• Training Plan for Administrators
    • Basics
      • Overview
      • Building a WBS from Scratch
      • Empowering Minutes with Calculation Capabilities
      • Editing the Minutes
      • Breakdowns
      • Formatting the Columns
      • Connecting Minutes and WBS
      • Using Free Fields in the WBS
      • Setting-up Nomenclatures
      • Getting Information
      • Communication with the Publisher
    • Overhead Workbook
      • Overhead Basics
      • Selling Price (Price to Customer)
      • Hiding Rows Using Formulas
      • Consolidating Data
      • Returning Values
      • Using Controls
      • Built-in Functions
      • Recursion
      • Using Free Columns as Part of the Selling Price
    • Computing Selling Prices
      • Overview
      • Forcing the Selling Prices
      • Target Value Forced by QDV7
    • Using Global Variables
      • Overview
      • Global Variables In-Depth
    • Planner
      • Overview
      • Structuring the Gantt Diagram
      • Calendars
      • Communication
      • Coupling Gantt and Minutes/WBS
    • Using Timeframes in the Minutes
      • Overview
      • Setting Timeframes
      • Entering Data
      • Limitations
    • Database of the Estimate
      • Overview
      • Using the Database of the Estimate
      • Restrictions of Use
    • Overhead Minute
      • Overview
      • Using the Overhead Minute
      • Restrictions of Use
    • Cash-Flow
      • Overview
      • Planner-Data Sheet
      • Cash-Data Sheet
      • Cash Curve
    • User Profiles
      • Overview
      • Administrator's Profile
      • Creating New Profiles
    • Databases
      • Overview
      • Article Databases
      • Set Databases
      • Advanced Features
      • Third-Party Databases
    • In-Row Workbooks
      • Overview
      • Implementing In-Row Workbooks
    • Using Several Languages
      • Overview
      • User Interface
      • Multilingual Estimates
      • Multilingual Databases
      • Advanced
    • Report Generator
      • Overview
      • Common Features
      • Creating WBS-oriented Reports
      • Creating Minutes-oriented Reports
      • Locking Reports
    • Analytical Report Engine
      • Building a Data Source
      • Viewing and Saving Data Sources
      • Merging Data Sources
      • Understanding Stimulsoft Reports
      • Understanding Excel Reports
    • Importing Data
      • Overview
      • Importing Content of an Estimate
      • Importing Other Features
      • Importing from Partner Applications
    • Embedding Bill of Quantities
      • Overview
      • Creating a BoQ in QDV7
      • Advanced Features
    • Building Word Documents
      • Overview
      • Building Child Documents
      • External Documents
      • Master Templates
    • Building Powerpoint Presentations
    • Versioning Estimates
      • Overview
      • Creating Versions
      • Browsing Versions
      • Centralizing Versions
    • Sharing and Merging Estimates
      • Overview
      • Common Features
      • Working in Full Transparency
      • Working in Adjustable Transparency
    • Connection with Top-Down Tool
      • Overview
      • Setting Up
      • Interaction with TPViewer
    • Converting Excel Files Into Estimates or Databases
      • Overview
      • Converting Into Estimates
      • Converting Into Article Databases
      • Converting Into Set Databases
      • Automating Conversions
    • Controlling Upgrades
      • Overview
      • Enabling Upgrades on User's Side
      • Publishing QDV7
    • Bridging QDV with CRMs and ERPs
      • Overview
      • Using the DLL Component
      • Interfacing where QV7 is the Master Application
      • Interfacing Contextual Databases
    • Compatibility Table between Advanced Features
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  • Installation
  • Configuration
    • Settings
    • Deploying QDV7 on Citrix or TSE Servers
    • Language
    • Settings of New Estimates
    • Custom What's new Notes & User Manual
    • Custom QDV Splash
  • CONVERSION
    • Conversion of a BoQ into an Estimate
    • Conversion of a Workbook into an Article Database
    • Conversion of a Workbook into a Set Database
    • Command Lines
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  • Estimates
    • How to Create an Estimate
      • Creation By Command Line
    • How to Import Data
    • How to Open an Estimate
      • Opening By Command Line
      • How to Migrate an Estimate to Version 2024
    • How to Update an Estimate
    • How Swap Out Sections of Minutes
    • How to Save, Compact & Close the Estimate
    • How to Delete an Estimate
    • Task Sharing
      • Sharing In AdjustableTransparency
      • How to Import Column Content
      • Developping a Scenarios Table
      • Passing Down the Database of Estimate
      • Importing a Child Having a Formula For Quantity
    • Calculation Options
    • Summary
    • How to Navigate the Estimate
    • Comparison with a Top-Down Method
  • Publishing in Office Applications
    • Export to Excel
    • Publishing in Word
      • How to Build a Master Document (Template)
      • Using Variables in Word
