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Cost Centers

Cost Centers​

From the menu select, General Ledger > Maintenance Functions > Cost Centers

Cost center codes are used when forming an account for the G/L chart of accounts. Changing the cost center description once in Cost Center maintenance effectively changes the description for all accounts with the given cost center number on the chart of accounts.

  1. Enter the Cost Center portion of the G/L account number or press F6 to display the Cost Center ID's currently on file. The cost center ID is user defined and is a numeric field. The length of the cost center ID is determined by the original account number definition as established in the General Ledger Parameters by DockMaster
    • The cost center number is automatically zero-filled and right justified to the defined maximum length. Therefore, if you defined your cost center portion as two digits and entered a 1, the cost center number would be 01.
  2. Enter a Short Description for this cost center. This field is used on reports where the complete description is not required.
  3. Enter a Long Description for this cost center. If the short description is sufficient, press Enter to duplicate it as the long description. This will only work for a new entry.