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2 Table of Contents Introduction... 3 XactContents Database... 3 XactContents Database Download... 3 Removing the XactContents Database... 4 User Preferences... 5 XactAnalysis Assignment Workflow... 6 Manual Estimate Creation... 7 Claim Info... 8 Insured Info... 8 Coverage/Loss... 9 Parameters Estimate Items Grouping XactContents Search Quick Entry Search Reference Search External Item Source Coverage Limits Import from Excel Contents CAT/SEL Review Print Reports Vendor Item Links Payment Tracker Assignment Upload Real Time Training... 43

3 Page 3 Introduction XactContents is Xactware s elite content estimating tool available as a module that can be used inside the Xactimate estimating software or as a completely online contents estimating package that requires only Internet access. Both XactContents solutions provide the industry s fastest and most accurate way to estimate contents. This guide will give you the basic understanding of how to write an estimate with XactContents. The intent is not to go into great detail, but rather to give an understanding of the steps needed to write a contents estimate from start to finish. XactContents Database If you need access to a database of contents items while you are not connected to the internet, it will be necessary to download the XactContents Database. If you are a desk adjuster or if you typically write your contents estimates while connected to the internet, you can rely solely on the XactContents Online Database and you will not need to download the database. The XactContents database is updated on a weekly basis with a new database being released every Friday evening. XactContents Database Download 1. Connect to XactAnalysis to download the XactContents Database 2. Choose Now to begin the process of downloading the database. 3. When the connection is complete, click the Done button.

4 Page 4 4. When the XactContents database is finished downloading, click the OK button to the XactContents update complete message. Removing the XactContents Database 1. You can remove the XactContents Database and rely solely on the XactContents Online Database if you are always connected to the internet. To remove the XactContents Database, click Remove XactContents Database from the Services Menu. 2. A warning message will appear asking you to confirm your selection. Additionally, you will notice that you can stop the request of the XactContents Database download when connecting to XactAnalysis. Choose Yes to this message about using the XactContents Online Database exclusively. Note: You can enable the XactContents database to download again by clicking on System Settings and placing a checkmark in the Request XactContents updates when connecting checkbox.

5 Page 5 User Preferences Before you begin creating your estimates, you should consider the defaults you want applied to each estimate. This will save you time by not having to enter redundant information on a claim that is for the most part static. 1. Click User Preferences from the Xactimate Control Center. 2. These are your personal user preferences, so you need to think about some of the defaults you want to see on your estimates. Here are the most common user preference changes (refer to the image on the next page): A. Zip/Postal Code Matching: This will match a price list and sales tax jurisdiction based on the zip code of the loss. B. Price List Filter: You can change this to Contents Only if you only handle contents losses. C. Depreciation Default: Here you can set the default for recoverable and non recoverable depreciation, as well as the method of how you are depreciating your line items by default. D. Depreciation Options: The most common change in this section is Max Depreciation. E. Administrative Defaults: Here you can set your Company Header, Claim Rep, Reference, Contractor, Opening Statement, and a Closing Statement. a. Include Advance Payments By selecting this, you will be including any advance payments you make in the estimate totals and Payment Tracker. b. Preserve Item Description When Replacing By having this checked, when you replace an item in your estimate, the original item description will be added to the line item as a note. c. Inspection Not Performed By selecting this checkbox, you will not be required to enter a date inspected on the loss. This is most useful for desk adjusters who do not physically inspect a loss. Note: All of these preferences can be changed within the estimate. The purpose here is to not have to set them on a regular basis, but know that they can be changed within the estimate.

6 Page 6 When you are finished setting your user preferences, click on the Dashboard subtab in the top left of the window. XactAnalysis Assignment Workflow If your company utilizes XactAnalysis, you will need to download your claim electronically. When you download an assignment, a Read Only Price List will automatically be sent with the assignment. All of the insured, policy, and coverage information will download with the assignment. If your company does not utilize XactAnalysis, skip to the manual estimate creation section. 1. To download the electronic assignment, you will need to connect to XactAnalysis. From the XactAnalysis Communication module, click the Connect link.

