🎥 + 🖻 Creating trackable labour costs (from scratch)

To view your predicted labour report throughout the year, you will first need to add "predicted labour" to your bookings.

Note

• Please watch the video on this page before starting.
• The Excel document used in the video is attached to the bottom of this article.

Step 1. Creating a staff type via the cost admin

1. Go to "Costs Admin"
2. Download the cost types template. 
3. Fill in the spreadsheet:
   1. vendor_guid : Leave Blank
   2. id : Leave Blank
   3. cost_group : Give a name, i.e. Labour
   4. name : Give a name, i.e Seasonal Worker
   5. flat_fee : Add the workers day rate
   6. price_per_mile : Leave Blank
   7. price_per_square_meter : Leave Blank
   8. minus_fee : Leave Blank
   9. percentage_of_total_quote : Leave Blank
   10. cost_calc : Type: TRUE
   11. external 
       1. Type: TRUE if this is an agency worker
       2. Type: FALSE if this is your worker
   12. setup_takedown : Type: TRUE
   13. archived : Leave Blank

The Excel document I used in the video can be downloaded at the bottom of this article 

Step 2. Letting the system know this cost is a Labour cost.

1. Go to cost admin.
2. Click edit on the labour cost.
3. Click "Labour Cost".
4. Click the save button.

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The spreadsheet I used in the video has been added to this article as an attachment.