You will need to decide how you want to use them to get the required information from your nominals, for example, Branches and Departments. Cost centres can then be configured by a DPS Supervisor by following the steps below:
Enter the DPSSQLConfig file and click the Accounts Tab.
Click Cost Centres.
Tick the Use Cost Centres tick box to activate the feature.
The system will provide two default centres for you under the boxes for ‘Cost Centre 1’ and ‘Cost Centre 2’. Please do not delete these or overwrite them. These 999 default codes will be applied to any posting which you do not apply to a cost centre when posting.
To add cost centres for your company under Cost Centre 1 or Cost Centre 2, click on the Add button next to the prefered option. The required information can be filled in as below:
Code – This will default to ‘000’. Please enter your own unique identifier code into here for each cost centre. Make sure you give every entry their own code.
Description – Enter what the cost centre is for. E.g. Branch.
Active – Tick the box if you would like the cost centre to be active in the system.
Once you have now created your cost centres and ticked the relevant boxes, click Save Changes.
The cost centres will now be set up and live within the system. If your accounts are logged in they will have to close and restart the program for the changes to apply.
If you need help with using Cost Centres, please visit this article.