Create Estimate

To create new estimate go to Sales -> Estimates -> Create New Estimate or by clicking on the Build icon on the top left side and click Create Estimate

create estimate

Client – Before selecting a client you must have added clients Customers->New Customer.

When selecting a Customer the customer informations will be fetched directly from the customer profile you created. Another option is that you can click on the edit icon and directly add the desired customer informations, this also is applied for the billing informations they are also fetched when selecting a customer.

 If you want the billing details to be auto populated when selecting the customer you need previously to have added Billing details in the customer profile.

estimate to bill

Billing and Shipping – If you change the billing and shipping informations after slecting a client and click on the edit icon, this will be changed for the Estimate but in the customer profile the informations will remain the same and wont be any changes in the Invoice.

estimate bill to edit

Number – Number is automatically populated Eq. 001 next will be 002.

This number its fetched from Setup->Settings->Finance->Estimates  – Next  Number the number its auto increment but you can change the next number in Setup->Settings->Finance->Estimates.

estimate next number

Status – By default the draft status will be selected, you can change the status anytime you want, note that when you send the estimate to your customer the status will be change auto to SENT.

Currency – The currency is automatically selected based on your default currency or currency set for the selected Customer you selected previously in the customer profile. If the currency for this customer is USD it will be automaticly selected and cannot be changed, read more here

Sale Agent – You can select sale agent for this estimate then then generate reports in Reports->Sales->Estimate Report. Note that the sale agent full name will be shown on the estimate if in Setup->Settings->Finance->Estimates -> Show sale agent on estimate is set to yes.

You can add Estimate items, when adding make sure u click on the blue check icon in order the item to be added you can also select tax options see shown in picture.

estimate add new item

The items will be stored separately for each estimate and changing the items informations in Sales->Items wont affect the already created estimates with specific item/s.

Admin note is only for admins/staff members.

Customer note is visible to client side also, on the HTML estimate and PDF estimate.

You can setup terms directly in the estimate or you can have predefined terms which will be auto populated. To setup predefined terms and conditions navigate to Setup -> Settings -> Finance -> Estimate scroll down and you can populate the fields as it fits you.

estimate predefined notes

Click submit to save the estimate.

While editing/creating estimate the adjustment option is always available if you want to +- the total amount