7 Page 7 2. The XactAnalysis Connection window will appear. This window will provide you with a status and detail of your connection. When the connection has completed, click the Done button in the lower right corner of the window. 3. You will now need to select the assignment, checkpoint price list, and then click the Accept button. 4. Double click on the new assignment from the Recent Projects / New Assignments window. The claim we are using in this example is called Tim Jordan. Manual Estimate Creation If you did not receive an assignment electronically, you can create an estimate manually by entering a project name in the Open Project field. 1. Enter a unique name or ID for this project and then click the Add New Project button.

8 Page 8 Claim Info The first screen you will come to is the Claim Info, Insured Info subtab. Here you can see all the insured s information pertaining to this loss. Depending upon your company settings, this screen may look slightly different and some of these fields may be read only with an assignment. Insured Info If you created this estimate manually, you will need to enter the following information manually. A. Info: If this claim was sent to you by XactAnalysis, you should not need to fill anything out in the Info section. If this was an estimate you created manually, enter all of the pertinent information in the Info section. B. Dates: If this was an assignment sent to you by XactAnalysis, the Date of Loss, Date Received, and Date Entered will be entered for you. If this estimate was created manually, the Date Entered will be the only date entered automatically. All of these dates are required to complete the estimate. Enter the date you contacted the insured, and the date you inspected the loss. If you are a desk adjuster and did not inspect the loss, place a checkmark in the Inspection Not Performed checkbox. C. Personnel: The Claim Rep and the Estimator are the only two fields that are required by default. You are free to enter additional information such as the Agency, Claimant, Mortgagee, Reference, Contractor, Desk Adjuster, IA Desk Adjuster, and Loan Number. Some of this information may have been sent down through XactAnalysis automatically.

9 Page 9 Coverage/Loss The Coverage/Loss screen is broken into two parts; Loss Information and Coverage. The Loss information will contain the claim number, policy number, type of loss, cause of loss, CAT code, policy dates, initial coverage dates, form numbers, policy type, and how you are applying the deductible. The Coverage section will contain all the coverages based on how the policy was written. If this was an assignment, the majority of the coverage information may be filled out for you. If you created the estimate manually, you will need to manually enter this information. The main idea here is to remember that you can add scheduled coverages as well as sublimits. 1. Click the Coverage/Loss subtab. 2. To create a schedule limit, click the Add Coverage link. 3. Click on the drop down menu for the new coverage and select <F5> To Add. 4. You can add additional coverages to your coverage smart list by clicking the Add button.

10 Page Enter a name for the scheduled limit. Make sure to set the type as Contents from the Type drop down menu. If this is a fairly uncommon scheduled limit, you may want to save to the estimate only by checking the Save to Estimate Only checkbox. 6. You can now enter a policy limit for this scheduled limit. You should take notice that the deductible is grayed out if the deductible is applied across all coverages as opposed to coverage specific. 7. You can add a sublimit to any coverage by clicking the Add Sublimit link to the right of the coverage. 8. From here you can add additional sublimits, remove sublimits, and enter a single and aggregate amount for each sublimit. Note: As you are writing your estimate, you will need to remember to attribute line items to their associated sublimits. Coverage amounts will automatically be tracked for you.

