Creating Cost Accounts
Create cost accounts to track activity cost and earned value throughout the project life cycle. You can associate predefined cost accounts with expenses to categorize them.
To create cost accounts:
- Click the
Projects menu and select Enterprise Project Data, or click the Administer menu and select Enterprise Data. - In the Enterprise Data pane, expand Activities and click Cost Accounts.
- On the Cost Accounts page:
- Click
Add (Insert). - Move the cost account to the correct location in the list and hierarchical position by clicking the
Move Up (Ctrl+Alt+Up), Move Down (Ctrl+Alt+Down), Move Left (Ctrl+Alt+Left), and Move Right (Ctrl+Alt+Right) arrows. - In the ID field, double-click and type a unique ID.
- In the Name field, double-click and type a name.
- In the Description field, double-click and click
.
- In the Description detail window, type a brief narrative about the cost account.
- On the Cost Accounts page, click
Save (Ctrl+S) .
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