    • Publishing in PowerPoint
  • Reports
    • Overhead Report
    • IDIQ Reports
  • Analytical Reports
    • Building a Data Source
    • Selecting & Editing a Report
    • Overhead Sheet Ranges
    • Designing an Excel Report
    • Planner
    • Time Frame Fields
  • Phasing of Estimates
    • How to Manage the Versions
    • How to Compare Several Versions (WBS)
    • How to Compare Several Versions (Minutes)
    • Quantities Changes
    • Cross-Estimate Nomenclatures
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  • Work Breakdown Structure
    • Getting Started: How to Build a WBS in QDV from scratch
    • Description of the WBS
    • Focussing On a Node
    • ROWS
      • Kinds of Row
      • Links Between Tasks
        • Consolidated View
      • How to Navigate the WBS
      • How to Develop the WBS
      • How to Develop the WBS From a Database
      • How to Develop the WBS From a Glossary
      • How to Number the Structural View
      • Bottom Area
    • COLUMNS
      • Fields Manager for the WBS
        • Free Fields
        • Fields From Minutes
        • Distribution Fields
        • Average Fields
      • How to Manage the WBS
      • How to Insert/Restore Columns
      • Building the Frame of the Lower Window
      • Kinds of Column
      • Scenarios on WBS Quantities or Other Fields
        • Report of Simulation
    • How to Fill in the Cells
    • How to Change the WBS View
    • How to Change the Font and Layout
  • MINUTES
    • How to Access the Minutes
    • Description
    • Quantities
    • How to Change the Font, Colors or Layout
    • How to Make a Selection
    • How to Navigate the Minutes
    • How to Build the Sheet
    • How to Fill in the Minutes
    • How to Fill the Time Columns
    • How to Fill the Minutes From a Database or a Sheet
      • How to Insert an Article or a Set into a Section of Minutes
        • Appearance of an Inserted Set
      • How to Insert an Article or a Set Using its Reference or Description
      • How to Retrieve the Source of an Article
      • How to Update an Article or a Set
      • How to Replace Article Rows
      • How to Insert Articles & Sets From the Estimate's Database
      • How to Insert Rows From a Sheet
      • How to Edit Article Characteristics From Excel
      • Batch Insertion
      • How to Import a Bill Of Materials
    • How to Group Rows in the Minutes
    • How to Create Sets of Minutes
      • How to Share a Set
      • Sets From the Database of the Estimate
      • Timed Machinery
  • Nomenclatures
    • Columns
    • Enumeration of Sets From the Db of Estimate
  • Fields Manager for Minutes & Nomenclatures
    • Description
    • How to Create Free Columns with Custom Behavior
    • How to Create Free Special Columns
    • How to Customize the Behavior of Native Columns
    • How to Create Specific Set of Columns with Custom Behavior (MT/WF)
    • How to Create Time Frame Fields
    • Application To Conversion of Units
  • How to Build the Minutes and Nomenclatures Frames
    • How to Add Columns
    • How to Organize the Sheet
    • How to Build the Bottom Panes
    • What Does the User Profile Include
  • OVERHEAD
    • Overhead Sheets at a Glance
    • Edit Mode
    • How to Build the Workbook
      • How to Add a Sheet
      • How to Hide/Unhide a Sheet
    • How to Build a Sheet
      • Spread Sheets
      • User Sheets
        • Names, References, Controls & Charts
    • Pricing Sheets
      • Set Sheets
      • List for Overhead
      • Column for Macro
      • Time Frame Sheets
      • Creating a Structure
      • List with Tree Structure
      • Viewing a Free Field
      • Defining Return Values
      • Defining Slaves Lists
    • Sheets for Finances and Planning
      • Currencies Sheet
      • Sheet of Sales
      • Planner Data
      • Cash Data
      • Cash Flow Curve
    • Custom Columns Sheet
    • WBS Sheet
    • How to Compute the Selling Prices
      • Details on Calculating Modes
    • Overhead Task
  • Database of the Estimate (optional)
    • How to Normalize the  Database
    • How to Fill the Database of Estimate from database or sheet
    • How to Fill the Database From Another Estimate
    • How to Clean Up the Database
  • Other Data Sources Attached to an Estimate
    • Preferential Databases
    • In-Row Documents
    • In-Row Workbooks
    • Variables
      • Global Variables
      • Range of Cells
      • Managed Data
      • Consumption of Variables
    • Owners Book
    • Custom Distribution Curves
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  • Bill of Quantities (optional)
  • How to Adapt to a New BoQ
  • QDV Tools for EXCEL
    • QDV Pricing Tool
      • Mapping the Customer's BoQ
      • Final Column(s)
      • Distributing the Values
      • Adding Extra Customer Sources
    • QDV Distribution Tool
      • Mapping the Frame
      • Defining Algorithms
      • Generating Each Phase
      • Example With Free Column
      • Ensuring Consistency
      • Delivering a Bill of Costs
  • Exchanges With Other Quotation Software
  • Planner (optional)
    • General Settings
    • Minutes & Tasks
    • Gantt Minutes
