Cost Centers

In Simple Application you can set up and manage cost centers. All tasks for budget planning and budget expenses are related to a certain cost center. This allows you to integrate corporate business processes, IT asset management, and cost centers together.

Cost center form fields

Field	Mandatory	Description
Name	Y	Specify a name for the cost center.
Company	Y	Specify the company to which the cost center belongs. If the Active checkbox is selected, the field becomes read-only as soon as you save the record for the first time.
Cost center owner	Y	Specify the company employee appointed as the cost center owner. If the Active checkbox is selected, the field becomes read-only as soon as you save the record for the first time.
Branch	N	Specify the company branch to which the cost center belongs.
Section	N	Specify the company section to which the cost center belongs.
Department	N	Specify the company department to which the cost center belongs.
Unit	N	Specify the company unit to which the cost center belongs.
Active	N	Select the checkbox if the cost center is active.

Create a cost center

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To create a cost center, complete the following steps:

1. Navigate to the Cost Centers (cost_center) table.
2. Click New and fill in the fields of the form that opens.
3. Click Save or Save and Exit to apply the changes.