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Only allow estimates with an "approved" status to be added to prime contract

This idea would ideally build upon idea "SAGECM-I-33". Currently, an estimate with any status, including draft, may be added to a prime contract. Ideally, an estimate would undergo a review/approval via a system-defined workflow. Per "SAGECM-I-33"...
Carl Lyles about 2 months ago in Contracts and Procurement Workflow / Estimating, RFP, Proposals (Pre-Construction) / Prime Contract Setup Wizards (Includes Project Setup Wizard) 1 Future consideration

Add "Internal Notes" section to Estimate Tabs

It is often useful to have some space for internal notes when building an estimate. Having a tab similar to "drawings" and "specs" where such notes may be added would be useful.
Carl Lyles 9 days ago in Estimate Cost Codes (WBS) / Estimating Items / Work Items 3 Already exists

Automatically Link Proposal to Estimate Linked Files when "Emailing PDF" of Proposal

When emailing a proposal through the estimating module, it would be desirable to have the sent proposal letter automatically linked to the corresponding estimate. In the Estimate Property Details page, it would also be desirable that the details o...
Carl Lyles 15 days ago in New Email Features & Email Browsing / Proposals, Reports, Logs, Exports 0 Future consideration

Special Variable that Allows for use on "Quantity" input when adding Work Assembly Item to Estimate

There is currently no way to utilize the "quantity" that is input by the user when adding a work assembly item to an estimate. Ideally, there would be a special variable (similar to WAQty and EstQty) that would allow for the use of this quantity i...
Carl Lyles about 1 month ago in Estimating Items / Work Assemblies 3 Already exists

System setting to default "Enable Locations" on estiamtes

The current default for "enable locations" is unchecked when creating estimates. For businesses that will consistently utilize the "Enable locations" feature, it would be desirable to have a company setting that would allow for "enable locations" ...
Carl Lyles about 2 months ago in Locations / UI User Interface Navigation 0 Future consideration

Add a scale tool to the drawings viewer

Add a tool where the user can set the drawing scale, this will allow them to know the measurements of items in the drawings.
Jack Speshock 4 months ago in Digitizer / Document Viewer / Drawings 0 Future consideration

MS Excel Versions

Could you please enable templates with the latest version of MS Excel? We (and many others) use proven excel models for pricing/estimating projects. It would be very helpful if the estimate templates for Sage were in the latest version of MS Excel...
Dan Skinner about 1 month ago in Estimating, RFP, Proposals (Pre-Construction) / Importing Excel Templates 0 Future consideration

Create integration with BlueBeam software

This software has great take off and drawing management capabilities not to mention others. It will give an alternative for take off
Guest 10 months ago in Drawings / Estimating Items / New Product Integration 0 Future consideration

Ability to utilize the value entered in the "quantity" field in Work Assembly formulas

When adding a work assembly to an estimate, there is a "quantity" field (see attached photo). Having the ability to extract the value entered in this field for use in Work Assembly formulas would be immensely useful.
Carl Lyles 29 days ago in Estimating Items / Work Assemblies / Work Items 3 Future consideration

RFP - Option to Email vendor won/lost status

Create an action that sends out an email informing vendors their bid has been selected or not selected as the awarded bid.
Jack Speshock 2 months ago in Alerts and Calendars / RFP for Estimating / RFP for Procurement 0 Future consideration