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.
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 multiple cost centres at once, select ‘Upload cost centres’. This will open a window that displays saved documents on your device or computer. Now upload the document as an Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) or Text file (.txt).
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 multiple cost types at once, select ‘Upload cost types’. This will open a window that displays saved documents on your device or computer. Now upload the document as an Excel file (.xls or .xlsx) or Text file (.txt).
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’.
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.
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. Click on ‘New’ next to the cost centre or cost type, enter the name of the new cost centre/type and click ‘Save’.
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