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How to add selections to a change order

Need to create a change order with items that require selections? This article gives you a step by step guide on how to do this in Materio.

Written by Thomas Chau

Let's say you have a started a live project, but you need to add a new item that requires a selection or decision from your client. In this article, we walk through the steps you'd take to make create this change order, making it easy to get decisions from your client as things change throughout the course of a project.

1. First, we'll need to add the new item. Click on "+ Add item"

First, we'll need to add the new item. Click on

2. Type the name of the item

Type the name of the item

3. Click on "Save"

Click on

4. Click on "No, Save Without Approval."

To create a selection item that is within a change order, you will need to use this alternative workflow. But don't worry, we will get it into the change order!

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5. If the selection is not already enabled, hover over the item and click the 3-dot menu, then click on "Enable selection."

This may have been done automatically if you have the green selection icon on when adding an item

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6. Click on the item to reveal the item details panel, click on "$0" to edit the item's estimated cost

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7. Click on "Save."

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8. Now, when prompted, click on "Yes, Add to Change Order"

Please note that sending the selection item in a change order does not have the client approve the product, but simply the estimated additional scope of work.

Next, click on

9. Now, you'll want to add a product option in and send that separately to your client for review. First, click on "Add option"

Now you'll want to send a option over to your a client for review. First click on

10. Then choose an option you'd like to send over to your client for approval

Then choose an option you'd like to send over to your client for approval

11. Click on the "Selections" workspace on the left hand bar

Now that you've added this change to the change order and have added an option, you want to go to your selections workspace to send it to your client for their review.

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12. Click on "Send"

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13. Choose the client, and click "send selections."

Choose the client, and click

14. Click on Awaiting Approval (1)

Click on Awaiting Approval (1)

15. Where you'll see the selection has been sent over and is awaiting approval from your client

Click on highlight

16. Now, for this example, we'll approve the selection

Now we'll approve the selection

17. Now go back to the "Scope"

Now go back to the

18. Where you'll see the selection that was approved was added to the change order

Where you'll see the selection that was approved was added to the change order

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