Quotations | Settings
In this article we walk you step by step through the quotation settings in Robaws. These apply specifically to quotations and settlements. Also take a look at the general settings: they contain many settings that affect several modules, including quotations and settlements.
Go to Settings > Quotations to see the quotation settings page.
After you change settings, it is important to click 'Activate settings' at the bottom right to actually apply them within your Robaws environment.
Overview quotations / settlements
Determine here how the first tab in the quotation / settlement overview looks. What you change via the settings applies to every user. In addition, each user can also create their own overviews and set them up as desired.
Setting | Explanation |
|---|---|
Quick filters | Choose which filters are ready by default in your overview. |
System overview | Determine which columns you want in your overview, and in which order. |
Settings
Setting | Explanation |
|---|---|
Show address | On by default; uncheck if you don't want to see the project address on the quotation sheet. |
Show equipment | Adds the "Equipment" column to the line detail (the breakdown) of a calculated quotation line. |
Automatically number lines | Numbers each quotation line in the Nr. column (also check "Show line nrs."). The numbering takes chapters into account (e.g. 1.1, 1.2, … fall under chapter 1). The numbering of the chapters themselves is not visible on the pdf. |
Make order | Adds an action button at the top of the quotation sheet to convert the quotation into an order. |
Make supply order | Adds an action button at the top of the quotation sheet to quickly order the material from the quotation (as a supply order, price request, internal order form, …). |
Show line nrs. | Adds the "Nr" column to the quotation lines. You can number the quotation lines manually or automatically via the "Automatically number lines" setting. |
Calculation | Removes the "Posts" action button from the item overview. |
Move files to project during creation | Check this if you want all files from the quotation to be moved to the project. Note, this only works when you click the "Make project" action button at the top of the quotation. |
Make subscription | Adds an action button at the top of the quotation sheet to convert the quotation into a subscription. |
Direct cost sharing depending on price | Choose whether to distribute the direct costs in your quotation evenly across the lines or depending on the price. |
Show post nr. | Adds a "Post" column to the quotation lines. |
Use composite items as extra lines | Check this if, in a simple quotation, you want to load the underlying items of a composite item as extra lines in the quotation. Note, the configured quantities are not taken into account. |
Show type (eg. SOG) | Adds a "Type" column to the quotation lines. This lets you add SOG, VH, TP, PM, … to the quotation line. |
Make invoice | Adds an action button at the top of the quotation sheet to convert the quotation into an invoice. |
Setting | Explanation |
|---|---|
Days before due date | Set after how many days the quotation expires by default (can be overridden per quotation). This is the due date shown in principle on the quotation. (default = 30) |
#days before follow up date | Set after how many days the quotation should be followed up (can be overridden per quotation). This is in principle not visible to the customer and serves for internal follow-up. On that date the quotation status automatically changes to "to follow up" (if set up that way in the statuses). (default = 15) |
sync (m) | Set every how many minutes the quotation is saved automatically. This happens automatically, without you having to leave the page. (default = 15) |
Number of days before deadline | Set after how many days the deadline is reached. This is in principle not visible to the customer and serves for internal follow-up. (default = 2) |
Invoice percentage from phase | Note here the text that will appear on the invoice when you invoice a portion (as a percentage) of this quotation. Use replacement codes. For example: Portion of ${percentage}% according to quotation ${logicId} |
Invoice fixed price of phase | Note here the text that will appear on the invoice when you invoice a portion (fixed amount) of this quotation. Use replacement codes. For example: Advance quotation ${logicId} |
Phase billing cumulative strategy | Choose the desired strategy when you invoice a portion of this quotation: simple (1 line), cumulative (add to previously invoiced portions) or ask (the question is asked each time you want to invoice a portion). |
Next number
- Change the number of the next quotation or settlement here.
- Choose the structure of the numbering yourself: choose a prefix, suffix and the number of digits. By default this is set for the quotation as prefix Oyy + 4 digits + no suffix.
Extra fields
As with all modules in Robaws, you can also create extra fields of your choice in the quotation.
Tip: if you create the same extra fields for client and quotation, or for quotation and project, the content of the fields can be carried over automatically.
Standard texts
Set up here the standard texts you want to use as an introduction or as a closing in your quotation. In your quotation you can then choose one of these preset texts.
Tip: use replacement codes to personalise the standard texts.
Setting | Explanation |
|---|---|
Show item number in bill of materials | Choose whether the item numbers may be visible in the Bill of Materials. |
Templates | Set up one or more pdf templates to display the quotation in pdf format. You can determine how the header is laid out, which title appears on the pdf (e.g. quotation, price estimate, …), which columns are visible on the quotation lines, and a number of other settings. Here you also enter the translations of the pdf if you want to send quotations in other languages. |
Statuses
You can define the statuses of the quotation yourself. A number are set by default (draft, sent, read, feedback, signed, …) but you can adjust, delete or add to these. Note that the name is case-sensitive.
You can set the status to change automatically on a certain action:
Setting | Explanation |
|---|---|
Status after … | Enter one of the existing statuses each time you want an automatic status change (attention, the spelling must be identical!). |
… make project | When you create a project from the quotation (via the action button at the top), the quotation changes to this status. |
… partial invoice | When you invoice a phase of the quotation from the financial planning (e.g. advance invoice), the quotation changes to this status. |
… make invoice | When you invoice the quotation or create the final invoice, the quotation changes to this status. |
… make order | When you create an order from the quotation (via the action button at the top), the quotation changes to this status. |
… make subscriber | When you create a subscription from the quotation (via the action button at the top), the quotation changes to this status. |
… load into settlement | When this quotation is loaded into a settlement, the quotation changes to this status. |
Follow-up status | On reaching the follow-up date (and if the quotation is in one of the statuses below at that moment), the quotation changes to this status. |
Status in which the quotation can be followed up | Enter which statuses may change to the follow-up status (default = sent & read). |
When you open a status, you can set a name, colour and success %. The colour is shown in the quotation overview. If you don't want to work with colours, change the colour of all statuses to white.
In the "success %" box you can indicate the estimated percentage chance of success for the quotation per status. This is then shown in the analysis of your quotation overview.
Success % | Example statuses | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
0 | draft, rejected | A quotation in this status has a 0% chance of being successful. |
1 to 99 | sent, read, feedback, follow up | Enter a number between 1 and 99 per status. A quotation in status sent has e.g. a 50% chance of being successful. In status follow up maybe 30%. |
100 | signed, approved, invoiced | A quotation in status signed is 100% successful. |
Templates
In Robaws you can create your own templates for quotations. This means you set up a quotation well once, and can later use it as a basis to create new quotations. You can still edit the template afterwards if needed; this does not change your ongoing quotations.
To set up a quotation template, click Add, enter a name for your template, and then you can start in 2 ways:
- either you start from an existing quotation (click Choose existing);
- or you start from an empty quotation (click Make blank template). Here you then have to choose between a simple or a calculated quotation.
Default documents
Set up here your default documents that you want to use in the quotation module. These then appear on the quotation sheet under the action button Default document. You can still edit them there before sending them to the customer.
E-mail templates
Here you can set up the e-mail templates you want to use in your quotations. This means you can prepare various e-mails with a certain text (with or without replacement codes) and with certain attachments (e.g. the quotation + your terms and conditions).
Updated on: 03/07/2026
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