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Create Your Company's Default Work Breakdown Structure

Objective

To create your company's default Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Background

When you are setting up your Work Breakdown Structure for the first time, you have a choice between using the default budget code and structure that comes with Procore or you can customize this structure to create your own company level WBS. This tutorial provides you with an overview of the the steps you take to customize Procore's default WBS for your company's Procore account. If you are customizing your WBS, you'll want to complete this step before customizing your WBS for your individual projects. 

Things to Consider

  • Required User Permissions:
    • 'Admin' level permissions on the Company level Admin tool. 
  • Limitations:
    • For customers using Procore's Field Productivity tools
      The default segments in WBS are compatible with icon-external-link.png Field Productivity. Custom segments are NOT yet supported. To learn more, see Why can't I create WBS custom segments?
    • For customers using the Company level ERP Integrations tool
      The default segments in WBS are compatible with Procore's ERP Integrations tool. However, the synchronization process does NOT yet support custom segments. To learn more, see Why can't I create WBS custom segments?
    • For customers who have independently developed or purchased a third-party solution to integrate with Procore
      To take advantage of the custom segment capabilities associated with WBS, any existing API integrations that you have independently developed or purchased to interact with Procore must be updated to support Procore's new WBS API. To learn more, see Do we need to update our API Integrations for WBS?

Prerequisites

Workflow

 

START
START
Do you want to customize Procore's default company level WBS?
Do you want to customize Procore's default com...
Do you want to edit or delete any segment items before proceeding?
Do you want to edit or delete any segm...

 

Add Segments to the Company Budget Code Structure
Add Segments to the Company...

 

Import Segment Items with Procore Imports 2
Import Segment Items...

 

Add Custom Segments
Add Custom Segments

 

Add Segment Items
Add Segment Items
Choose from these options
Choose from these options

 

Edit Segment Items
Edit Segment Items

 

Edit Custom Segment Settings
Edit Custom Segment S...

 

Delete Custom Segments
Delete Custom Segments
Choose from these options
Choose from these options
Do you want to add custom segment items to the default segments?
Do you want to add custom segment items...
Do you want to verify your cost code/cost type settings?
Do you want to verify your cost code/cost...

 

View Company Cost Code Segment Settings
View Company Cost Cod...

 

View Company Cost Type Segment Settings
View Company Cost Typ...
Choose from these options
Choose from these options

 

END
END

 

END
END
Do you want to add custom segments to your company level WBS?
Do you want to add custom segments to your com...
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Procore Administrator
Procore Administrator
'Admin' on Project Admin
'Admin' on Project Admin
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You cannot remove the default segments 'Cost Code' and 'Cost Type'. These default segments are required.
You cannot remove the default segments...
Procore Imports
Procore Imports
Company Admin Tool
Company Admin Tool
Do you want to change the segment order of your company budget code structure?
Do you want to change the segment order of your comp...

 

Arrange the Company Budget Code Structure
Arrange the Company B...
Cost Codes
Cost Codes
Cost Types
Cost Types
Do you want to customize your cost codes and/or cost types?
Do you want to customize your cost codes a...

 

Add Company Cost Codes
Add Company Cost Code...

 

Import Segment Items with Procore Imports 2
Import Segment Items...
Choose one of these options
Choose one of these options
Continue to the 'Create Your Project's Work Breakdown Structure' workflow
Continue to the 'Create Your P...
Continue to the 'Create Your Project's Work Breakdown Structure' workflow
Continue to the 'Create Your P...
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In WBS, cost codes and cost types are imported as segment items in Procore's default 'Cost Code' and 'Cost Type' segment.
In WBS, cost codes and cost types are impor...

 

Import Segment Items with Procore Imports 2
Import Segment Items...
Choose one of these options
Choose one of these options

 

Add Company Cost Types
Add Company Cost Type...
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Steps

When getting started with WBS, you can use Procore's default WBS or you can add custom segments. The steps below assume you want to add custom segments to your company's budget code structure. 

  1. Create your custom segments and add custom segment items as follows:
    Note: To learn more, see What are segments and segment items?
  2. If you need to make changes to your segments, it is recommended that you do that now:
  3. If you want to add custom segment items to your default segments, do the following:
  4. Now that your segments appear as you want them, you can configure your company's budget code structure as follows: