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Construction Item Card

To access, search Construction Items (or select the Construction Items Cue from the HomeBuilder maing page), then select a particular Construction Item Card. The Construction Item Card has the following actions:

  • House Areas.

    • The Page "Item House Areas" allows a user to define a list of House Areas applicable to the Item. When a user enters "Item Category Code" for an Item, the applicable House Areas will be populated from House Areas of the Item Category.
    • Deletion of a House Area is possible only if the combination of Item / House Area does not exist in Planning Lines or in Lot Selection Choices of Lot Selection Packages which are closed.
      • On deletion of a House Area from an Item, the system does the following:
        • Delete Model Item House Areas with the House Area and with the Items of the Item Category or its sub-categories.
        • Delete Color Selections with the House Area and the Item Category or its sub-categories.
        • Delete Lot Selection Choices with the House Area and the Item Category or its sub-categories from open Lot Selection Packages.

  • (Item) Variants.

    • (Item) Variants are implemented using the table “Item Variant” of Business Central. Along with standard properties existing in standard Business Central, Item Variants in the HomeBuilder application have additional properties. These properties can be defined if "Cost Per Variant" in the Item is set to 'Yes'.

    • Unit Cost

      • Defines Unit Cost for a variant. For Bundles, the Unit Cost is determined based on the cost of Service BOM Components.

    • Price/Profit Calculation

      • This field has the same options as in Item: Profit=Price-Cost, Price=Cost+Profit, No Relations.

    • Is Credit

      • Indicates if the item represents a credit for a vendor or a homebuyer. The value of this read-only field is inherited from the Item.

    • Markup

      • Defines the Price to Cost ratio. On changing Markup, the fields "Profit %" and "Unit Price" will be re-calculated. For Designations other than 'Single Item' or 'Bundle' this value is always 0.0.

    • Unit Price

      • Defines Unit Price for a variant.

    • Use Component Prices

      • Can be checked only if the Item has the Designation 'Bundle'. If marked, the Unit Price will be calculated based on the prices in Service BOM Components
        • Fields Price/Profit Calculation, Markup, Unit Price, and Use Component Prices are enabled only if the Item has the "Color Chart" field set to 'Yes'.

  • Components (Service BOM Components).

    • This action is enabled only for Items with the Designation 'Bundle'. It opens the page "Service BOM Components" which shows the list of components of the Item. Here is the description of some of the component fields.

  • Push to Models.

    • This action propagates selected Items to selected Models. As a result, the system creates Model Items for selected Models and Phase Items for the Phases to which selected Models belong. If the Phase Items or Model Items already exist, they will be updated. The action opens the page "Push Items to Models". To complete the action, select destination Models and click "Push Items".

  • Validate Selected.

    • This action allows a user to validate the settings of selected phase items. If the validation routine finds errors, warnings, or notices, the program displays them in the window that follows.

    Actions Menu

  • Copy to New Item.

    • This action allows a user to create a new Item by copying data from the current one. On executing this action, the system opens the page "Copy to new Item". Enter "New Item No.", modify "New Item Description" and press OK.

  • Assign Workflow Task.

    • This action allows a user to assign (or re-assign) Workflow Tasks to selected Items. In the dialogue window, select "Workflow Template Code", and "Workflow Template Task No." and press "OK".

  • Copy from another Company.

    • This action allows a user to copy multiple Items from a selected company to the current company. First, the action opens a dialogue to select the source company. Select the source company and press "OK".
    • This opens a page with the Items in the source company. Select the Items you want to copy over and click "Copy Selected". In case when the Items already exist, they will be updated in the current company.

  • Set Markup.

    • This action allows setting of a markup for the Items satisfying the following criteria.
    • The "Designation" is 'Single Item' or 'Component'.
    • "Use Component Prices" is set to 'No'.
    • "Default Variant Code" is empty OR "Cost per Variant" is set to 'No'.
    • "Color Chart" is set to 'Yes'.
    • You may select any Items for setting markup, but only those that satisfy the listed criteria will be affected.
    • In the pop-up page "Set Markup", enter the markup value, and press "OK".

  • Copy to Global Catalogue.

    • This action copies selected Items to Global Items.
    • Where-Used.
      • This action is enabled for Items with the Designation 'Component'. The page called by this action shows the bundle items where this component Item is used.
Note

The "Construction Item Card" (access by clicking on a particular Construction Item to open it) has a FactBox (click on the top right corner round "i" icon to open or close the "FactBox" pane) where a user can upload the picture of the item. This picture can be shown during the selection of Upgrades and Extras in the page "Lot Selection Choices".

Fields available from the Item Card Menu

From the Construction Item List, select 1 Item by clicking on its number. It will open the Construction Item Card. Certain fields it contains are described below:

  • Has Components.
    • Indicates if the Item has components. Only Items with Designation 'Bundle' may have components.
  • Color Chart Note.
    • The note that should be printed for this item in the Color Chart report for a home purchaser.
  • Show Note to Vendor.
    • Indicates if the Color Chart Note should be shown for a Vendor in a Work Order or Purchase Order for Extras.
  • Instruction.
    • The note with instructions for a Vendor which is to be shown in a Work Order.
  • Markup.
    • Defines ratio Price to Cost. On changing Markup, the fields "Profit %" and "Unit Price" will be re-calculated. For Designations other than 'Single Item' or 'Bundle' this value is always 0.0.
  • Use Component Prices.
    • This field is applicable only for Items with Designation 'Bundle' and Variants Required equal to 'No'. When it is changed to 'Yes', the Unit Price will be calculated using Unit Prices defined in the BOM Components of the Bundle.