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Understanding the quotation screen

Some of what you will see here may be different in your system depending on how things have been set up or whether any system features have been renamed


The different areas of the screen

There are 3 different areas highlighted in the image above which you will find reference to in your system settings.

  1. The Edit screen
  2. Tab navigation
  3. Line item area

The Edit Screen

This is the area where you can populate “top-line” information in relation to your quotations.

You have 2 main choices for how you configure what is visible in this area for users.

  1. Global setup
  2. Individual setups for different types of quotations. (This will be covered under “Pre-Builds”)

Global setup

All of the set up you are about to read about can be found by navigating to:

Configure >> Quotations

Setting up this are in this way allows you to set specific fields and buttons which will be available to all system users on every quotation which is created.

There are 3 aspects to setting this up in your account.

  1. You can rename existing fields which are available in your account
  2. You can create custom fields for this area
  3. You can then choose which fields should be shown, hidden or removed from this area

Renaming System Fields

All of the set up you are about to read about can be found by navigating to:

Configure >> Quotations

Once in the quotation settings screen, you will see a menu on the left hand side of your screen.

Click on Rename System Fields and you will see the following screen:

The first column contains default field names.

To change any of these click on the edit icon at the right hand side, then enter the name you want to give the field.

If you have any tabs already open, these may need refreshed before you see the changes take effect


Creating Custom Fields

All of the set up you are about to read about can be found by navigating to:

Configure >> Quotations

Once in the quotation settings screen, you will see a menu on the left hand side of your screen.

Click on Custom Quotation Fields and you will see the following screen:

Click on the New Custom Field button

Your screen should now look like this:

As you will see there are 3 fields to populate:

  1. Type
  2. Name
  3. Label name on Screen

If you select a type of Dropdown you will be given a fourth field for Dropdown Options

Types of custom fields

This allows you to select the type of custom field you want to add. Your options are:

Custom Field TypeWhat is it for?
TextAllows you to input a single line of text
DropdownAllows you to specify a range of options which can be selected on the quoting screen
NumberOnly allows the entry of a number
DateAllows you to fill out a date entry only
CheckboxThis creates a checkbox which users can tick
Text AreaAllows you to input multiple lines of text
Date & TimeAllows you to fill out a date and a time
HyperlinkAllows you to populate with external links / URL’s
Name of custom field (for variable tags)

The purpose of this field is it creates a name you can use in conjunction with the system’s variable {tags} in order to bring the information from your custom field on to documents or emails created by the system.

When you type something in here, the system will replace any spaces with an underscore (_)

Label name on Screen

This is the default label which will appear against this field in your quote screen.

Once you have created custom fields for your quotation screen, you can quickly add these across all other module edit screens by clicking this button


Choosing which fields are visible

In the quotation edit screen you have 3 options for field visibility

  1. Show
  2. Hide
  3. Remove

To select which fields are visible you should navigate to:

Configure >> Quotations

Click on Edit Screen Settings and you will see the following screen:

Here you can work through each of the available system fields and any of your custom fields and choose which of these are visible in the Quotation edit screen

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