About Cost Centers

A Cost Center represents a single entity to which costs can be charged. This entity may be a person (e.g. a client), an organization or part of an organization (e.g. branch or department), or any other item that costs are charged or assigned to. Cost Centers are grouped by Charging Model and Category.

Cost Centers are added at Charging > Third Party Charging > Charging Models in the Context Tree.

Adding Cost Centers

To add a new Cost Center:

In the Charging Models Action pane, select the Insert Cost Center button ( ). This opens the Insert Cost Center dialog box which collects the necessary information and creates a new Cost Center entry with it.

In the Insert Cost Center dialog box, configure the following properties:

Cost Center Name - Enter a name for the new Cost Center.
Charging Model - From the drop-down list, select the Charging Model that the Cost Center will be associated with. By default, the Charging Model is set to the Charging Model of the currently selected row.
Category - From the drop-down list, select the Category that the Cost Center will be associated with.
Description - Enter a description for the Cost Center.

Click OK. The new Cost Center entry is inserted into the Cost Center Category.

Deleting Cost Centers

To delete an existing Cost Center entry, select a Cost Center and click the Delete button in the Cost Centers Action Pane ( ).

Cost Centers can also be imported in bulk from an external source. For more information on how to import Cost Centers, see Related Topics.