Area
Per square foot (L × W)
Plywood, flooring, countertops.
Tally Products
Ring up a cut-to-size order and let Rundoo total every piece.
Some of what you sell doesn't ring up as one neat quantity. It gets cut to size, piece by piece, each one a little different, and priced by the foot or the square foot. A Tally product is something you sell in cut pieces of all different sizes under one line. You add it to a sale, Rundoo opens a calculator right there, you punch in how many pieces and what size, and it works out the footage and the price and lists every cut underneath. No calculator at the counter, no second-guessing.
Before you start
Set it up once, per product
Turning Tally on is a one-time setup on the products you cut to size. You can do it by hand (below), use the bulk uploader to change several at once, or just ask Dooey. Tally rides on top of how a product is already priced, so the product should already sell by the square foot or the foot before you switch it on.
Do this
Set up a Tally product, step by step
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Turn Tally on for the product
Open the product and go to Settings. Scroll down to Tally and toggle it on. A module opens up where you choose the Tally type.
On the product's Settings page, switch Tally on, then pick the type that matches how you price it. -
Pick the type that matches your pricing
The type you pick is simply how you already price that product. Area is for anything sold by the square foot, like plywood, flooring, or countertops (length times width). Length is for things sold by the running foot, like metal roofing, dimensional lumber, gutter, or pipe (one measurement a piece). Unified length is the glass trade's united inches, length and width added instead of multiplied, for cut mirror and glass.
Plywood sells by the square foot, so we choose Area.
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Check the units of measure first
Because Tally rides on top of how a product is priced, make sure the selling unit is set before you rely on it. For this plywood the units of measure are already set to Square Foot, which is exactly what Area needs. If a product isn't priced by the square foot or the foot yet, set that up first.
The selling unit is Square Foot, so Area will total correctly. Set this before you count on Tally. -
Ring it up at the counter
Add the product to a sale like any other item. Because it's a Tally product, the Tally box pops open so you can input the exact cuts. Enter Pieces, Length, and Width for a size, and use Add row for each different size. Rundoo keeps a running total as you go.
The Tally box: enter pieces by length by width for each cut, Add row for the next size. -
Rundoo totals every piece
Rundoo works out the square footage and the price and lists every cut underneath that one line item. The line shows the total footage and subtotal with the per-piece breakdown right beneath, so whoever runs the saw has the exact sizes and the price is always right.
One line item, every cut listed underneath, with the footage and price totaled for you.
Keep it handy
The three Tally types
Length
Per foot (one measurement)
Metal roofing, dimensional lumber, gutter, pipe.
Unified length
Per united inch (L + W)
Cut mirror and glass.
First
Set the units of measure
Price by the square foot or the foot before you turn Tally on.
Good to know
- Setup is one time per product. Do it by hand, with the bulk uploader, or just ask Dooey.
- Pick the type by how you already price the item: square foot is Area, running foot is Length, united inches is Unified length.
- Each row is one size. Add a row for every different cut, and Rundoo totals them all on the one line.