Advanced Production Rate Options

Customize production rates with advanced options like hide from customer, show coats, show price, and custom hourly rates per substrate.

Advanced Production Rate Options in PaintScout let you customize individual production rates with settings like hiding substrates from customers, showing coats or prices, and overriding hourly rates.

How do I access Advanced Production Rate Options?

Each production rate includes an Advanced Options section with all options unselected by default.

1. Go to your Account Settings > Production Rates > Rate Categories section.

2. Select your category and then rate.

3. Scroll to the bottom of the rate to the Advanced Options section. A list of options will appear for you to select from.

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What does Hide From Customer do?

Hidden substrates do not appear on the customer-facing quote. You can identify hidden substrates by the black circle with an x icon.

If an area only contains hidden substrates it will not be visible on the estimate. It will only appear on the work order.

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What does Show Coats do?

Displays the number of coats for this substrate on the customer-facing estimate.

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What does Show Price do?

Displays the individual substrate price on the customer-facing estimate.

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What does Use Custom Hourly Rate do?

This option overrides the estimate's default hourly rate with a custom rate for this specific production rate.

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