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<ManualTopic ID="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/tpest" xml:lang="en" TopicType="Overview">
   <Header>
      <Title>Project Estimating</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e2604752">
         <Level1>Project Estimating</Level1>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <Paragraph>Use <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/est" role="module">Project Estimating</GUIRef> to create and calculate estimates. An estimate is a project
		that belongs to the same table as other <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="package">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.</Paragraph>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Related to this subject, the following topics describe how to
		  create an estimate and how to launch an estimate to a project
		  budget.</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000315" role="manual">To create an estimate</Link>
         </ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000313" role="manual">To launch an estimate to a budget</Link>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
      <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>
      <ProcedureList>
         <ListIntro>The project estimate procedure is as follows:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Create an estimate project.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Create an <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000364" role="glossary">estimate version</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Create <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000374" role="glossary">estimate line</Link>.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Prepare a bid (optional part of the procedure).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Approve or reject the bid (optional part of the procedure).</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Work on the estimate project or copy the estimate project to a
		  new project (optional part of the procedure).</ListItem>
         <ListItem> 
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000375" role="glossary" Update="No">Launch</Link> the estimate to a budget.</ListItem>
      </ProcedureList>
      <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>
         </ListItem>
      </List>
   </GeneralSection>
</ManualTopic>