---
title: "Define project change order contract totals"
slug: "define-project-change-order-contract-totals"
description: "Learn how to define contract totals for fixed price project lines using margin and markup simulations in your project change order work breakdown structure."
tags: ["Task", "Project Control Suite", "PCS"]
updated: 2026-03-20T08:58:46Z
published: 2026-03-20T17:45:57Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/define-project-change-order-contract-totals"
---

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# Define project change order contract totals

For a project change order work breakdown structure, for all project lines of type **Fixed price**, you define the **Contract total**. You can do so on the **Quotation statement** form in two ways:

- Simulate and transfer the contract total.
- Manually enter or change the contract total.

To simulate the contract total, you can use:

- Margin
  - The sales price minus the cost price (also known as gross margin).
  - **Formula**: sales price - cost price / sales price * 100%
  - **Example**: if a sales price is $100 and the cost price $70, the margin is $30. Or, stated as a percentage, the margin percentage is 30%
- Markup
  - The amount by which the cost price is increased to derive the sales price.
  - **Formula**: sales price - cost price / cost price * 100%
  - **Example**: a markup of $30 from the $70 cost price yields the $100 sales price. Or, stated as a percentage, the markup percentage is 42.9%.

### Steps

1. Click **Project management and accounting** -> **Common** -> **Change orders** -> **Project change orders**.
2. On the **Project change orders list** page, select a project change order with status **Created**.
3. On the **Action pane**, on the **Quotation** tab, in the **Control** group, click **Quotation statement**.
4. On the **Quotation statement** form, on the Work breakdown structure pane, select a project line of type **Fixed price**.
5. If you want to simulate the contract total, on the **Margin/Markup simulator** pane, select **Margin** or **Markup**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> If no simulation is required, proceed with step 8.
6. Enter the relevant margin or markup percentages for items, hours, and expenses and click **Simulate**.
7. If you are satisfied with the suggested sales price, click **Transfer**. As a result, the suggested sales price is copied to the **Contract total** of the selected project line.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> You can repeat steps 4-7 for several project lines.
8. On the **Work breakdown structure** pane, you can manually enter or change the **Contract total** for project lines of type **Fixed price**.

> [!NOTE]
> **Note**
> 
> You can repeat this step for several project lines.
9. If you are not satisfied with the result, you can click:
  - **Reset** - As a result, the changed-but-not-yet-saved contract totals are reset to the original values. You can repeat steps 4-8.
  - **Cancel** - As a result, the **Quotation statement** form is closed, and the changed-but-not-yet-saved contract totals are reset to the original values.
10. If you are satisfied with the result, you can click:

As a result, for each project line for which you saved a contract total, an on-account line with the contract total is created in the **Estimated costs and revenue**.
  - **Save** - As a result, the changed contract totals are saved.
  - **Save and close** - As a result, the **Quotation statement** form is closed, and the changed contract totals are saved.

> [!NOTE]
> **Notes**
> 
> You can simulate the contract total for project lines of each type. However, you can only transfer the suggested sales price for fixed price project lines.