Configuration – The Scrubber Tab (Labor)

Use the Scrubber tab in Configuration to reclassify common labor procedures that are classified differently in your estimating program than they are in RepairCenter. Scrubbed labor lines are automatically transferred from one labor type to another, saving time with each job.

Example

In your estimating program, the labor for Cover Car is classified as Body labor. In RepairCenter, it's classified as Paint labor. Add Cover Car to the labor scrubber so that the category will be automatically corrected from Body to Paint whenever an estimate that includes Cover Car is imported into RepairCenter.

Warning: Add labor to the scrubber only when it is always performed by the technicians in the category you're adding it to.

Different estimating programs may spell or punctuate a procedure differently. Create a scrubber line for each variation. ClosedExample

Estimate Program A may write car cover as Cover Car while Estimate Program B writes it as COVERCAR. In this case, create two scrubber lines: one with Cover Car as the description and the other with COVERCAR.

Warning: Avoid adding lines that have identical names but different labor categories. This creates problems in RepairCenter when a job with scrubbed labor lines is worked on.

All scrubbed procedures must be entered in your estimating program exactly the same way each time, or they will appear in RepairCenter as multiple procedures. To ensure consistency, we recommend putting all scrubbed procedures in the same estimating program location and entering those procedures by selecting them from a list.

Estimating Program Scrubbed procedures Location

Mitchell Estimating (UltraMate)

Reference Sheets or Long Expansions

CCC Pathways

Parts Table

Audatex

Manual or Standard Entries

CompEst

Standard Charges

How to

  1. On the toolbar, click the More menu list at the top right; then select Configuration.
  2. Click the Labor tab. The Labor tab opens to the Scrubber tab.

  3. Click Add. A new line appears, with the cursor in the empty Desc column.

  4. In the Desc column, type a description (as it appears in the estimating program).

  5. To change the labor category, in the Category column, double-click Body, and then click the appropriate category.

    The labor is added to the scrubber and automatically alphabetized by description.

  1. On the toolbar, click the More menu list at the top right; then select Configuration.
  2. Click the Labor tab. The Labor tab opens to the Scrubber tab.
  3. To edit a description, double-click the description you want to edit, and then modify it as needed.
  4. To change a category, double-click the category you want to change, and then select a new one.
  1. On the toolbar, click the More menu list at the top right; then select Configuration.
  2. Click the Labor tab. The Labor tab opens to the Scrubber tab.
  3. Click to select the line you want to delete, then click Delete.
  4. In the LaborScrubDelete dialog box, click Yes to confirm the deletion.
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