Accessed by way of the Contract Review form followed by selection of Allocate Cost Centre from the Tools Menu. This presents the Allocate Cost Centre form which allows a cost centre (created within the Contract Administration module and assigned to the appropriate address group) to be allocated to the selected vehicle contract.
The cost centre record is created within Contract Administration / Posting Management / Cost Centres and allow invoices to be raised on a monthly basis in customer cost centre order.
This form is split into three parts that are as follows:
In addition to displaying the form name the Title Bar provides a number of other useful identification criteria and buttons.
The Allocate Cost Centre Dialogue Box consists of a Cost Centre Grid from which the appropriate cost centre may be selected. Only those cost centres which are associated with the address group attached to the currently selected contract are displayed. The following fields are displayed within the grid:
A ten character alphanumeric cost centre code. The cost centre record is created within Contract Administration / Posting Management / Cost Centres and allow invoices to be raised on a monthly basis in customer cost order.
A thirty character alphanumeric free-format meaningful textual description for the selected cost centre.
A single-left-click on any row within the grid highlights the cost centre for allocation purposes and enables the Set Cost Centre To and Clear Cost Centre command buttons.
The following command buttons are available within this form:
Where ??? is the currently selected (highlighted) cost centre. This command button confirms the allocation of the highlighted cost centre and populates the Cost Centre field within the Customer Tab.
This command button removes the currently allocated cost centre and clears the Cost Centre field within the Customer Tab.
Returns to the Contract Review form without taking any action.
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