11 Page 11 Parameters The Parameters subtab controls how your estimate will be priced, depreciated, and how it will look when printing reports. If you setup your user preferences, there will be very little that needs to be changed in Parameters on a regular basis. The Parameters page is broken up into three main sections: Pricing Checkpoint Price List: When you downloaded your assignment, it was automatically accompanied with a read only Checkpoint Price List. This Checkpoint Price List serves as a spot check against the prices in the estimate. If you created the estimate manually, you have the option of selecting a checkpoint price list or leaving this field empty. Price List: Price Lists are updated monthly and available for download typically by the 5 th of each month. Price Lists contain structural pricing, General Quote contents items, and sales tax jurisdictions for that particular area. Tax Jurisdiction: Click on the Tax Jurisdiction smart list to see all of the jurisdictions associated with that price list. If one or a limited number of jurisdictions appear, your jurisdiction list is being filtered by the zip code. You can see all jurisdictions by clicking the All Jurisdictions option from the zip code jurisdiction drop down menu. Activity (Default): This mostly pertains to structural items. It allows an adjuster to set the default activity on a line item for this estimate. For example, if this was a total loss and all items were going to be replaced and removal wasn t needed, the adjuster would select Replace from the select radio button. Repaired By (Default): This pertains to structural losses. Labor Efficiency: This pertains to structural losses. Add Ons Overhead & Profit: Pertains to structural losses. Salvage Retention /Advance Payments: By clicking the Modify button, you are able to enter a lump sum salvage amount. By checking the Include Advanced Payments checkbox, advance payments made will be included in the estimate totals. Depreciation Options: Depreciate Removal, O&P, and Materials Only does not apply to contents items. The Max Depreciation field is where you can specify a maximum amount of depreciation in percentage form to be taken on any single line item. This will apply no matter which method you are using to calculate depreciation. Labor Burdens: This does not apply to contents items. Sales Taxes: By clicking the sales taxes button, you can see all of the sales taxes applied to the estimate. To see exceptions, click the Exceptions button and here you can see the exceptions associated with this estimate. Additional Charges: If there are any additional charges that you want to add to the estimate that will not show up in a line item form, you can add them by clicking on the Additional Charges button.

12 Page 12 Tags: By checking the Show Tags checkbox, you will see tags associated with each line item. To add a default tag which will be added to each line item for this estimate, click on the Default Tags button. Here you can tag each line item with any type of tag you want. Distribute Market Conditions: Does not apply to contents items Preserve Item Description When Replacing: By having this checked, when you replace an item in your estimate, the original item description will be added to the line item as a note. Report Text Company Header: The company header is your company s information that will print at the top of each report. This typically includes your company name, company information (i.e. physical address, city, state, zip code, and web address. You can also include a company logo. Opening Statement: The Opening Statement will print at the bottom of the coversheet. This typically includes legal disclaimers and fraud language. Closing Statement: This is very similar to the Opening Statement, the difference being it shows up on the last page of the report.

13 Page 13 Estimate Items Estimate Items is where you will predominantly spend your time writing your estimate. There are a few approaches to getting items into Estimate Items and then pricing, depreciating, and documenting the source of each item. The most common method of adding line items is importing an inventory from the Insured or other source. This is the most efficient workflow as you do not need to enter information about the item to perform a search. XactContents will automatically perform background searches on these items. Before we get started with importing an inventory, let s discuss some of the basics first. Grouping Depending on the size and complexity of the loss, it may make the most sense to group the items by room or by category. To create a grouping element (element being a base for folder), perform the following operations: 1. Click the Add button in the upper left portion of the grouping window. 2. In the New Group window, you can enter a Name of the room or category, Code, Default Coverage, and then you can Append, Insert, or Attach. The Continuous Add checkbox keeps the new grouping window open so you don t have to click the Add button again. 3. After creating a room, you can Append, Insert, or Attach. Just keep in mind which grouping element you have selected. For example, if you have a bedroom selected and you are trying to add a kitchen, you probably want to append, to add the kitchen below the bedroom. If you click Insert you would be placing the kitchen above the bedroom, and Attach would attach the kitchen to the bedroom.

14 Page 14 XactContents Search There are multiple options and sources for finding and adding line items to your estimate. When you click the down arrow on the search button, you will see Price List Searches, XactContents Searches, Integrated Internet Searches, and Internet Searches. The Prices List Searches typically contain structural items. Most users who handle contents only estimates uncheck the Price List Searches. The XactContents Searches contains General Quote Items and Vendor Items. General Quote items are especially helpful when you have very little information about a particular item. For example, if the insured said they lost a pair of tennis shoes, you could find a generic pair of tennis shoes in the General Quote database. The Vendor Items contain items that you can buy from a particular retailer, as well as discontinued items that will link to a suggested like kind quality item. The Integrated Internet Searches expands your search options. However, you will need to be connected to the internet to take advantage of them. Internet Searches are clickable internet links which will take you directly to the website (in the External Item Source) of the vendor you click. The vendor s website will automatically be searched based on the description of the line item. Most contents adjusters perform their searches through Quick Entry. Make sure that you are in the Quick Entry tab before continuing. 1. To begin a search, click the Search XactContents link.

