Administrator Training - Costs

To create a project in Alasco, you first need to add a property (land, building, plot, etc.). The following video will show you the necessary steps to create both. Furthermore, you will see what additional information can be provided in the project settings.

In our Help Center, detailed articles on the following topics can be found:

• specifying contract terms
• setting up a cost allocation, and
• granting full and restricted access to projects

In Alasco, invoices and change orders workflows are used to review and approve invoices and change orders, respectively. These workflows should be defined before or during the project setup. How to do so is explained in the following video.
In our Help Center, you will find more articles on this topic, such as how to customise the automatically generated stamp on the invoice/change order cover sheet.

In Alasco, budgets are assigned to cost groups and then distributed to the contract units. The following video details how to edit the cost groups and cost elements. 

If you manage multiple projects in Alasco, you can group them into project groups to report and analyse them together in a clear manner. The following video explains how to create the project groups and illustrates their benefit in the dashboard and cost controlling.

In Alasco, there is a distinction between project and contract forecasts. Both types of forecasts can be presented in real and worst case scenarios. In this video, you will learn about the forecast settings available.

Alasco provides the option to create custom fields for contracts. Custom fields need to be created first in the master data before they can be used, as explained in the video. 

The change history feature allows you, as an admin, to view any changes made to data in Alasco, providing full transparency and the ability to track every step. The following video summarises all relevant functions.