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How to Change Cost/Unit Summary Property in a Cloud Report

DESTINI Cloud Reports have built-in Cost/Unit Summary using either overline quantity or project property. If an overline does not exist, the report will calculate the Cost/Unit using the Total Building Area Project Property. The designated Project Property can be configured using the report’s parameters panel.

This article will show you how to change this Project Property at runtime and change the parameter’s default value.

Change Cost/Unit Summary Property at Runtime

  1. Inside DESTINI Cloud: Estimator, run your report
  2. When the Report Previewer window opens, locate the Parameters panel on the left side of your screen
  3. Expand the Cost/Unit Summaries group
  4. Change Cost/Unit Property using the drop-down
  5. Manually set the Cost/Unit Unit value
  6. Click the Submit button

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The Cost/Unit Property drop-down contains a list of all numeric Project Properties inside the current estimate.

Update the Parameter’s Default Value

1.  Open the Report Designer

    1. In DESTINI Cloud: Estimator, open an Estimate (any estimate, it doesn’t matter which).

    2. Navigate to the Home View

    3. In the main Ribbon, click on New Report…

    4. Report Designer will be launched

2.  In the Report Designer, open your report template file

    1. Click the Open button

    2. Navigate to the location of the report template file (.repx) that you want to modify

3.  On the right side of your screen, open the Field List

    1. Locate the Report Explorer on the right side of the screen.

    2. Using the tabs, switch to the Field List.

4.  At the bottom of the Field List, expand Parameters and select: CostPerUnitSummary_PropertyName


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5.  On the bottom right side of your screen, locate the Properties panel.

6.  Set the Value as Total Site Area (or the name of any numeric Project Property) and press the Enter key on your keyboard.

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 The Project Property name in the Value field is case-sensitive, must be entered exactly, and cannot include trailing spaces. This parameter’s Value must reference a numeric Project Property (e.g., Total Site Area), not a text-based property (e.g., Project Type). 

7.  Navigate back up to the Field List panel. Inside the Parameters section, select: CostPerUnitSummary_Unit


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8.  Navigate back down to the Properties panel. Set the Value and press the Enter key on your keyboard.

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 The Unit value can be set to any value and is not restricted. 

    9.  Save and run your report in DESTINI Cloud: Estimator

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