What is a Property?
A property is a particular characteristic or a parameter of an object, such as length, volume, price, type, location, structure, etc. Properties are equal to initial inputs, which will be used while creating Items and Assemblies. You can use properties to calculate quantities, store rates and prices, text values, parameters for grouping in a report, etc.
Types of properties
Text
The text property is intended for any text values in the input, such as descriptions, comments, classification codes or notes.Number
The number property is a good fit for any numerical value, such as costs or percentages.Formula
The formula property is suitable for any calculations based on other properties.
It can be also used instead of the Number format.Single Select
The single select property represents a dropdown menu, from which you can choose a necessary value or create a new value. The format of Single select can be both textual & numeric.
📝 Note!
You can easily edit a property and change any of its fields, however, you can't change the type of the already created property. In this case, you need to create a new property with another type.
Units of properties
All types of properties except for the Text type have units.
Here's a list of units available for each format:
Currency
$
£
€
Number
nr
mm
m
m2
m3
in
ft
yd
ft2
yd2
yd3
kg
lb
t
Other
%
Text (available only for Single Select)
Without unit
You can create custom units as well.
Groups of properties
Arrange properties into groups in order to store them in a convenient way and use them in items. To do this, when creating or editing, you simply need to select the necessary group or create a new group:
