Key Terms
An online resource with various help recources to answer common questions or issues
Help Center
The _______ field when starting an estimate must be unique.
Estimate Name
This DESTINI Cloud view allows you to bulk‑edit values across multiple selected line items at the same time. What is it?
Cost Information View (CIV)
This Estimate View tool is used to add columns like Notes by right‑clicking a column header and searching for the field.
Column Chooser
This DESTINI Cloud view is used to manage and enter key project metrics that support historical analysis and drive calculations across other views and tools.
Project View
A push‑pin icon used to collapse or pin Views and panes. Available in the top‑right of a View and via the right‑click menu on View tabs.
Auto Hide
This DESTINI Cloud feature ensures everyone starts with the same layouts, fee tables, dashboards, filters, and project metrics. What is it?
A template
This action activates the Staging Area in DESTINI Cloud.
Selecting a folder in the Cost Database View
This DESTINI Cloud feature lets users quickly switch between different grouping and sorting structures without changing estimate data
Estimate Layouts
Microsoft Excel-based summary tool embedded in DESTINI Estimator. Used to aggregate data based on WBS Properties, Fees, Project Properties, Comparison Data, and Variables in the Estimate.
Dashboard
The command bar located at the top of the application. Updates based on the active tab and current view and can be collapsed to provide more workspace within the application.
Ribbon
This is where most WBS Properties and their values are already assigned to line items before you begin estimating. What is it?
The Cost Database
These values automatically apply to new line items added by drag‑and‑drop, staging, or bulk add.
Sticky WBS
This indicator appears next to an Estimate Layout name when grid changes have been made but not saved.
A red asterisk (*)
This action makes Project View updates available for reporting, dashboards, and cost history analysis.
Commit
Run this report to showcase Labor, Material, Sub, Equipment, Other Cost Categories
LMSEO Report
This setting allows a user to “set it once and automatically recall it” when assigning values such as System. What is it?
Set as Sticky Value
DESTINI Cloud behavior helps reduce clicks during data entry by automatically advancing to the next field or question when entering _______ data
Assembly
This controls how visible line items are displayed, while filters control which line items are shown.
Layouts
This is the effect of using filters, breakdowns, or comparison sheets in the Dashboard View on estimate calculations.
No change
Title Bar button in Estimator that allows the user to setup Report locations, Quantity Highlighting and other useful features such as decimal precision.
Preferences
This construction industry term refers to the framework used to organize work into manageable components. What is it?
Work Breakdown Structure
This icon appears at each grouping level when Overlines are enabled. What is it?
A pencil icon
This DESTINI Cloud feature temporarily limits which line items are visible so you can focus on a specific scope without changing estimate data.
Filters
This is the primary purpose of the Commit button in the Dashboard View.
Publish dashboard updates for sharing, reporting, and exports