Selecting Lot Job Bid Tracking Screen Views

You can change the columns on the Job Bid Tracking screen to display a variety of information. For example, you can change to a view that shows costs, Tag Types, prices, or material quantities.

Use the following screen views to track the statuses of your lot item materials:

To view material quantities:

  1. Display the character-based system.

Note: The Master Job Bids functionality has not been incorporated into Solar Eclipse as of this release.

  1. Review the lot item materials.

  2. Use the View hot key and select Quantities from the list.

Note: This view is the default.

  1. Review the following information, as needed:

Column

Description

QuoteQty

The total quantity of the selected material the customer requested for this project.

Ship Qty

The quantity of the selected material that has shipped to the customer.

Open Qty

The quantity of the selected material on the junior bid.

RemQty

The quantity of the selected material yet to be ordered or shipped.

To view Tag Types and SubTypes:

  1. Display the character-based system.

Note: The Master Job Bids functionality has not been incorporated into Solar Eclipse as of this release.

  1. Review the lot item materials.

  2. Use the View hot key and select Tag Type from the list.

  3. Review the following information, as needed:

Column

Description

QuoteQty

The total quantity of the selected material the customer requested for this project.

Tag Type

A user-defined code used to categorize and group the lot item materials.

For more information, see Tag Type and SubType Concepts.

SubType

A user-defined code used to identify lot item materials within a group.

For more information, see Tag Type and SubType Concepts.

To view material price information:

  1. Display the character-based system.

Note: The Master Job Bids functionality has not been incorporated into Solar Eclipse as of this release.

  1. Review the lot item materials.

  2. Use the View hot key and select Prices from the list.

  3. Review the following information, as needed:

Column

Description

Quote Price

The total quoted price for the specified quantity of material on the master job bid.

BilledPrice

The total amount billed to the customer to date for the shipped quantity of the material.

Diff Price

The amount that has not yet been billed to the customer.

To view material cost information:

  1. Display the character-based system.

Note: The Master Job Bids functionality has not been incorporated into Solar Eclipse as of this release.

  1. Review the lot item materials.

  2. Use the View hot key and select Costs from the list.

  3. Review the following information, as needed:

Column

Description

Quote Cost

The total quoted amount you owe the vendor if the customer orders the entire quantity.

Billed Cost

The total amount the vendor has invoiced you for the shipped materials.

Diff Cost

The amount that has yet to be invoiced.