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How to Use the Cost Per Unit Summary

DESTINI Estimator Cloud Reports include a Cost/Unit Summary in the Executive Summary and in line item grouped rows. This summary helps users compare costs against a selected project property value or quantity, such as Total Building Area, or against an overline quantity defined in the Estimate View. 

This article includes detailed information about how the Cost/Unit Summary works and how to use it. 

Executive Summary Columns

The Executive Summary includes three Cost/Unit-related columns:

    • Quantity — Prints either the overline quantity or the selected Cost/Unit Property value.
    • Unit — Calculates Total Cost divided by the printed Quantity.
    • Total — Prints the summed Total Cost for the current row.

How the Cost/Unit Summary Is Calculated

The report calculates Cost/Unit by dividing the Total Cost by the quantity printed in the report. The quantity value comes from one of two places:

  • Overline Quantity — Line item grouped row Quantity and Unit of Measure specified inside the Estimate View.
  • Cost/Unit Property parameter — Numerical value for the Project Property specified inside the Cost/Unit Property parameter.

    The report prioritizes overline quantities when available; otherwise, it uses the selected project property value, which is also used for all Alternates and Executive Summary footers.

    For more information about Overline Quantities, see Overline Workflows: Hard Keyed, Sum by Unit, Project Property, and Contributes to Quantity

    Runtime Parameters

    Cloud reports use the following parameters to adjust the Cost/Unit Summary:

    • Included Cost/Unit Summaries

    • Cost/Unit Property

    • Cost/Unit Unit

    Included Cost/Unit Summaries

    The Included Cost/Unit Summaries parameter controls which Cost/Unit Summary sections appear in the report. When toggled off, the associated Quantity and Unit columns are removed from the report.

    By default, the following Cost/Unit summaries are included:

      • Estimate Summary Totals
      • Fees
      • Level 1 Group

    Cost/Unit Property

    The Cost/Unit Property parameter controls which Project Property is used when an overline quantity is not available.

    Cost/Unit Unit

    The Cost/Unit Unit parameter allows you to specify the Unit of Measure you want to see for your Cost/Unit Property. By default, these parameters default to Total Building Area with SF as the unit of measure.

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