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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use estimate structures</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>primary structure</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>additional structure</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>In estimates, estimate-version structures are used to order or to classify the estimate. In many cases, multiple estimate-version structures enable you to create different classifications of the estimate data.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph><GUIRef href="" role="manual">For example</GUIRef>: You estimate a ship for a customer. The estimate has an element-based <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000365" role="manual">primary structure</Link> that must contain the costs for the bid, and an additional <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000371" role="manual">sort structure</Link> with the planned activities for building the ship. The view on the estimate depends on what you see in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest2100m000" role="session">Estimate Lines (tpest2100m000)</GUIRef> session. For example, for the customer: the ship cost on the element <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000374" role="manual">estimate line</Link>; for work planning: the lines linked to an additional (in this case) activity structure.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>The following views enable you to sort the activity lines:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>by Project.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Version, Estimating.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Sorting Structural Element; if the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000371" role="manual">sort structure</Link> code in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest1100m000" role="session">Estimate Versions (tpest1100m000)</GUIRef> session is the code of the additional activity structure, you can sort the activity lines.</ListItem>
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		<Paragraph><GUIRef href="" role="manual">To create an estimate-version structure:</GUIRef>
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		<List><ListItem>1. Create a structure for the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000364" role="manual">estimate version</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>2. Select the structure.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>3. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest1220m000" role="session">Generate Structural Elements (tpest1220m000)</GUIRef> session, create <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000370" role="manual">structural element</Link> or generate elements from an existing project structure.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>4. Link the generated structures to the estimate version.</ListItem>
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		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<Paragraph>If your estimate-version structure is other than user-defined, you can only add structural elements to the estimate-version structure in the project-related-structure session, for example, <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2500m000" role="session">Activities (tppss2500m000)</GUIRef>. Enter a new structural element, run the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest1220m000" role="session">Generate Structural Elements (tpest1220m000)</GUIRef> session again, and your estimate-version structure is updated.</Paragraph>
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		<Paragraph>In general, the structure concept has no special meaning during the estimate process. However, the structure is important when you <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000375" role="manual">launch</Link> the estimate to a budget. Only the Activity structure type contains scheduling functionality that you can use in the estimate process.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>You can use the following structure types for launching:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Activity.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Element.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>As you can only launch within the same project, you cannot use more than one structure of the same type. In addition, you cannot use a user-defined structure. Because they are not project related, such structures are not used in the launch to budget.</Paragraph>
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	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000315" role="manual">To create an estimate</Link>
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