Help on Cost Center Structure

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

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

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

The “Help on Cost Center Structure” page appears.

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

Structure ID From

The starting code in the range of cost center structure codes that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 10).

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

To	The ending code in the range of cost center structure codes that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 10)
Structure Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the cost center structure that you want to retrieve. You can select from “Default”, “Alternate” or “All”. The system displays “All” by default on launch of the page.
Description	The description of the cost center structure (Alphanumeric, 40).
Effective Date	Use the drop-down list box to select the date from which the cost center structure 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 the same or after the date selected in the “Expiry Date” field.

Expiry Date	Use the drop-down list box to select the date till which the cost center structure is effective. 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.
User ID	The login ID of the user who has created the cost center structure that you want to retrieve (Alphanumeric, 15).

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

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

Structure ID	The code identifying the cost center structure.
Description	The description of the cost center structure.
Structure Type	The type of the cost center structure. It could be “Default” or “Alternate”.
	Default – indicates that it is the only default structure for the date range.
	Alternate – indicates that multiple structures other than the default structure could be available for a date range.
Effective Date	The date from which the cost center structure is effective.
Expiry Date	The date till which the cost center structure is effective.

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