Accounting › Controlling
Cost Centers
Where cost is incurred. Each rolls up to a profit center.
Where to find it
- Module: Accounting
- Group: Planning & Control
- Section: Controlling
- Screen: Cost Centers
Address in the console: /accounting/cost-centers
List · 8 columns · 10 fields on its form · 1 of them required
What the list shows
These are the columns of the list, in the order they are drawn. Any of them can be sorted on, filtered on, hidden, or exported.
| Column | Kind | Field name |
|---|---|---|
| Code | Code | code |
| Name | Text | name |
| Type | Status | center_type |
| Profit center | Code | profit_center_code |
| Org unit | Text | org_unit_name |
| Manager | Text | manager_name |
| Blocked | Yes or no | is_blocked |
| Active | Yes or no | is_active |
The form
What is asked for when a record is created here. Required fields are marked; a choice drawn from a configuration list is one an administrator can extend without a release.
| Field | Type | Choices | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Code | Text | Left blank when the number range is system generated. | |
| Name required | Text | ||
| Type | Choice | Configuration list | |
| Profit center | Choice | Looked up from existing records | Postings to this cost center roll up here automatically. |
| Reports to | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Manager | Choice | Looked up from existing records | |
| Valid from | Date | ||
| Valid to | Date | ||
| Blocked for posting | Yes or no | ||
| Active | Yes or no |
The rules that apply here
Everything on this screen obeys the platform rules rather than rules of its own. The ones worth knowing before you use it:
- Narrowing a list — search, conditions, sort, totals, export and saved views.
- What may be changed — the five grounds a record may not be edited on.
- Companies and business units — what the switcher above this list is doing to it.
- Creating a record — required fields, where choices come from, and how the number is allocated.
- Importing a spreadsheet — this screen accepts one, and it runs through the same rules as typing.