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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">Project Estimating (EST)</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Project Estimating (EST)</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>Use the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Project Estimating (EST)</GUIRef> module to create and calculate estimates. An estimate is a project that belongs to the same table as other <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="manual">Project</GUIRef> projects. You create an estimate after a request for quotation or an internal investigation. If the estimate is finished, you can prepare a bid for the (internal) customer. Related to this subject, the following topics describe how to create an estimate and how to launch an estimate to a project budget.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000315" role="manual">To create an estimate</Link>
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			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000313" role="manual">To launch an estimate to a budget</Link>
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		<Paragraph>The first time you create an estimate, you can use the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm0101s000" role="session">User Profiles (tppdm0101s000)</Link> session to set up the master data.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>The project estimate procedure is as follows:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>1. Create an estimate project.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>2. Create an <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000364" role="manual">estimate version</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>3. Create <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000374" role="manual">estimate line</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>4. Prepare a bid (optional part of the procedure).</ListItem>
			<ListItem>5. Approve or reject the bid (optional part of the procedure).</ListItem>
			<ListItem>6. Work on the estimate project or copy the estimate project to a new project (optional part of the procedure).</ListItem>
			<ListItem>7. <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000375" role="manual">launch</Link> the estimate to a budget.</ListItem>
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		<List><ListIntro>After estimating a project, the next step is to work on:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000062" role="manual">To use budgets in a project</Link>
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