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Cost Accounting Setup Window

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Specifies how you transfer general ledger entries to cost accounting, how you link dimensions to cost centers and cost objects, and how you handle the allocation ID and allocation document number.

General FastTab

Field Description

Starting Date for G/L Transfer

Enter the date when general ledger entries are transferred to cost accounting. When the batch job transfers the general ledger entries, you can no longer change the date.

Align G/L Account

Select an option to establish how a change in the chart of accounts is carried over to cost accounting.

  • No Alignment - The change is not carried over.

  • Automatic - The change is automatically carried over.

  • Prompt - When you make a change in the chart of accounts, you get a message asking if you want to make the corresponding change in the chart of cost types.

Align Cost Center Dimension

Select to establish how a change in dimensions is carried over to the chart of cost centers.

  • No Alignment - The change is not carried over.

  • Automatic - The change is automatically carried over.

  • Prompt - When you make a change in dimensions, you get a message asking if you want to make the corresponding change in the chart of cost centers.

Align Cost Object Dimension

Select to establish how a change in dimensions is carried over to the chart of cost objects.

  • No Alignment - The change is not carried over.

  • Automatic - The change is automatically carried over.

  • Prompt - When you make a change in dimensions, you get a message asking if you want to make the corresponding change in the chart of cost objects.

Auto Transfer from G/L

Select to update cost accounting after each general ledger posting. The entries are processed in a batch as a combined entry and transferred to cost accounting.

Check G/L Postings

Select to verify if the predefined cost center or cost object is already in cost accounting when you post to the general ledger.

Allocation FastTab

Field Description

Last Allocation ID

Enter a number series for allocations. Press Enter in the ID field to create an allocation definition. The next ID number is taken from the field.

Last Allocation Doc. No.

During allocation, all entries that were generated with the same allocation ID are given a document number. The last document number is stored here.

Cost Accounting Dimensions FastTab

Shows the dimension codes that are linked to cost centers and cost objects.

Use the Update Cost Acctg. Dimensions batch job to update cost center and cost object dimensions.

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See Also

Other Resources

Update Cost Acctg. Dimensions
Set Up Cost Accounting
About Cost Accounting
Terminology in Cost Accounting
Manage Cost Accounting