How to Create Free Special Columns

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How to Create Free Special Columns

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Use Cases

Description and Unit columns in other languages: refer to Multilingualism

auto-adaptive formulas to the point of use: Core (or options) (value=0), Database of the estimate (value=1) or Overhead minute (value=2) *

Imported Reference: refer to How to Insert an Article or a Set into a Section of Minutes

Formula for Quantity and Comment about Quantity, Variables for Sets, Evaluated Quantity, Quantity x Qwbs: refer to How to Empower the Minutes with Quantity Calculation Capabilities

Variables for sets: refer to How to Empower a Set with Calculation Capabilities

Header of Set (flag), Highest displayed level (Refer to Sets From the Database of the Estimate.)

Pace of machines and Units of Throughput: refer to Timed Machinery

Modulation of Quantity by a factor to create scenarios: refer to Quantities

Modulation of extra costs: refer to Allocating Extra Costs To The WBS Tasks

column Referenced by the BoQ: refer to Bill of Quantities (optional)

Must purchase? marking for use in the QDV Distribution Tool application (refer to Generating Each Phase)

Windows login of the user who did the latest edit in the various rows of the Minutes view (it may be the user who has run a macro that has modified the row)

Gantt (not described in this Help).  

 

* Although this field refers to the WBS (its formula tests the WBS_HexIndex field), it can be used in the database of estimate, e.g. together with Formula for Quantity.

Creation

Tool: ribbon Administration>group Layout

1.Click the icon Field manager; this opens the Column manager  

2.In the Free columns tab, click New Field; this inserts a new row

3.Right-click in the left-hand column of the new row, and select Special columns>...:

special_columns

The attributes are preset according to the selected type; the Mnemonic cell background is grayed.

You can edit the Visibility attributes.