---
title: Add a measurement sheet
summary: Record the measured quantity of one BOQ item in a project, step by step, with its dimensions and material consumption.
order: 1
menu: Site Reports > Measurement Book
route: /measurementsheets/addmeasurement
who: People who have the Add Measurement Book permission.
---

Use this form to record one measurement. You choose the BOQ item, enter the size of each part of the work, and save. The form has steps. The steps are **BOQ**, **Measurement** and **Material Consumption**. When the project has tasks that you may see, the form also has a first step **Task**.

## Before you start

- The project must have a bill of quantities (BOQ) with items to measure.
- If the project works with tasks, the task must exist in the schedule.
- If a message says **Project does not have any Task to add Measurement currently**, no task can be measured yet.

## How to add a measurement sheet

1. Open **Site Reports > Measurement Book**.
2. Click **Create** (mark 1 in the first picture below). The form opens in a new tab.
3. If the form has the step **Task**, choose the **Area**. Type at least 3 letters to search. Then choose the **Activity**. Click the arrow at the bottom of the form to go on.
4. In the step **BOQ**, choose the **BOQ** item (mark 1 in the second picture). Superwise shows its title.
5. Choose the **Measurement Date** (mark 2). You cannot choose a date in the future.
6. If you want, fill in **Remarks** (mark 3) and add up to 3 **Images** (mark 4). Each picture can be up to 1 MB. The images are available only when no **Area** is chosen.
7. Click the arrow at the bottom of the form, or click **Measurement** at the top, to open the step **Measurement**. Fill one row of the grid for each part of the work. Use the columns **Title**, **Length**, **Breadth**, **Height** and **Nos**. See the table below.
8. Check the three boxes at the top: **Estimated Quantity**, **Measured Quantity (till date)** and **Measured Quantity (after update)**. The **Total Quantity** (mark 1 in the third picture) is shown under the grid.
9. If the work was done by a contractor, go to the step **Material Consumption**. Choose the **Contractor** and, if needed, a **Debit / Credit Reason**. Fill the grid with the material that the contractor used.
10. Click **SAVE**.

![The button to create a measurement sheet. Mark 1 is Create.](../media/measurement-book-create.png)

![The step BOQ of the form. Mark 1 is the BOQ box. Mark 2 is the Measurement Date. Mark 3 is Remarks. Mark 4 is the button to add images.](../media/measurement-book-form-boq.png)

![The step Measurement of the form with the grid. Mark 1 is the Total Quantity.](../media/measurement-book-form-grid.png)

If the total goes over the estimate, a dialog says that a service request is created automatically. Click **Yes** to go on or **No** to go back. A measurement that goes over cannot be accepted until the service request is approved.

## What the fields mean

| Name | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| **Area** | The area of the project where the work was done. |
| **Activity** | The task in that area. |
| **BOQ** | The item of the bill of quantities that you measure. |
| **Measurement Date** | The day the work was measured. |
| **Remarks** | An optional note. |
| **Images** | Optional pictures of the work. |
| **Title** (grid) | A short name of the part, for example Room 401 north wall. |
| **Length**, **Breadth**, **Height** (grid) | The size of one part. Length is required. Fill the others when they apply. |
| **Nos** (grid) | How many times the part repeats. |
| **Quantity** (grid) | Worked out by Superwise: Length multiplied by Nos, Breadth and Height. A part that is marked as a deduction counts as a minus. |
| **Contractor** | The contractor who did the work. |
| **Debit / Credit Reason** | The reason that is used in the contractor's ledger. |
| **Resource Name**, **Quantity** (consumption grid) | The material and the quantity that was used. |
| **Credited?** | Tick when the quantity is a credit. |

## Rules to know

- The grid keeps one empty row at the end for the next part.
- Unless the company allows it, the measured quantity cannot go over the quantity of the BOQ item.
- The sheet starts as **Pending**.

## Related pages

- [Measurement book](index.md)
- [Bulk add measurement sheets](bulk-add.md)