15 Page Enter a description of the item. Notice that while you are entering a description for the item, predictive text will be displayed if you are connected to the Internet. This should help you finish your search terms faster by not having to enter the full search description. This will also help you more easily find model numbers and correct spelling issues. Items that are displayed in yellow are the vendor items. This should be considered a shortcut to the item without having to actually perform a search. When hovering over one of the items in yellow, an image of that item will be displayed. If you click on this item in yellow, the item will be automatically added to your estimate and you can begin typing a new search term to find additional items. 3. To perform a search and view the results from multiple sources, enter a description of the item, and then click the Search button. 4. When you click search, XactContents will begin searching through the vendor database as well as any integrated internet searches you have checked (e.g. NexTag, Amazon, ebay Express, and Google). To see results from all sources, click on the XactContents Combined Search Results.

16 Page This list contains the top fifteen search results from each search provider. Here you can see an image of the item, description, price, brand, model number, source, vendor, click a vendor link, and the date each item s price was last updated. All of these column headers are sortable, which means you can sort by price in this list to find the most accurate item or sort by vendor to find a common vendor. To add a line item from this list, double click on it and it will be added to the estimate. 6. After adding a line item, you will notice that it automatically has the source of where the insured can find that line item added as a note. You can add a note to your line item by pressing F9 on your keyboard or by right clicking on the line item and selecting Line Item Attachments. Quick Entry Search A different way to find and add line items is through Quick Entry. Quick Entry was designed to allow you to use your keyboard and keyboard shortcuts as much as possible. This allows you to easily add a category/selector, description, quantity, age, and then perform background searches on the item. This means that you can move on to the next item while XactContents is searching for the item in the background. 1. Enter a category and selector for the item. You should note that this is not required, but if you plan on depreciating the item by age; it will be much better to specify a category and selector up

17 Page 17 front. If you are unsure of the item s category or selector, tab to the selector field and begin typing a description of the line item. You can use your down arrow to select the correct item and then press Enter or Tab on your keyboard to move on to the item s description. 2. If you selected a general quote item in the first step you may not need to enter any additional description. However, if this is an item you want to search the database for, begin typing a description of the item. Just as you performed the search of the first item, you will notice that predictive text is displayed. This will help speed up the process by not having to type the entire description of an item. Additionally, the vendor items will show up in yellow allowing you to quickly select that item opposed to actually searching for the item. If you select one of the yellow items, it will be added to your estimate and you will be able to move on to the next item. If you do not click on one of the yellow items, you can press Tab on your keyboard to put focus on the search icon ( ). 3. To begin searching on the description you just entered, press the Spacebar on your keyboard.

18 Page While XactContents is searching for the item in the background, you can enter additional details about the item: A. Coverage: By default, contents items are associated with the contents coverage. However, in some cases you may need to associate an item with a specific sublimit or scheduled coverage. B. Reported Cost: This is the cost the insured said they paid for the item. There is a Cost Comparison report that will compare the reported cost with the unit cost. C. Unit Cost: If you are searching for an item, don t worry about entering a unit cost. When you find the applicable item, the unit cost will be entered when you double click on the line item. D. Quantity: Enter a quantity for each item. Make sure that if you are quoting a group of items priced as a set, you leave the quantity as 1. E. Total RCV: The total RCV is based on the quantity times the unit cost. F. Age: Enter an age of the item. If the item was 2 years 6 months, make sure that you enter it as 2.5 years. G. Use: You can specify the use of the item. Your options are Heavy, Normal, Light, New, and Insured Replaced. If you are depreciating by age/use this value will affect your depreciation. New and Insured Replaced will not include depreciation. H. Life: The life expectancy is based on the category and selector. If you do not have a category, you will need to manually add the category or manually add the life expectancy. I. Depreciation: You can depreciate by age/use, dollar amount, or by percentage. To open the list of options with your keyboard, press F5 and then use your up and down arrow keys followed by your spacebar to select the option. Hit Enter to close this box.. J. Salvage: You can enter a salvage amount on the line item opposed to an estimate lump sum. Enter an amount and choose insured, salvor, or abandoned. K. ACV: The ACV is the RCV minus the depreciation amount. L. Tax: Here you specify whether this line item is taxable or exempt (checked means taxable). M. Replacement: If you purchase the item directly for the insured, you can place a checkmark in the Replacement column to deduct this amount from the estimate. Please keep in mind that you more than likely will only enter values in a few of these fields. For example, your keystrokes would look like this: Enter a category/selector, tab to the description and enter a description, tab to the search icon and tap your spacebar, tab to the reported cost and enter the insured s reported cost, and then tab to the age and enter the age of the item. Lastly, you will press enter on your keyboard to move on to the next item.

