Adding Vendor Line Items

Vendor line items enable you to add the cost of working with a development partner to an estimate. When creating a project from an estimate, a budget with a type of vendor purchase order is created for each account associated with a vendor line item. For more information, see Creating a Project from an Estimate.

To add a vendor line item to an estimate:

1. On an estimate record, go to the Additional Costs tab.
2. On the Estimate Vendor Line Items related list, click New.
3. Enter a name for the vendor line item.
4. Select the account of the vendor.
5. Do one of the following:
   • Enter the bill amount and the cost amount. The margin percentage updates to reflect these values.
   • Enter the cost amount and margin percentage. The bill amount updates to reflect these values.
6. [Optional] Deselect the Create Milestone checkbox if you do not want a milestone to be created for the vendor line item when a project is created from the estimate.
7. Select a billing date.
8. [Optional] Select the vendor billing date.
9. [Optional] Search for and select an estimate product.
10. [Optional] Enter a description.
11. Click Save.