Add Labor to Material

The Labor tab of the Material Details panel is used to add labor to the selected material. If the selected material is added to the estimated costs in a work order, then the associated labor is added to the estimated labor costs as well.

PREREQUISITES: Employees must be added under General > Employees. See Add or Edit an Employee for more information. Contractors must be added under General > Contractors. See Add or Edit a Contractor for more information.

1. Select a material from the Materials panel and click the Labor tab.

2. To add labor, click Add.

3. Select the applicable employee(s) on the Employees tab or contractor(s) on the Contractors tab. You can filter these lists by typing the first few letters of the employee or contractor name in the search field.

TIP: You can use <Shift + click> or <Ctrl + click> to select multiple employees or contractors.

4. Enter a Description of the labor related to this material.
5. Select a type of Activity. This is populated in Preferences under Custom Codes > AMATACT.
6. Enter the Hours/Units of labor related to this material.

NOTE: The number entered in the Hours/Units field for labor is multiplied by the number of units entered for the estimated material when added to a work order. For example, if 2 is entered into the Hours/Units field here and 3 is entered in the Units field for the estimated material on a work order, the hours for the labor are 6.

7. Click Add.
8. To remove labor, select it and click Delete.

NOTE: Designer automatically saves the changes you make. A notification that says Data Saved appears in the top-right corner when you make changes to the page.