19 Page Now that you have entered all of your items through Quick Entry, you are ready to go back and find suitable items from the various retailers. Click on the first item, and then select XactContents Combined Search Results. 6. You should take notice that the Action has been changed to Replace. This changed to replace because you clicked back on the item to make changes to it and XactContents automatically assumes that you want to replace the item. This is correct, so when you find the appropriate line item, double click on it and it will replace the selected item in the estimate. You should get very familiar with giving notice to the current action. Many times adjusters make a change to the line item (i.e. adding an age) and forget that their action changes to replace. They perform a search for a new item and when they double click on it; it replaces the selected item. Get in the habit of clicking in the Add Row in quick entry or click on the Action to toggle the replace to add. The empty row beneath your line items is the Add Row.

20 Page 20 Reference Search Another way to find and add line items to your estimate is through a graphical representation of different areas of a home and its most common contents items. The Reference Search is a very useful tool when the insured has very little information about a particular item. If the insured has a good description of the item, it is faster to perform a search on the item than it is to use the Reference Search. 1. Click on Reference Search beneath the Search Price List link. 2. Within Reference Search click on an image that you believe will contain the item you are looking for. Click on the graphic of one of the items, click on a subtopic within the Refined Topics, click on a type and quality within the search results, and then you can select a vendor item. You can either select the General Quote item or the vendor item depending on what you are looking for.

21 Page 21 External Item Source For unique or hard to find items, the External Item Source is an excellent tool which allows you to browse the internet and edit line items at the same time. The External Item Source automatically documents the site of the line item you are looking at with the date you found the price for that item. Modifying a Group of Line Items 1. For the items you plan on using the External Item Source for, place a checkmark in the Checked column. 2. Click External Item Source from the Tools menu. 3. Within the External Item Source you can perform the following Actions (image on next page): A. Enter a web address and then press Enter on your Keyboard. B. Search for or browse to find the item you re looking for. C. Make changes to the selected item from your estimate.

22 Page 22 Modifying a Single Item You can open the External Item Source by clicking on the link of an Internet Search. For example, we are looking for an 1890 s Gustav Becker Wall Clock. We ll click on the Search Go Antiques.com link. 1. Click the GoAntiques.com Internet Search link after performing a background search on the item. Note: The External Item Source will open and take you directly to the vendor s website. The description of the selected item will automatically be searched, allowing you to easily find and modify the current item.

23 Page 23 Coverage Limits Policy limits are automatically being tracked as you write your estimate. If you exceed a coverage amount, a warning will appear in the bottom right portion of the screen warning you that a limit has been exceeded. 1. In this example we will exceed the cash sublimit. We begin by entering a category of CAS and a selector of MON. Tab to the coverage field and select the Money, etc sublimit. Next, you will need to enter a Unit Cost and then either press enter or tab on your keyboard. 2. If you exceed the limit for this item, you will be notified that the limit was exceeded and the Coverage Limits link will turn red. Click on the Coverage Limits link. 3. All coverage information will be displayed within the Coverage Limits window. You can edit a main coverage if necessary by selecting it and clicking the Edit button. 4. Any amount in excess of the policy limit will be applied towards the deductible for that coverage. When the excess exceeds the deductible, the summary totals page will show Less Amount Over Limit(s). To see this report, click the Grand Total link at the bottom right of the screen.

