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I was told there is a way to do it, but am not subscribed to Xact yet and have not tried it, but have with Powerclaim.  First you have to export your estimate to a format that can be imported by XL.  After exporting my Powerclaim estimate, I imported it in to XL using Microsoft XL 2005.  I think 2003 will also work. Every item in the database file shows up in the spreadsheet including some calculations and numbers that you can't see on the estimate screen or on the printed report.

 

I did not do this for a comparison, instead sorted on a number of the fields to get actual line item material costs broken out. By sorting on different fields I could create construction project sheets, material order forms, and track my actual cost as the job progressed. With this ability additional sheets can be created stripping out un-needed data to import a 2nd spreadsheet then setup formulas to calculate variance between the two in any fashion desired including just the summed up trade categories.  

 

Before  and during  Xact training, and having used this feature on Powerclaim, I discussed this feature at length with Xact support techs and was given a description of how to do it.  The procedure described was the same as using Powerclaim.

 

 

Chuck which state or states agree with you opine, I am only speaking of the state of Tx. and other that I have worked. The state off Tx was challanged in 1992 on redecking roofs that had no value and ruled  it had no value . The ins. dept. of TX ruled other wise.It,s a commish ruling, not a law.

 

Now if the new roof needs a deck to nail to and has no value in TX. and labor and material is $1.00 material and .25 labor and it has no value, but is put on, is this not betterment. And does not betterment apply to the complete operation. Who decide a law in one state applied to ever state a traveling catastrophe adjuster would be traveling to ? Lets not confuse the new people with depreciation, many do not know how stained by water ceilings are repaired.

If you have a jet aircraft engine that needs to be overhauled on a regular basis, would the owner of the aircraft be better off if most of the cost to do this service is in labor like 20 to 5 ratio. When you take your new vehicle back for the 90,000 mile warranty work, is the owner any better off. Think enhancement, betterment instead depreciation and this is a simple mind way to grasp. I even think getting a hair cut each two weeks is all labor, but it is surely enhancement or betterment a softer word for depreciation.

 

Why do some painters mask off and some don,t. Why does something need to be painted , a new look is not betterment-enhancement. ? come on this is a bogus thumb rule.Who dreamed that up xactimate and the water suckers?