Link groups to database components, Contractors Choice items, assemblies or custom items so costs flow through to totals and the export.
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Introduction to Pricing and Database Links
An overview of linking marker groups to priced items so every count and measurement carries a product code and description through to the summary and the Excel export.
Updated 4 September 2026
The Database Items Window
How to use the Database Items window: switch between Components, Contractors Choice, Assemblies, Custom and Recent, search and filter, and link an item to a group with a double-click.
Linking to Database Items
How to link a marker group to a component from the database, read the code and description on the group row, unlink it, and swap it for a different item.
Linking to Contractors Choice
How to link a marker group to a Contractors Choice item, read the ID code and description on the group row, use the Linear filter, and unlink.
Linking to Assemblies
How to link a marker group to an assembly, read the System Assembly and Contractors Assembly badges, expand a row to check its components, and unlink.
Linking to Custom Items
How to link a marker group to one of your company's custom items, use the Take Off pre-filter and the Recent view, and attach custom items to a group template.
Linked Takeoff
How to create a marker group that is already linked to a priced item: pick the item first from the Linked Takeoff menu or a Shift+Alt shortcut, then count or measure as normal.
Group Costs and Totals
What a linked item actually shows you in ZeroCount: the linked strip in Review mode, the quantities on each group row, Hide linked, and the Code and Description columns in the Excel export.