24 Page In the example below, the amount over limits for the Money, etc sublimit is $1,150. The amount deducted from the estimate is $150. This is the amount that is still over the limit after the $1,000 deductible has been absorbed. Import from Excel In the introduction of Estimate Items we discussed the possibility of importing an inventory from a spreadsheet. The XactContents Excel spreadsheet can be used by the insured or adjustor to record all lost or damaged content items associated with the claim. This information is then used to import items into an estimate. If you installed Xactimate to the default data path, you can find this document in C:\Program Files\Xactware\Xactimate27\xm8. 1. You may want to create a shortcut to this file from your desktop. Right click on the XactContents Import Template and select Send To, Desktop (create shortcut). You will then need to locate the spreadsheet on your desktop and double click on it to open.

25 Page Enter the insured's administrative information in the Claim Info and Instructions tab, then click the Contents List tab and enter the lost contents items, along with the appropriate information. Note that this workflow is most efficient if the spreadsheet is ed to the insured (or given to them using a different means) so that the insured can enter their inventory directly. 3. To segregate information by room, be sure to enter the room name in the Room column. When the items are imported into Xactimate, it automatically creates the rooms in Estimate Items and the items will be placed accordingly. You will want to make sure that at the very least an item description and quantity are entered. Save your changes (under a different file name) once you have finished entering in the appropriate information.

26 Page To import the information from the spreadsheet into your estimate, click Import XactContents from Excel from the Tools menu. 5. Browse to the file with the saved information and click Open.

27 Page The Excel Import Options window will appear allowing you to perform background searches on items as well as highlight items over a specified dollar value. This is helpful if you only plan on pricing items over a certain dollar amount. This is also helpful in keeping track of items that you still need to price. Click the OK button when you are ready to proceed. 7. After importing an inventory from Excel, there are some important attributes to pay attention to: A. If you grouped your items by room, the rooms will automatically be created for you. B. If the insured included a dollar value in the Your Estimated Cost to Replace (each) column, the amount will be shown in the Reported Cost column. C. A note consisting of all of the information from the spreadsheet will be added as an internal note. D. Items with a green flag represent completed search results, while items with an icon of arrows going around in a circle represent active searches being performed.

28 Page You may find it to be easier to focus on the line items themselves by hiding the notes attached to each line item. To hide notes, click Show Line Item Attachments from the View menu. Note: To show notes, perform the same operation 9. To begin validating item prices, click on the first item and then click on your combined search results. 10. After clicking on your combined results, locate the most accurate line item and then double click on it to replace the selected item in the estimate.

29 Page When you double click on an item from your search results and replace the insured s item in the estimate, you should take note of a couple of things: A. There are technically four potential notes that can be added to your line item: a. The original description the insured had will be kept if you have Preserve Item Description When Replacing checked in Parameters. b. Discontinued items will automatically have a note letting the insured know that X model number has been replaced with Y model number c. When importing a spreadsheet from Excel, all of the detail from Excel will be added as a note. d. When adding or replacing an existing item, a note consisting of where the insured can find the item and a date the price was last updated will be added. B. Depending on the source of where you find the item, the item may be categorized for you. Items added from the XactContents database will always include categorization. The example is from Google, so you will need to categorize this line item. C. The description of the item you found will replace the description the insured had. D. The reported cost will remain unchanged; however, the unit cost will be updated from the item you just selected from the search. E. The life expectancy is based on the category and selector of this item. By default, USR MISC items will not have a life expectancy. You will need to add a category and selector before the life expectancy will be accurate. F. You can depreciate a line item by Age/Use, Dollar Amount, or by Percentage. This item is being depreciated by age, but since the life expectancy is 0, no depreciation is being calculated. When a category and selector are selected, the depreciation will automatically be calculated based on the age of the item. Contents CAT/SEL Review As we just saw in the previous example, categorizing items is helpful in determining the life expectancy of that particular item. Additionally, categorizing line items correctly will make management information available in XactAnalysis more meaningful to your company. The Contents CAT/SEL review tool helps you more efficiently categorize line items. 1. Click Contents Cat/Sel Review from the Window menu.

