First time access

Platform’s primary function lets you connect and share data between all Eight applications involved in managing a project. This allows project management workflows to pass between jobsite, field office, and front office seamlessly in a consistent and standardized user interface.

Step by Step — Launch Estimate

  1. After selecting a project from the home page, you can access Estimate from the Main menu in Platform by selecting Estimate, or by clicking Launch on the Estimate tile.

  2. When you select Estimate from the home page for the first time, you must click Download to access the Estimate Launcher file.

    • The EstimateLauncher.msi file shows.

    • Opening the EstimateLauncher.msi file opens the InEight Estimate Launcher Setup window.

  3. Select Open, and then click Next to start the one-time Estimate Launcher download. Afterwards, you will be able to open Estimate from the Main menu or the home page.

  4. Click Finish to complete the Estimate Launcher Setup installation.

  5. Select Estimate again to start the Estimate Launcher, which extracts the required files to launch the Estimate application.

After setting up your Estimate preferences and installing the Estimate launcher, you can begin using Estimate.

Step by Step — Estimate subsequent use

  1. Launch Estimate by selecting Estimate from the Main menu.

  • Estimate in the cloud looks and functions much like the Estimate on-premise version. For example, opening a job from the landing page brings you to the Cost Breakdown Structure register, or the register designated as the start page in the application settings.