Create Reports in Different Modules

In the example above, we only worked in the BOQ module as this is where we populate the measurement quantities on which we want to report. Now, some reports that you want to run on those measurement quantities will be on the BOQ, but Trimble Quest can give you a lot more information based on those measurement quantities by creating reports in different modules.

The process of creating the reports is exactly the same, but you just have to repeat the steps in the module where you want to create the report. Let us stay with the progress measurement example, but let's create a report in Resource Attributes. So, I can go to the Resource Attribute module by going to the Resource module and selecting R Attributes from the Action Tab there:

Here I have selected a resource attribute class that I’ve created called Accounts Ledger, this is a very useful attribute to create as you can use this to mirror the reporting that you have set up in your accounting software so that you can easily compare what you should’ve spent with what you have spent.

In any case, in order to run a report in the Resource Attribute module, I click on the Attribute Reports button at the bottom of the Resource Attribute box.

Once I’m in the Attribute Reports module I can set up a progress report by switching on the relevant measurement columns again:

In this case, we can see exactly how much we should’ve spent on for example labor or building materials, based on the progress measurement quantities that we defined on our BOQ.

In this way, you can set up a report in any of the modules in Trimble Quest to see the relevant information for that module.

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