Help on Cost Center

This Help page allows you to search and select a cost center and transfer the details to the field where it is required.

You can carry out a search by specifying the range of cost centers that you want to retrieve and the date range during which the cost center is effective. You can also search by specifying the login ID of the user who created the cost center and the description of the cost center. The system retrieves all the cost centers that are in the “Active” status. The selected cost center is transferred to the required page, when it is confirmed.

Click the lens icon positioned next to the “Cost Center” field.

The “Help on Cost Center” page appears.

Enter the following fields in the “Search Criteria” group box to search for a cost center:

Cost Center From

The starting code in the range of cost center codes that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 40).

Note: The code entered in this field must be before or the same as the code entered in the “To” field.

To	The ending code in the range of cost center codes that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 40).
User ID	The login ID of the user who created the cost center that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 15).
Description	A description of the cost center (Alphanumeric, 40).
Effective Date	Use the drop-down list box to select the date from which the cost center is effective. All the start dates of the MAC periods that have been defined for MAC years that are in the “Open” status will be available for selection in the chronological order. The system displays the earliest “Open” MAC period by default.

Note: The date selected in this field must be before or the same as the date selected in the “Expiry Date” field.

Expiry Date	Use the drop-down list box to select the date on which the cost center expires. All the end dates of the MAC periods that have been defined for MAC years that are in the “Open” status will be available for selection in the chronological order. The system displays the latest “Open” MAC period by default.
Account Code From	The first account code in the range of account codes mapped to a cost center (Alphanumeric, 32).
To	The last account code in the range of account codes mapped to a cost center (Alphanumeric, 32). The system displays all account codes with Status set to Active in the range between the Account Code From and To values, which are mapped to cost centers.
Cost Center Type	Use the drop-down list box to specify the type of the cost center to be retrieved. The system lists all the values defined in the “Set Parameters” screen of the “Cost Setup” business component along with the blank value. The system leaves the field blank, by default.

Click the “Search” pushbutton to retrieve the search results.

The system retrieves and displays the following in the “Cost Center Details” multiline based on the search criteria entered:

Cost Center

The code identifying the cost center.

Note: The system retrieves Reporting Cost Center along with the other Cost Centers if this page is launched from the “Cost Budget” business component.

Description	The description of the cost center.
Long Description	A detailed description of the cost center.
Cost Center Type	The type of the cost center.
Effective Date	The date from which the cost center is effective.
Expiry Date	The date on which the cost center expires.
Account #	The identification number of the account mapped to the cost center.
Account Description	The name/short description of the account mapped to the cost center.

Check the box in the multiline to select a cost center.
Click the “OK” pushbutton.