Materials in Raken define the items your team tracks quantities against on the jobsite — concrete poured, conduit installed, paving completed, and more. Materials are added once at the company level, and automatically apply to every new project created afterward. Existing projects need each material enabled individually — see Step 4 below.

To add a material in Raken:

Materials and Production Tracking require the Performance Plan. A new material automatically applies to new projects only — existing projects need it enabled individually (Step 4 below).

Log into the Raken web app. Click Company in the left side navigation, then click Materials.

At the top of the materials list, enter the Material name and its Unit of Measurement (e.g., lf, sy, sf, cy, $). Click the green + button to save.

Add every material type your team tracks in the field. Once saved, a material automatically applies to any new project created from that point forward.

A material added at the company level does not automatically appear on a project that already existed before the material was added — it needs to be enabled on that project individually. Navigate to Projects > [Project] > Settings > Production > Materials and check the box to display company materials. Repeat for each existing project where the material is needed.

Click the upload icon in the top right of the Materials page to bulk import from a spreadsheet. Download the template, fill in your Material and Unit of Measurement columns, and upload the completed file.

Note: this applies the same new-vs-existing project rule as adding materials individually — bulk-imported materials automatically apply to new projects only. Existing projects still need them enabled via Step 4 above.

Click the delete icon (trash) to the right of any material to remove it. Deleting a material does not affect historical production entries logged against it.

To edit a material name or unit of measurement, delete it and re-enter it with the corrected values.

You can enter any unit of measurement as free text — common examples include lf, sf, sy, cy, ls, and $. Use whatever abbreviation matches your company's standard.

Materials are always defined once at the company level, but whether a specific material shows up automatically on a given project depends on when that project was created. A material you add today will automatically appear on any new project you create going forward. It will not automatically appear on a project that already existed before you added the material — that project needs the material enabled individually at Settings > Production > Materials (check the box to display company materials). See the FAQ below for details.

This is expected, not a bug. Materials added at the company level only apply automatically to new projects created after that point. A project that already existed when you added the material won't pick it up on its own — it needs to be enabled on that specific project. Navigate to Projects > [Project] > Settings > Production > Materials and check the box to display company materials. This has to be repeated for each existing project where you want that material available. Also note: after enabling it, it can take a few minutes to sync to the mobile app in the field, especially on a slower connection.

Yes. Click the download icon in the top right of the Materials page to export your full materials list as a CSV file.

Account Administrators only. Field users can select from the existing materials list when logging production quantities.

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