Upload Old Estimates in Bolster Jobs
Create a new job, assign a customer and click Upload an old estimate. AI rebuilds it as a clean, organized Bolster estimate that you can review, adjust and add selections to.
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Estimate basics
- How to Create a New Estimate
- Upload Old Estimates in Bolster Jobs
- How to Add an Item to an Estimate
- Sending an Estimate in Bolster
- How to Duplicate an Estimate
- Client Notifications & Activity Tracking
- Manually Accepting Proposals
- How to Change the Salesperson on an Individual Job
Working in the estimate
- Customizing proposal presentation and pricing visibility
- How to Toggle Column Visibility
- How to Resize Columns in the Estimate View
Pricing & markup
- How To Price An Item (Labor, Material, or Subcontractor)
- Change Profit Margin by Item, Assembly, or Project
- Change Profit Margin Per Line Item
- How to Add a Fee-Based Item
- How Discounts Work in Bolster
- Adding tax to estimate pricing
- Custom Labor Rates & Time Tracking
- Adding Detail to Labor Costing of Items
- Creating a Custom Calculation for Items in an Estimate
Minimums & base costs
- Add Labour Minimum or Base Costs
- How to Add a Labour Minimum or Base Cost
- How to Add a Base or Minimum Materials Cost
- Add Base Material Costs and Minimum Quantities to Line Items
Materials & production
- How to Configure Material Options and Pricing
- Material Tab Overview and Process
- Production Tab For Items
- How to Split Labor and Material Items
- How to Add Production Notes and SKU to Line Items
Takeoff tool
- Takeoff Tool Introduction
- Takeoff Tool Introduction
- Adding a Floorplan and Setting Scale
- How to Measure Inside Lengths
- How to Draw Deck Area and Total Joist Length
- Using the Takeoff Tab for Dimension Input
AI estimating
Upload an old estimate into Bolster to give it a cleaner look, add upgrades and improve your chances of closing the job.
Create the job
- In the left-hand menu, click Jobs.
- Click the + in the top right corner.
- Click New job.
- Choose a customer.
- Click Assign customer. The estimate starts.
Upload the old estimate
- Click Upload an old estimate.
- Select your estimate file and open it.
- Wait a couple of minutes while AI generates the estimate. You'll see it move through stages as it works.
Review the estimate
- Open the main folder AI created (for example, Main floor renovation). Inside it you'll find each subsection and subassembly, such as a kitchen package or flooring.
- Check any discounts that were applied in your old estimate. You can remove them or adjust them.
- Double-check the numbers.
- When everything looks right, start adding selections to the estimate.
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