    • WBS & Tasks
    • Resources & Skills
    • Optimisation of Resources
    • How to Transfer a Planner
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  • Data Model
  • Article Databases
    • How to Open a Database
    • How to Create & Manage the Databases
    • How to Deploy a Relational Database
    • How to Access a QDV Database with SQL Server
    • How to Edit a Rebate Database
    • Articles Viewer Description
    • Prefixes
    • How to Create/Edit Articles
    • Database Modes
    • Edit Mode
      • How to Index a Table (Tree Structure)
      • Database Editor Description
      • How to Add Columns
      • How to Fill the Database
      • How to Organize the Tables
      • How to Manage Articles
      • How to Change a Database Behavior
      • Fields Manager for Databases
        • Description
        • How to Create Free Columns with Custom Behavior
        • How to Customize the Behavior of Native Columns
        • How to Create Specific Set of Columns with Custom Behavior
  • Set Databases
    • How to Create an Empty Database of Sets
    • How to Create a Set
      • How to Record a Set
      • How to Manage the Sets
      • How to Develop a Set
      • Nested Sets
    • Interface General Description
    • How to Open a Set Database
    • How to Retrieve the Sources
    • How to Fill out the Fields of the List of Articles
    • How to Manage the Workbook 'List of Articles'
    • How to Parameterize the Insertion into the Minutes
    • How to Empower a Set with Calculation Capabilities
      • How to Create Input Fields
      • How to Manage Variables
      • How to Consume Variables
      • How to Leverage the Calculation Power in Nested Sets
  • Glossaries
  • Description Builder
  • Report Profiles
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  • User Interface
    • General Interface
    • Windowing
    • Ribbon
    • Actions
    • Horizontal Lines
  • GUI Widgets
    • Form Controls
    • Built-in Function Button
    • Charts
  • How to Build a Form
  • Requests and Macros
    • Requests
    • Macros
      • Code Samples
    • Events Management
      • Events Pertaining to a Set
  • Multilingualism
  • Security
    • User Profiles
      • Custom_Connection Component
    • Cybersecurity
    • Locking Cells in a User Overhead Sheet
    • Locking Reports Profiles
  • Maintenance
    • How to Recover an Estimate
    • How to Compact an Estimate or a Database
    • Errors
      • Error Messages
      • Error Logs
      • Repair an Estimate or a Database
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  • Forced Prices
  • Allocating Extra Costs To The WBS Tasks
  • Distributing Extra Costs & Selling Prices Across The WBS Tasks
  • Equalizing Values of WBS Marked Terminal Elements
  • IDIQ Contracts
    • Contract Databases
      • Common Databases to the Entire Estimate
      • Specialized Databases
    • Rebuilding Estimate For Orders
    • Report
      • Market Coefficients for the Whole Estimate
      • Market Coefficients Per Task In WBS
      • Organizing the Report
      • Market Coefficients in Minutes View
    • Progress Statements
  • Total Mode
  • How to Empower the Minutes with Quantity Calculation Capabilities
    • Source of WBS Variables
    • Calculation with Variables for Set
    • Calculation with Gantt Variables
    • Calculation In Overhead Minute
    • Other Special Columns For Quantity
    • Details of Calculation
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  • Formatting
    • Cell Format
    • Formatting of Global Variables in Word
  • Rounding Issues
    • Rounding in Minutes
    • Target
    • Rounding in WBS
    • Rounding on a Cell Basis
    • ROUND function
  • Protected Names & Shortcuts
  • Basic Handling
    • How to Make a Selection in a Sheet
    • How to Make an Insertion
    • How to Close a Window
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  • MANAGEMENT of Projects
    • How to Create a Management Database
    • Settings
    • Projects Editor
    • How to Develop Child Lists (option)
    • Exchanges with the Estimating Module
    • Report Engine
    • Events Management
    • Security
    • How to Repair a Database
  • SEARCH ENGINE for Estimates
    • File Tab
    • Home Tab
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  • Cache Setting
  • Controlling Upgrades
    • Defining Type of Upgrade
    • Upgrading Without Administrator's Rights
    • Setting up Publishing Tool
    • Publishing QDV
    • Deploying QDV7 with Click Once
    • Publishing in Silent Mode
    • Adding Your Own Files
    • Pre Update and Post update Commands
    • Creating Shortcuts
    • Setting up Users Side
  • Migrating from SQLite databases to SQL Server
  • Interfacing QDV
    • CRMs and ERPs
      • QDV Interface Component Model
        • Classes
        • Properties
        • Methods
      • Installing Stand-Alone Component
      • Referring To InterfaceQDV.dll
      • Programming
      • Sample Code
    • Contextual Databases
      • Principle
      • Setting up Sample
      • Understanding Code
    • Date Conversion
    • Additional Fields of a Published Database