Comps PowerView > Fill Out Comp Columns

# Fill Out Comp Columns

When you’re editing comps in the side-by-side comps view, you may often need to pull data from another comp column into the field where you’re currently working.  WinTOTAL acknowledges this fact by providing a number of shortcuts you can use to copy data to and from other columns.  To use WinTOTAL’s comp-specific formfilling tools…

• Press the equals key (=) at the beginning of any field to copy information from the corresponding field in any other comp, or the subject. For instance, if your cursor is in the Location field, pressing =0 copies the contents of the Location field in the subject to the Location field in the current comp. Pressing =1 copies the contents of the first comp, =2 the second comp, and so on.
• Press the equals key (=) at the beginning of the address field for any comp to copy the data for the entire column from another comp or subject column. For instance, pressing =0 from the address field copies the entire subject column into the current comp column. This can help you shave formfilling time off of the life of your report when you’re dealing with a very similar property.
• Press the equal key twice (==) to clear the current field.
• Press F2 in the description field of any comp to copy the contents of that field forward across all higher numbered comps.
• Clicking the Suggested value listed at the top of the subject column inserts a weighted average of your comps into the field for the indicated value based off the sales comparison.
 Note:  WinTOTAL determines its suggested value for sales comparison based off of a weighted average of your comps.

In addition to these comp-specific formfilling tools, keep in mind that you can use both QuickLists and comp data from your Comps Database to save even more time when filling out the grid.

Comparable Weight

The property weighting formula is used to calculate the weight of each comparable listed in the Side-by-Side PowerView.  To calculate a given comp weight (CompY), we use the following formula where Y represents a unique comp (i.e. Comp 1, Comp 2, Comp 3, etc.)

$$^{\underline{CompY\ Gross\ Adj\ \%}}_{Total\ Gross\ Adj\ \%}\ \times\ 100\ =\ A.$$ $$100\ -\ A\ =\ B.$$ $$(Total\ number\ of\ Comps)\ -\ 1\ =\ C.$$ $$^{\underline{B}}_{C}\ =\ Weight\ of\ CompY.$$