Once a quote has been created, it opens in the quote builder - the workspace where you refine the scope Domino has drafted, set your pricing, and shape the finished quote. This page covers building the quote itself; reviewing, collaborating, and publishing is covered separately.
The Header
The top of the page shows the quote's title (select it, or the pencil, to rename), the site address, and a status summary - the current status, when it was last changed and by whom (including where Domino's A.I. made the change), and any quotes this one was cloned from or into.
The running totals sit just beneath, updating live as you work, so you always know where the quote stands.
Actions
The Actions menu gathers the things you can do to the quote as a whole:
- Add Room - add a new section to group line items under.
- View History - see and roll back earlier versions (see reviewing).
- Set Quote Status and Edit Quote Details - update the quote's status or its title, references, billing, and location.
- Reset Column Widths and Fullscreen - tidy up or expand your working view.
- Clone - take a full copy of the quote to work from.
- Cherry Pick - pull selected line items in from another quote.
- Reset Quote and the delete options - clear the quote back to a starting point. Treat these with care.
The Line Items
The body of the quote is a table of line items, grouped into rooms (sections). For each item you can set its description, quantity, unit, and amounts, and the totals roll up automatically.
- Reorder items and rooms by dragging them into place.
- Expand or collapse rooms to focus on the part you are working on.
- Strike off an item to keep it on the quote but exclude it from the total - useful for work that has been cash-settled or deferred. You choose how struck-off items are labelled.
- Minimum charges and volume reductions let you handle trade minimums and bulk adjustments without hand-calculating them.
- Leave a comment on any line item to raise a question or note - see collaborating.
Suggestions
As you build, Domino offers suggestions against line items - matches from the approved pricebook and its own A.I. suggestions - so you can price consistently without hunting through rate cards. Where you want more certainty, the research option digs deeper into an item for you.
Files & Media
The builder keeps the quote's files and media to hand alongside the table - the documents it was built from, photos, and any visualisations - so you can refer back to them as you work.
Trade Breakdown
The Trade Breakdown Preview shows how the quote splits across the trades involved. It is a quick way to sanity-check that the work is apportioned sensibly before the quote goes out.
Configuration
The Configuration section holds the levers that shape the quote's pricing - preliminaries, margins, hybrid-trade handling, off-site allowances, discounts, struck-off labelling, and the programme length in weeks. The defaults are sensible for most jobs; adjust them where a particular quote calls for it.
Saving
There is nothing to remember to save - Domino records each change as you make it, and the totals and history keep up automatically. When the quote is ready to go out, head to publishing.