DEFINE COST ACCOUNTS#

Cost Accounts allow you to establish a ‘list’ of either pay components or distributions masks to be used to group budgeted information together on the View Budget Amounts (IFVP)screen.

A cost account may be a single pay component, a combination of pay components or distribution masks.

The Define Cost Account definition data is maintained in the P2K_FC_COST_ACCOUNTS and P2K_FC_COST_ACCOUNTS-DETAILS tables.

Cost Account This field shows the unique user-defined code for the cost account. Cost_Account_Code is a mandatory 16-character alphanumeric field you must fill manually. Type This lexicon defines the ‘type’ of cost account being defined. Financial Statistical Cost_Account_Type is a mandatory field you must fill with the fixed lexicon X_COST_ACCOUNT_TYPE. Description This field provides a short description of the cost account. Description is an optional 50-character alphanumeric field you may fill manually. Operator This field allows you to define if the value is to be added or subtracted to the cost centre. Add Subtract Account_Operator is an optional field you may fill using the fixed lexicon X_ACCOUNT_OPERATOR. Distribution Mask This field defines the distribution mask associated with this cost account. Distribution_Mask is an optional 50-character numeric field you may fill manually. PC Code This field defines the pay component code associated with this cost account. PC_Code is an optional field you may fill using the LOV derived from the P2K_PR_PAY_COMPONENT table. Pay Component This field displays the pay component associated this cost account. Information for the Pay Components field will default in once the PC Code field has been filled.