Job Costing Summary report

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Overview

Use the Job Costing Summary report to gain more insight into your job costs and overall profitability across multiple jobs.


Who uses this feature

  • Administrators, office employees, managers, accountants, and bookkeepers

  • Applies to all business types

  • Applies to all trades

Things to know

  • Each line in the report represents a job.

  • Click on the Job # or Invoice # to open the job and invoice records for the specific job.

  • Click on a cost-related entry to drill down for additional details. For example, click Jobs Payments for a list of all jobs payments for the job.

  • To make best use of the cost-related KPIs on this report, account configuration may be required. Please contact Technical Support for details.

  • You can arrange and filter your results to narrow the focus of your report.

  • You can also schedule the report to be delivered by email on a regular basis.

Run report

Before running your report, set filters to get the most relevant information for your needs:

  1. Go to the navigation bar and click Reports.

  2. In the side menu, click All Reports.

  3. Click Jobs Costing Summary Report.

    Tip: In the search field, enter a few letters from the report title for quick access.


    Search bar displaying 'job costing report' in operations section of a webpage.

  4. From the Filter by dropdown, select how you want to filter the report:

    1. Invoice Date: Date on the invoice

    2. Job Completion Date: Date the job was completed

    3. Job Creation Date: Date the job was booked

    4. Job Start Date: Date the job is scheduled to begin

    5. Last Paid On Date: Most recent date that payment was made on the invoice

    6. First Dispatch: Date a technician was first dispatched to the job

    7. Jobs with Appt Date: Jobs with at least one appointment date that takes place within the filtered date range or jobs that are considered in-progress during the filtered date range

      Note: Multi-appointment jobs that have jobs scheduled before and after the selected date range will also appear on the report. These jobs are considered in-progress.

  5. Use the From - To calendar fields to set a range of dates to run the report on. You can:

    • Use the calendar to select a specific date range and then click Apply.

    • Use the left menu to select a preset date range:

      • Today: From 12:00 AM to the current time.

      • Yesterday: Previous day, from 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM.

      • This Week: From Monday through Sunday of the current week.

      • Week to Date: From Monday through the current date of the current week.

      • Last 7 Days: Previous seven days, including today.

      • Last 14 Days: Previous 14 days, including today.

      • Last 30 Days: Previous 30 days, including today.

      • Month to Date: From the first of the current month to the current day.

      • Last Month: Entire month before the current month. For example, if the date is February 5, the entire month of January.

      • Last 90 Days: Previous 90 days, including today.

      • This Quarter: Current quarter, including future dates. For example, if the date is April 25, from April 1 - June 30.

      • Last Quarter: Entire quarter before the current quarter. For example, if the date is April 25, from January 1 - March 31.

      • Quarter to Date: From the first day of the current quarter to the current day.

      • Year to Date: From January 1 of the current year to the current day.

      • Last 365 Days: Previous 365 days, including today.

      • Last Year: From January 1 of the previous year to December 31.

  6. From the Business Unit dropdown, select the job business units (BUs) you want to report on. You can:

    • Click the dropdown to select individual BUs.
      Dropdown menu showing selected business units including HVAC options and plumbing services.

    • To report on BU categories such as trade or division, click Filter , select the BU categories you want to include, and click Filter.
      Filter options for Business Unit including Trade and Division selections.

      Note: How BU filters are applied depends on the key performance indicator (KPI). Hover over a column header for details.

    Note: By default, the report runs for all BUs. You can filter your report by business units or business unit categories:

  7. Click Include Adjustment Invoices to include any adjustment invoices on the report.

  8. When you're done setting your filters, click Run Report.

Read report results

The report lists jobs and their costing information. By default, the report includes the following columns:

Name

Description

Job #

Job number

Invoice #

Invoice number associated with the job

Invoice Date

Date of the invoice associated with the job

Job Type

Job type listed on the job record

Jobs Total

Sum of all invoice items and taxes on the job invoice

Tax

Sum of all tax amounts on the job invoices

Jobs Payments

Sum of all of the payments applied to the job invoices

Payroll Adjustments

Sum of the active payroll adjustments tied to the job invoice

Note: Payroll adjustments made on the Payroll (Detail) report are not counted.

Payroll Adjustments as % of Sales

Calculated as (Payroll Adjustments) / (Estimated Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Material Costs

Sum of cost of material items on invoices, including adjustment invoices if selected in the report filters

Material Costs as % of Sales

Calculated as (Material Costs) / (Estimate Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Note: Estimate Sales Subtotal is the sum of subtotals of all sold estimates on the job.

PO Costs

Sum of cost of POs on invoices, including adjustment invoices, if selected in the report filters

PO Costs as % of Sales

Calculated as (PO Costs) / (Estimate Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Equipment Costs

Sum of cost of equipment items on the job invoice, including adjustment invoices if selected in the report filters

Equipment Costs as % of Sales

Calculated as (Equipment Costs) / (Estimate Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Materials + Equipment + PO Costs

Sum of costs of material items, equipment items, and POs on invoices

Materials + Equipment + POs as % of Sales

Calculated as (Material Costs + Equipment Costs + PO Costs) / (Estimate Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Performance Pay

Total of bonus and commission pay awarded on the job

Note: Including performance pay requires account configuration. Please contact Technical Support for details.

Performance Pay as % of Sales

Calculated as (Performance Pay) / (Estimate Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Labor Pay

Sum of hourly labor pay including any overtime pay for all technicians on the job invoice

Note: Including labor pay requires account configuration. Please contact Technical Support for details.

Labor Pay as % of Sales

Calculated as (Labor Pay) / (Estimate Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Labor Burden

Sum of overhead costs for technicians on the job invoice

Note: If your account is configured to include payroll costs, set technician burden rates without payroll costs to avoid double counting payroll.

Labor Burden as % of Sales

Calculated as (Labor Burden) / (Estimate Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Job Total Costs

Sum of costs of material items, equipment items, POs, payroll adjustments, performance pay, labor pay, and labor burden

Note: Performance pay, labor pay, and labor burden KPIs may need account configuration. Please contact Technical Support for details.

Total Cost as % of Sales

Calculated as (Total Costs) / (Estimate Sales Subtotal) * 100%

Jobs Gross Margin

Calculated as (Total Revenue) - (Total Costs)

Jobs Gross Margin %

Calculated as (Gross Margin) / (Total Revenue) * 100%

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