Job Costing Tech Answers

The section contains answers to problems with the MacNail construction job costing software (part of MacNail construction accounting software). This information comes from our Tech Answers database, which our support staff has used for tech support over the past 15 years.

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BASIC Job Cost Accounting
Allowances don't post
Change Orders don't post
Do cost categories need to be alphabetical?
Employer taxes
Feedback payroll burden doesn't work
Job Costs don't post (more)
Ledgers vs Logs
Overtime
Partial job cost posting
Posts to wrong subcategory
Starting over with job cost posting. (more)
Where do 'other' costs go?

Cost Control Worksheets
Adding new categories (more)
Entering array formulas (with braces)
Job Cost total does not match Project total
Missing totals (subcontractors)
Missing totals (sum formulas)
No value of work completed
Number not matching ledgers or logs
Problems in new cc sheets
Showing Labor Hours
Subcategories are in wrong sequence- new cc sheet
Why no profit in soft costs?
Wrong actual costs in new Cost Control worksheet
Zeros in new Cost Control worksheet

Error Messages
Can't Find Matching Item
Macro error- put projects in order
Macro error- B37
Macro error- D136
Type 1 Error

File Management
New Cost Control blank
Revision Log (1/95)
Revision Log (3/96)
Revision Log (2/97)

Ledgers and Losg-- cc & pl posting errors
Bad Category
Bad CC Sheet
Bad Subcategory
Last Year
Missing File
Mystery Posting Errors
No posting (blank cells)
P&L posts to wrong year
Repost Error

Printing
Printing an entire Cost Control worksheet

Profit & Loss
Creates past year worksheet
Erases last year's numbers
Gets extra jobs
Not posting-- wrong year
Posting to just one worksheet
Tiny Negative Numbers