BCIS Online Rates Database Help

Abstracts

An abstract is a way for you to collect together a set of rates and descriptions as you browse the datasets and download it for use elsewhere at the end of your session.

An Abstract can contain up to 25 Items complete with their full description and headings. Rates can be chosen from any dataset so you can 'mix and match' the items for your abstract.

Creating an Abstract

An abstract can't contain more than 25 Rates.

If you add more items, older ones are removed. If you want to abstract more than 25 items you must create more abstracts.

To create an Abstract, go to the Abstracts tab. Type a name for your new abstract in the box and click 'New Abstract'. Any items you select are now added to the new abstract.

You can create as many abstracts as you need but you must download them at the end of your session if you wish to keep them. They are not saved after you log off.

Abstract Tab

The new abstracts tab has the ability to add quantities against the items and total up the result. This is useful for building up small lists of work items for any purpose including building up more complex approximate estimating rates to use in your own estimates.

• New Quantity column - user editable numeric text box
• Both negative and positive values can be entered
• A delete column allows removal of abstract lines by checking the tick box

Process Abstract

Update
Once changes in the quantity column have been made, you must click on the update button to recalculate the abstract.

Check all and Uncheck all
Toggles the deletion column selecting all Abstract lines for deletion or non deletion.

Delete Checked
Deletes all checked Abstract lines

Export Icon
This creates a link to export the current abstract lines to a CSV file which can then be opened as an excel document or any application that can open a CSV file

 
Add a Rate to an Abstract

When you Log In, a default abstract is created in the form of your Login ID and the time you first logged in.

 

 

To add an Rate to an abstract, click on 'Abstract Add' button on the rates tab once you've selected the relevant rate.

The rate will be added to the current abstract.

Below is an example of an Abstract.

You can view or download the contents of your abstract at ay time by visiting the Abstracts tab and selecting the abstract from the menu.

When navigating in Rates Tab You can click on the Code Column to the left of the description to add a rate to your Abstract.

Delete an Item from an Abstract

To delete an Abstract you must select the relevant Abstract from the drop down menu and then select the delete button, for teh item you wish to remove.

To delete an Item from an Abstract, select the cross next to the relevant Item you want to remove.

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