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_ACCOUNT_DETAILS tables.

Cost Account
This field shows the unique user-defined code for the cost account.
Type
This lexicon defines the ‘type’ of cost account being defined.
  • Financial
  • Statistical
Description
This field provides a short description of the cost account.
Operator
This field allows you to define if the value is to be added or subtracted to the cost center.
  • Add
  • Subtract
Distribution Mask
This field defines the distribution mask associated with this cost account.
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.