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Job Costing Reports
Understand how our job costing reports work… After turning on the job costing setting, your job costing reports will be added to the jobs page within… How metrics are calculated in Job Costing reports: Job revenue is the subtotal of the job, minus
Job Costing Analysis
Job cost analysis is a process that helps you break down the costs associated with a particular job,… Completing a Job Cost Analysis… Identifying Opportunities within Your Job Cost Analysis
Job Costing: Complete Set-Up Guide
How to set up Job Costing;… To start using job costing, you'll first need to enable the Job Costing Breakdown feature in your Housecall… Click the toggle next to Show job costing breakdown to enable the Job Costing Breakdown feature
Job Inputs and Flat Rate Services
Learn how to track materials and other costs on jobs for flat rate services… inputs and Miscellaneous job inputs settings from the job costing settings page… Learn more about job costing and expected vs actual job costs
How are metrics calculated on the reporting tab?
Must be using job costing to view this metric Total on job hours The sum of on job time (… of rev Material cost divided by job revenue Must be using job costing to view this metric… using job costing to view this metric Profit margin Gross profit divided by job revenue
Tracking Commissions on Jobs
Track and manage commissions in Housecall Pro by assigning team members to line items on jobs… job inputs are subtracted Material job inputs are excluded Miscellaneous job inputs… factored into Gross Profit depend on your Job Costing settings
Team Member Roles & Permissions
See job costing margins Allows your employee to see information about job costs and profits… See job costing margins This permission allows your employees to see information about job costs… Part of the Job costing setup is entering your employees' pay details (inc. labor rate) in Housecall
Reporting: Business Units
Under Job costing, select Profit by business unit
Pro Power Hour: Product Training Webinars
Costing / Commissions Link to Zoom Recording Link to YouTube Recording Job Inbox… Costing (2024) Link to Zoom Recording Link to YouTube Recording Multi-Day Appointments… Costing (2025) Link to Zoom Recording Link to YouTube Recording Voice (2025)
Ply Inventory Management Integration Overview
field technicians can leverage simple workflows to allocate materials, attach them to invoices for job… costing, and transfer tools and equipment between locations