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Here, you can review all pricing components, update individual and job-specific costs/margins, and add additional line items.
To input job-specific cost items using the cost buildup modal, enter costs for each line item.
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- Inverter cost = $0.18/W
- Module cost = $0.69/W
- Base cost = $1.90/W
- Labor = $750
- Margin = 0%
All costs updated here will be automatically saved as a single install cost Install Cost value, overriding the previously defaulted install cost. As you can see below, it is also updated automatically on the Quote Solver section.
Setting additional cost buildup line items
Clicking the Add Line Itemthe New Adder button with the cost buildup modal , a dropdown list appears showing additional cost items that can be selected for a job. You can will allow you to select an existing cost item, as setup by your organization's account administrator, or you can create a custom adder for your job.
Example
If you select a custom adder option from the dropdown list, enter the custom adder description and select the cost of the adder on either a $/W or $ basis followed by the value. In this example, a cost of $1,000 was input for the "My Adder Cost" custom adder.
The total column for the custom adder will display the cost of the line item in $ and is also added to the grand total costAfter clicking New Adder Two fields will appear with a drop down menu. These are felds with pre-defined values that are set up by your organization's account administrator. The first field on the left allows you to choose from available Cost Categories. The second field on its right side allows you to choose Adder Names that fall under the first category chosen (Cost Categories).
On the example below, we choose Equipment for Cost category, and Ground Mount for the Adder Name. These has set values on your organization's Project Settings.
On the right side of the Adder Name field is the Quantity and the Amount. The default Amount and Unit ($ or $/W) are both set on the Organization's Project Settings.
The Amount and Quantity have values that can be changed as could be seen below:
All changes in adders also automatically show changes in Install Cost as displayed both on Cost Buildup and the Quote Solver section.
These values are now applied and a quote can then be generated through the Create Quote button.
Calculating the grand total cost
The bottom right-hand corner of the cost buildup window will show the grand total cost based on the values entered into the cost buildup. The totals for each line item on the right-hand column of the modal will be summed up to equal the grand total in the bottom right corner of the modal, with project-level margin applied to all values.
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| Note that Solar Equipment cost = Solar Modules price x (100% + module margin) + Inverters price x (100% + inverter margin). Module and inverter margins may be 0%. |
Example
Adding the costs of the line items in our example above, we will see how the grant total cost is calculated.
Grand Total = (((6360W x $0.69/W x (100% + 0%)) + (6360W x $0.18/W x (100% + 0%))) + $1,000 + (6360W x $1.90/W) + $750) x (100% + 0%) = $19,367.20
Clicking Update Items will save these values and return you to the quote page where you will see the updated install cost accordingly.
Reset costs for cost buildup line items
Clicking the Reset Costs button sets all costs back to the original default values as defined by your organization's account administrator.
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