---
title: RA bill abstract
summary: See, work item by work item, what a work order says, what each RA bill claimed, and how much work is still pending.
order: 2
menu: Accounts > RA Bills
route: /rabills/abstract
who: People who have the View RA Bills permission. The menu item on the list needs the Edit permission.
---

The abstract is a table for one work order. It puts every RA bill of that order side by side. You use it to check how much a contractor has claimed so far and how much work is left.

For example, a work order has 1,000 square metres of plaster. RA-1 claimed 400 and RA-2 claimed 300. The abstract shows **Total Claimed** 700 and **Pending Work** 300.

## How to open the abstract

1. Open **Accounts** in the left menu and click **RA Bills**.
2. Click the three dots at the end of the row of any bill of the work order.
3. Click **Abstract**. The abstract opens in a new tab.

![The menu of an RA bill row. Abstract is the third item for a Pending bill.](../media/ra-bill-row-menu.png)

## How to read the abstract

The top rows show the project, the contractor and the work order. If the work order has retention, a row shows the **Cumulative Retention Amount**. A note says that all amounts, except retention, include taxes.

Each row of the table is one work item.

| Name | What it means |
| --- | --- |
| **Code** | The BOQ code of the work item. |
| **BOQ** | The name of the work item. |
| **Work Order** | The **Quantity**, **Rate** and **Amount** of the item in the work order. |
| **RA-1**, **RA-2** and so on | One pair of columns for each RA bill: the quantity and the amount claimed in that bill. |
| **Total Claimed** | The quantity and the amount claimed in all bills together. |
| **Pending Work** | The quantity and the amount that are not claimed yet. |

The last row shows the totals of each group of columns.

## How to download the abstract

Click **Download CSV**. The file opens in Excel.

## Related pages

- [RA bills](index.md)
- [Create an RA bill](create-ra-bill.md)
- [Work orders](../work-order/index.md)