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title: ConstructionOnline Publish Notes for the Week of March 8, 2021
description: ConstructionOnline Publish Notes for the Week of March 8, 2021
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# [ConstructionOnline Publish Notes for the Week of March 8, 2021](https://news.constructiononline.com/constructiononline-publish-notes-for-the-week-of-march-8-2021-0)

 Written by [UDA Corporate Newsroom](https://news.constructiononline.com/author/uda-corporate-newsroom) | March 8, 2021

UDA Technologies continues to invest in the growth and stability of ConstructionOnline with several new updates & enhancements released today, including:

#### COMPANY COSTBOOKS & ITEMS DATABASE

- Costbooks Export 
    - Users can export existing costbooks
    - Users can download blank costbooks templates
    - Users can modify exported costbooks and re-import them to update existing costbooks

Note: Exported costbooks and costbook templates have a second README page that contains instructions for the costbook file, including a list of all valid Units, Units of Measure, Classifications, etc. 

- Costbook Import & Update 
    - Users can now choose to Import Costbooks when right-clicking on an existing costbook to import updates to the costbook. 
    - Updating existing items: 
          - Costbook Item Name and Parent Name are the unique identifiers
          - An existing Costbook Item will only be updated if the item in the imported costbook has the same name and same location in the file hierarchy. 
          - Changes to either will result in a new Costbook Item and the existing Costbook Item will remain unaltered. 
    - Creating New Items:  
          - Adding a new Costbook Item to the costbook import file will add that item to the costbook on import
          - Renaming an existing row item will create a new Costbook Item with the new name and any details in the renamed costbook line item
          - Changing the Parent of the Costbook Item (e.g. moving the row item to a different parent folder) will create a new Costbook Item

#### COMPANY PROJECTS

- Optimized edits to project numbers via inline edits

#### ESTIMATING

- Change Order Markup Total for Project Totals in 3-Level Estimates now includes the markup totals for all approved non-linked Change Orders
- Approved Change Order Total calculates in the Estimate Export for 3-Level Estimates

#### MESSAGES

- Enhanced viewports for tablet & mobile access

#### OPPORTUNITIES

- Streamlined navigation for creation of new Opportunities

#### PROJECTS

- Editing the Scope of Work from financial report settings modal seamlessly applies edits to Scope of Work across all points within project

#### SELECTIONS

- Selection Category Sheets in 3-Level Estimates for Projects & Opportunity display Selections in the order they appear in the primary Selections feature section

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