30 Page You do not need to memorize any category/selector combinations. You can tab to the Selector column header and begin entering a description of the item. Use your down arrow key to select the appropriate selector and then press Enter on your keyboard. 3. Tab to the selector column for the next item and repeat this process for each item. When you are finished, click the OK button. 4. Notice from our first example that depreciation is now calculated as we have just updated the category and selector for this item which updates the item s life expectancy.

31 Page 31 Print Reports There are multiple types of reports pertaining to contents estimates. The report format and type depends on what type of information you are trying to provide the insured or a supervisor. Contents Report 1. Click the Print link in the upper right portion of the estimate window. 2. You can select a type of report to print and alter the way it will appear. A. Report: Select Contents from the report drop down menu. B. Filter: You can filter your estimate by categories, coverages, and by tags. C. Orientation: You have the option of printing a portrait or landscape report. D. Print Selection: Specify which report sections will be printed. E. Additional Options: Within the Additional Options section, you can choose whether or not you want line item system and internal notes to print (most commonly excluding internal notes), exclude line item numbers, include a report index, and display & items as 2 items (does not pertain to contents). F. Resequence Line Numbers: Before printing or viewing your estimate report, it is a good idea to resequence your line item numbers so that they are in order. G. Export: You can export PDF documents to file or to your default program.

32 Page Click the View button to see how your report will look before printing. Cost Comparison Report The Cost Comparison report shows the difference between what the insured reported and what you actually found the price of the item to be. The information from this report is based on the Reported Cost and Unit Cost columns in Quick Entry. 1. From the Estimate s report drop down option, choose the Cost Comparison Report.

33 Page Click the View button to see a full cost comparison on this estimate. Vendor Item Links Every line item added through the XactContents Database, the Integrated Internet Search options (NexTag, Google, ebay, and Amazon) and the External Item Source will contain an embedded link directly to that item. You can send the insured an listing each of these items, their associated links, costs, and an image of that particular item. 1. Click E mail Vendor Item Links from the Tools menu.

34 Page Enter the insured s address and a message regarding this claim. To send the , click the Send button. 3. Below is an example of the that the insured will see. When they click on the link they will be taken directly to the item on the vendor s website.

35 Page 35 Payment Tracker The Payment Tracker allows you to record and track ACV/RCV, Loss of Use, and Advance Payments. This can be very helpful in keeping all payments made to the insured organized. 1. At any time you can make an advance payment in your estimate. To make an advance payment before opening the Payment Tracker, click the Window menu and choose Advance Payments. 2. Here you are able to make an advance payment towards any coverage type. Enter the advance payment amount in the Advance Payment column in the top right of the window. Enter the date, check # and any notes or comments and click the Record Payment button 3. To access the Payment Tracker, you must first mark the estimate as complete using the complete tab. Within the complete tab, click the Change estimate status to A/Completed link.

36 Page With the estimate in the Completed status, you are now able to access the Payment Tracker. Click the Payment Tracker button in the upper right portion of the estimate window, or click the Open the Payment Tracker link from the estimate status section. 5. The first time you open the Payment Tracker (per estimate); you will be asked how you want to group the line items. You can either group by Room or by Category. 6. The Payment Tracker can look a little intimidating when you look at it for the first time. Once you begin using the Payment Tracker on a regular basis, the workflow will feel very natural and you will begin to appreciate all that you can do within the Payment Tracker. Begin by becoming familiar with the different columns and tabs of the Payment Tracker: A. Worksheet The worksheet is where you will be taken to first. Within the worksheet, you will see all of the line items based on the coverage you have selected at the bottom. B. Payment Tracker Summary Within the Payment Tracker Summary, you will be able to see the full breakdown of your estimate totals. As you can see in this example, we are able to see the full estimate amount all the way down to the outstanding ACV amount after taxes, depreciation, and advance payments have been applied.

37 Page You will more than likely begin by paying the actual cash value (ACV) for all of the coverages. To pay the ACV, click the Submit for Payment button. 8. If you have multiple coverages that have an amount in the Total Payments Pending field, a window will come up asking you to select which coverages you want to pay the ACV for. You can select one or all of them and then click OK.

