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Cost Centers

Cost Centers as a Dimension in SoftLedger

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Written by Geoff Ostrega
Updated this week

Description

Cost Centers are a dimension that can be tagged on any transaction line item as more information for the activyt being recorded, such as using Cost Centers ad departments across the company and tagging the relevant department against an expense line. Create and edit your Cost Center dimensions here:

Create/Edit Cost Center

Enter all required fields and click submit. You can also click the down arrow next to the submit button and click 'Submit and New' to open a new blank Cost Center to complete.

  • ID - Unique identifier for this cost center (this is used in excel upload templates)

  • Name - Cost Center name

  • Description - Extra text for this cost center (optional)

  • Inactive - Inactive Cost Centers will no longer be available to select in drop down lists (Note: Any previously created Documents (e.g. Invoice/PO/SO) with the inactive Cost Center will still be included in tables and users can take actions against)

Cost Center Table Actions

  • Edit - Update Cost Center details.

  • Delete - Delete this Cost Center (could fail if another object such as Journal Entries are using this).

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