Managing cost centres and cost types

In this section you’ll learn how to manage cost centres and cost types, including creating, uploading, assigning, renaming and deleting them. 

How to create or upload a new cost centre 

Sign in to your account and go to the tab ‘Cost centres’. 

Click on ‘Create new cost centre’. Enter a name for your cost centre and click ‘Save’. 

To upload cost centre details, select ‘Upload cost centres’ and upload an Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) or Text file (.txt) and click ‘Save’.  

How to create or upload a new cost type

Sign in to your account and go to the tab ‘Cost types’.

Click on ‘Create new cost type’. Enter a name for your cost type and click ‘Save’. 

To upload cost type details, select ‘Upload cost types’ and upload an Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) or Text file (.txt) and click ‘Save’. 

How to assign, rename and delete cost centres and cost types

Go to cost centres/types, click on the three blue dots next to the name of the cost centre/type you wish to assign. 

Select ‘Assign’ and then add or delete the relevant user.  

To rename the cost centre/type, click on the three blue dots next to the name of the cost centre/type you want to rename.  

Select ‘Rename’, enter a new name and click ‘Save’. 

To delete a cost centre/type, click on the three blue dots next to the name of the cost centre/type you want to remove. Click on ‘Delete’.  

How to make cost centre and cost types mandatory with orders 

Go to ‘Settings’ in your account profile.  

Here you can select if you want cost centres and cost types to be mandatory with each order. Click ‘Save’ when you’ve made your selection. 

How to assign cost centres and cost types to ordered items 

When completing the purchasing process, select the relevant cost centre and cost type to the items on the checkout page. 

You can also add a new cost centre and cost type directly from this page and follow the steps as explained in ‘How to create or upload a new cost centre’. 

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