Adding a cost center

You can use the Cost Center (alco_cost_center ) table to add a cost center. The number of segments and the segment descriptions are determined by the first segment you select. Specify all the required segments. Each segment is independent of the other. You can use segments to determine the applicable business rules and to specify the search criteria for the reports.

  1. Select Manage > Corporate Data.
  2. Select Cost Center in the Data Type field.
  3. Select the cost center segments.
  4. Select whether the cost center is active or inactive.
  5. Click the Membership tab, if required, and add the data groups. See, Adding or removing data groups from a corporate date type.
  6. Specify an external key, if required. See, Creating an external key.
  7. Click Add to save the data.