How Value Management Decisions are Filtered in Formulas

In Ediphi, when working with Quantity Formulas in your project, it’s important to understand how VM Decisions are handled in specific instances. The following formula values are designed to exclude other unaccepted VM Decisions:

Within VM Detailed Summary

When working within an unaccepted VM Decision's line items, formulas used will only pull values from the items assigned to that specific VM Decision. This ensures accurate and isolated calculations when analyzing each VM Decision individually. Keep in mind that any Sort Codes or Category values will show all estimate line items plus any accepted VM Decision items, whereas viewing a specific unaccepted VM Decision's lines will only show the items explicitly assigned to it.

• Category
• Sort Codes
  • Quantity
  • Total Cost
  • All LMSEO Values (Labor total, Materials total, etc.)

Within VM Markups

When working within a VM Decision, formulas used in Markups will only pull values from the items assigned to that specific VM Decision. This ensures accurate and isolated calculations when analyzing each VM Decision individually. Keep in mind that the Base Bid shows all estimate line items plus any accepted VM Decision items, whereas viewing a specific VM Decision in Value Management will only show the items explicitly assigned to it.

• Estimate Values
  • Cost of Trades
  • Grand Total
  • All LMSEO Values (Labor total, Materials total, etc.)
• Sort Codes
  • Quantity
  • Total Cost
  • All LMSEO Values (Labor total, Materials total, etc.)

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