You use these options to control the format of the transferred items and audit report.
Items in this window
Crew
Select this option to set up complete crew and productivity information for the item. Each item has:
- A productivity rate (also known as labor or equipment conversion). This is calculated from the Means Daily Output for the item.
- A complete crew set up in the crew field. (Any necessary labor and equipment resources are added to your labor/equipment resources grid. Rates for resources are set up in a rate table named after the currently selected Means Integrator Cost Data file.)
- An order unit of Hour.
- An hourly rate in the Labor and Equipment price field (calculated from the Means daily crew costs).
Hourly
Select this option to set up only productivity, order unit, and labor/equipment price for the item. Each item has
- A productivity rate (also known as labor or equipment conversion). This is calculated from the Means Daily Output for the item.
- An order unit of Hour.
- An hourly rate in the Labor and Equipment price field (calculated from the Means daily crew costs).
Unit
Select this option to transfer only the cost per unit (for example, $/sqft). These unit costs are equivalent to the item costs shown in the Means Cost Data books.
Apply Overhead and Profits to Prices
This option controls whether to include the cost of overhead and profits when updating item prices.
| Setting | Result |
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o |
Does not include the cost of overhead and profits in the item prices. Item prices are equal to the "Total" column in the Means Cost Data book. |
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☑ |
Includes the cost of overhead and profits in the item prices by spreading it over each of the item's cost categories. (Means Integrator automatically selects all the cost categories, Labor, Material, Equipment and Other, for repricing.) Item prices are equal to the "Total Incl O & P" column in the Means Cost Data book. Note: Means Integrator does not apply overhead and profits to items that use crew pricing. |
Replace Duplicate Assemblies
This option controls whether to overwrite existing assemblies found in your database with the new Means assembly record.
| Setting | Result |
|---|---|
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☐ |
Does not overwrite existing assemblies with new assemblies. |
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☑ |
Overwrites existing assemblies found in your database with the new Means assembly record. |
Replace Duplicate Variables
This option controls whether to overwrite existing variables found in your database with the new Means variable record.
| Setting | Result |
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☐ |
Does not overwrite existing variables with new variables. |
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☑ |
Overwrites existing variables found in your database with the new Means variable record. |
Replace Duplicate Formulas
This option controls whether to overwrite existing formulas found in your database with the new Means formula record.
| Setting | Result |
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☐ |
Does not overwrite existing formulas with new formulas. |
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☑ |
Overwrites existing formulas found in your database with the new Means formula record. |
Replace Duplicate Items
This option controls whether to overwrite existing items found in your database with the new Means items record.
| Setting | Result |
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☐ |
Does not overwrite existing items with new items. |
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☑ |
Overwrites existing items found in your database with the new Means item record. |
Replace Duplicate Phases
This option controls whether to overwrite existing phases found in your database with the new Means phase record.
| Setting | Result |
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☐ |
Does not overwrite existing phases with new phases. |
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☑ |
Overwrites existing phases found in your database with the new Means phase record. |
Replace Duplicate Crews
This option controls whether to overwrite existing crews found in your database with the new Means crew record.
| Setting | Result |
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☐ |
Does not overwrite existing crews with new phases. |
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☑ |
Overwrites existing crews found in your database with the new Means crew record. |
Replace Duplicate Resources
This option controls whether to overwrite existing resources found in your database with the new Means resource record.
| Setting | Result |
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☐ |
Does not overwrite existing resources with new phases. |
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☑ |
Overwrites existing resources found in your database with the new Means resource record. |
Apply RSMeans phase codes to Job Cost phase of item records.
This option controls whether to transfer the Means phase codes into the Job Cost phase fields found in item records.
This checkbox is disabled if you are transferring RSMeans data to a new database. This checkbox is only available for the Existing Database option. To enable this checkbox, create a new database and set up the job cost specifications (such as phase suffix and company) then transfer RSMeans data to the new database using the Existing Database option. See Setting job cost interface specifications for a new database for more information.
| Setting | Result |
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☐ |
Does not apply Means phase codes to item records. |
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☑ |
Applies Means phase codes to item records. |
Duplicates only
Select this option to report only the status of duplicate phases, items, formulas, and so on.
Complete audit
Select this option to report the status of every record updated. The Complete audit report could be fairly large, depending on how many items you update. If you transfer 1,000 items, your report could print up to 40 pages or create a very large file.