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Numbering Jobs in the Estimator

Determining how to number your jobs may seem like an unimportant task in the grand scheme of things, but keeping a consistent system will allow users to quickly and easily route through their jobs in order to find just what they're looking for. If your company has a numbering system already in place, Estimator can accommodate it easily. There are several ways to change a job's number after it's already been created, which will be elaborated on below. If your company does not

Tips & Tricks

Dylan C

Oct 262 min read

Copy a Job with Indirect Items in Estimator

Indirect items are overhead costs that do not necessarily pertain to specific bid items, but to the overall job. Indirect item costs in this window are ultimately spread to all of your bid items, except for any subcontractor or joint venture costs. What this means is that if there is a set of indirect items that you know will be reliably used for multiple jobs, it's possible to set up a "template job" containing all of those indirect items already inserted. Then, you need to

Dylan C

Sep 282 min read

Job Owner, Job Default, and Company Default Tax Rates in SharpeSoft Estimator

Determining and applying a proper tax rate is an imperative aspect of running a business. The SharpeSoft Estimator offers multiple different methods by which to determine an appropriate tax rate based on different default criteria. These are tax rates based on Job Owner, a Job Default, or a Company Default. Job Owner Tax Rate As the name implies, the Job Owner Tax Rate is a tax rate associated with a specific owner of a job. Owners are first entered in the Owners table, along

Dylan C

Jun 172 min read

SharpeSoft Customer Webinar (September 25, 2025)

The SharpeSoft Customer Webinar series is designed to assist SharpeSoft users of all skill levels in getting the most out of the Estimator set in a new collaborative online environment. What to Expect Quality presentations performed by SharpeSoft's knowledgeable Success Team every month, demonstrating only the newest of Estimator releases. Dedicated timeslots throughout the webinar to allow for user-submitted questions and answers. A new perspective on SharpeSoft's powerful f

SharpeSoft News

Dylan C

Feb 31 min read