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   <Header>
      <Title>To use estimate structures</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2275803">
         <Level1>primary structure</Level1>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2275806">
         <Level1>additional structure</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <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="glossary">primary structure</Link> that must contain the costs for the bid, and an additional <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000371" role="glossary">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="glossary">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="glossary">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>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>
         <GUIRef href="" role="manual">To create an estimate-version structure:</GUIRef>
      </Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListItem>1. Create a structure for the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000364" role="glossary">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="glossary">structural element</Link> or generate elements from an existing project structure.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>4. Link the generated structures to the estimate version.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <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>
      </Note>
      <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="glossary">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>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000315" role="manual">To create an estimate</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>