Manage Cost Centers

Configure Cost Centers settings to transfer costs of consumables and other items among different departments. For example, when costs of consumables used by the sales department is paid by the general affairs department, specify the general affairs department as Cost Center.

There are two types of Cost Centers:

• Local Cost Center: This includes the local cost center that can be created or edited in the Management Console.
• Cost Center on External Authentication Server: This includes cost centers that can be imported from an external authentication server. This type of groups cannot be edited in the Management Console.

To Add a Cost Center

1. Click [User Management] → [Cost Centers].

2. Click (Add).

3. On the [General] tab, enter the name and description of Cost Center.

4. To add a newly created Cost Center under an existing Cost Center, select the parent Cost Center from the [Parent Cost Center] menu.

5. Click (Add) on the [Users] tab.

6. Select the user to be added to the Cost Center, and then click [OK].

7. Click (Save).