> option to perform bulk actions on them, such as deletion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the template is later used within a bid&#8217;s cost sheet, this table (defined for a single unit) is automatically multiplied by the <\/span><b>actual quantity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> required in the project, updating the quantities of all materials and services at the same rate.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"template":"","categories":[15599,15624,15668,15669],"tags":[16030,15838,16032,16028,16027,16031,16029,15955],"class_list":["post-145936","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-construction","category-work-item-templates","category--en","category----en","tag-adding-rows-to-the-bill-of-quantities","tag-bill-of-quantities-for-a-work-item-template","tag-bulk-actions-on-table-rows","tag-core-fields-in-the-bill-of-quantities-table","tag-how-the-bill-of-quantities-works","tag-multiplying-the-table-by-actual-project-quantity","tag-unit-cost-and-subtotal-calculation","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>How does the Bill of Quantities work in a work item template? 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