38 Page In the Record Payments window you can enter a check number, specify what notes if any will appear on the report, and add notes/comments if desired. When you are ready to make the payment, click the Record Payment button. Note: To be clear, a payment is not actually going to be made to the insured using the Payment Tracker tool. The Payment Tracker helps you calculate the payments that are going to be made to the insured through whatever means you typically make payments through today. 10. When the insured begins replacing items and provides you with receipts, you can enter the receipt amount in the Payment Tracker to calculate Replacement Cost Benefits. You can enter the amount in either the Actual Replacement Cost column or the Actual Replacement Cost w/tax column. This really depends on whether or not the amount you are entering contains sales tax or is a lump sum after tax. 11. To see the calculation, you can take the Actual Replacement Cost w/tax and subtract the Actual Cash Value amount. This will be the amount in the Payment Pending column. Note: This is one of the advantages of the Payment Tracker; you will not need to manually calculate deferred amounts.

39 Page The second line item has a Replacement Cost Total of $293.84, yet we have an Actual Replacement Cost w/tax of $ By default, the Payment Tracker will not pay more than the Replacement Cost Total. However, you can override this amount: A. Right click on the line item and select Override Deferred Amount. B. You can enter an amount that does not exceed the Actual Replacement Cost w/tax benefits, or you can click the Pay Max button to pay the full amount of replacement cost benefits based on the Actual Replacement Cost w/tax amount. 13. The Receipt Management tool allows you to more easily track receipts for items that have multiple quantities. For example, the insured lost four picture frames but only replaced two of them. The Receipt Management tool allows you to account for the two purchased picture frames. A. Click on the Qty button.

40 Page 40 B. When the Receipt Management window opens, click the Add button to enter a receipt amount. C. Enter a description for the item, quantity replaced, and total price of all items before tax. The tax rate from the line item will automatically be applied and will calculate an amount in the Total Price of All Items after Tax field. If you exceed the replacement cost benefits to be paid, you can click the Pay Max button. Click OK when you are finished entering receipts. 14. When you are ready to make a deferred payment based on the receipts provided by the insured, you can click the Submit for Payment button.

41 Page To see a summary of your payments, click on the Payments tab. From here you can click on any of the payments made to see a report consisting of that particular payment. You can also click the Print Payment Summary button to see a report consisting of all the payments made. 16. Click the History tab to see a history of deferred payments, items with estimated amounts remaining, and an item receipts report. For example, the insured might want a list of items for which they haven t provided receipts. Click the Items with Estimated Amounts Remaining to see a full list of items with RC benefits remaining. 17. The Payment Tracker will track supplements and corrections to your estimate after the ACV has been paid. If you have only paid the ACV and have not made any deferred payments, you will be prompted with the following message when changing your estimate back to In Progress. If you select a supplement, your ACV payment will be permanent. Additionally, you will be prompted with a message confirming that you want to perform a supplement estimate.

42 Page 42 Note: If you are making a correction to your estimate as opposed to a supplement, your ACV payment will be voided out. Additionally, if you have already paid the ACV and have made deferred payments, the Payment Tracker will automatically assume you intend to do a supplement and the above prompt will not appear. 18. Supplements items will be displayed with an S followed by the supplement number. 19. You can view all additions, modifications and deletions by clicking on the Supplement Details icon. 20. When you are finished making changes in the Payment Tracker, click the Save & Send button.

43 Page 43 Assignment Upload When you are finished with your estimate, you will need to perform the same operation you used to download the claim: connect. 1. Return to the Xactimate Control Center, Dashboard. 2. Click the Connect link in the XactAnalysis Communication window. 3. When the connection is complete, click the Done button. Real Time Training For additional help or information, you can access real time training by clicking Help in the upper right portion of the window.

44 Page If you would like to search for a specific topic, enter a description in the search window, and then click the Search button. 2. As you are writing your estimate, the Real Time Training content will automatically change dependent upon which window you are looking at. For example, I ve clicked into the Coverage/Loss section, and the Real Time Training content now shows Coverage/Loss window under the main topic section. These sections will update as you navigate throughout Xactimate.