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Managing SL Add-Ons

SL Add-Ons (UI may show SL AddOns) defines add-on codes you later attach on Entering Subcontracts. Use add-ons for additions and common deductions that must stay separate from other subcontract items — for example bonds, dues, and liquidated damages. Each code is a percent of the subcontract total or a fixed amount, and can carry a default phase/cost type that receives the calculated amount whenever the add-on is referenced.

Before you start​

  • Know whether each add-on is percent-based or a flat amount (negatives use a leading minus, e.g. –1.00 or –500.00).
  • Know the default phase and cost type if the add-on should post away from the main items.
  • Attach codes only after they exist here — SL Subcontract Entry requires a valid Add-on#.

Steps — create or maintain a code​

  1. Open SL Add-Ons.
  2. Enter Add-on# (0–255) and Description (up to 30 characters).
  3. Set Type:
    • Percent — amount calculated from the subcontract total when the code is set up on a subcontract.
    • Amount — flat default amount each time the code is set up on a subcontract.
  4. Enter the default Percent or Amount.
  5. If Type = Percent, optionally check Apply Percentage To Each Invoice:
    • Checked: on invoice, current invoice add-on = percent × sum of invoice amounts for all regular and change order items.
    • Unchecked: the full add-on amount is invoiced on that one invoice (not spread).
  6. Enter default Phase and Cost Type (both default onto the subcontract when the code is added).
  7. Save. Maintain existing codes on the same form.

Attach on a subcontract​

In SL Subcontract Entry, enter a valid Add-on#. Description, percent/amount, and phase/cost type default from the code.

  • Percent codes default an amount from the percent and the total of all regular items (entry help). Example: subcontract total $50,000, add-on –2.00% → $–1,000.
  • Amount codes default the fixed amount from SL Add-Ons (may be overridden).
  • Display-only: Percent type shows Original Total Contract and Calculated Amount; Amount type shows Original Units and Unit Cost as 0.00.

Form help says percentages, fixed amounts, and phase/cost types are defaults that may be overridden when posting add-ons in SL Subcontract Entry. The entry topic only restates override for Amount type.

Invoice example (Apply Percentage)​

Subcontract $50,000 with a –1.00% add-on → total add-on $–500.00.

  • Checkbox on, invoice $10,000 → add-on on that invoice $–100.00.
  • Checkbox off → entire $–500.00 hits that invoice.

Notes​

  • Setup base wording differs: form says “subcontract’s total”; entry says “total of all regular items” (change orders excluded at setup). Invoice math with the checkbox on includes regular and change order invoice amounts — help does not reconcile the two bases.
  • Add-on items update committed costs in Job Cost, carry original/current/invoiced costs, and can have change order detail. Common use: subcontractor bonds.
  • Related: Entering Subcontracts, SL Worksheet (invoicing), Configuring SL Company Parameters.