Enables the parameters of the costing codes used throughout the system to be set up.

Cost Centres

Validate Entered Codes

Enter Y to validate cost centre codes entered or enter N if you do not want to validate cost centre codes entered.

Validate Resolved Codes

Enter Y to validate resolved cost centre codes or enter N if you do not want to validate resolved cost centre codes.

Variable Length Flag

Enter Y to allow variable length cost centre codes, enter N for fixed length cost centre codes or M for multiple fixed length cost centre codes.

Code Maximum Length

Enter the maximum number of characters allowed for a cost centre code. If the above field is set to M, click window to display Multiple Fixed Lengths, where you can specify multiple fixed lengths.

Non Accounts

Validate Entered Codes

Enter Y to validate nominal account codes entered or enter N if you do not want to validate nominal account codes entered.

Variable Length flag

Enter Y to allow variable length nominal account codes or enter N for fixed length nominal account codes.

Maximum Length

Enter the maximum number of characters allowed for a nominal account code.

Parameters

Default Message Level

Enter Y, D or T as the default message level.

Costing Memo Flag

Enter E (Exclude memo transactions), I (Include memo transactions) or O (Only memo transactions) to specify the default setting of the Memo Transactions selection criteria field in Costing Enquiry Screen.

Reverse Employers Values

Enter Y to reverse employer’s values or enter N if you do not want to reverse employer’s values.

Employees Cost Spread Method

Enter one of the following numbers to specify the method to use for cost spreading for post-based costing on system pay elements:

  1. Cost against the main post that is effective on the employee's pay day.
  2. This option is no longer used.
  3. Pro-rata across posts that are effective on the employee's pay day based on contract hours. Can use this option if a post is to be ignored.
  4. Pro-rata against post relevant at dates, pro rata for number of days in post and contract hours.

Suppress Out of Bal. Check

Enter Y to stop reporting on employees whose costing is out of balance, or enter N to allow out of balance checking.

Ers Spread Method (Supp Run)

Enter one of the following letters to specify the method to use to control spreading of employers costs across contributing payments in supplementary runs:

  1. All records in all runs are reviewed and used for spreading derivation but only records associated with selected supplementary run are saved.
  2. Only pay elements in supplementary runs are used in proportioning and spreading.
  3. Previous runs are reversed and all payments in all runs are reprocessed, and all costed and posted as if single run only. This option results in a large number of debits and credits being generated.

Back Pay Costing Type

Enter OLD to use cost codes on old pay dates or enter NEW to use current cost codes.

Financial Year Start Month

Enter the month in which the financial year starts in the form nn, if you want to limit retrospective costing to the beginning of the financial year. Leave this field blank if you want to process retrospective costing into past financial years.

Default Spreading Code

Enter the default spreading code to be used when employers’ costs are being spread across contributing payments. The code can contain directives.

Multiple Cost Codes

Enter Y to enable the multi-cost centre functionality. When this is enabled, all fixed pay element detail windows have an additional Multi CC field for every Cost Code field where you can specify multiple cost codes and percentages.

Ignore Directive

Enter the character to use as the Ignore Costing directive, or leave blank to use the default - character as the Ignore Costing directive. If you specify a different character, - can be used for other purposes such as a cost code separator. It is recommended that you select this character when the costing functionality is first implemented.

Buttons

Exception Codes

Click this button to display Exception Codes where you can enter various exception codes used throughout the system.

Object Costing

Click this button to display Maintain Object Costing Parameters, where you can maintain costing system parameters associated with the TRAINING object.

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