4. CUSTOMIZATION

This chapter explains how to set all of the parameters
available in Accounting and Chargeback to tailor the product
for your installation.

You need to decide how you want to set many of these
parameters in order to install Accounting and Chargeback in a
complex.  Review the planning checklist in Section 2.1 to
understand what decisions you need to make.  Use this chapter
to plan the installation by reviewing the information in this
chapter and entering your decisions on the worksheets
provided.  Following this approach will make the installation
go more smoothly.

This section contains the following topics:

4.1 Defining Cost Centers

4.2 Defining Charging Elements, Invoice/Credit Categories

4.3 Specifying Rates

4.4 Accounting for Complex-Level External Files

4.5 Defining Invoices

4.6 Defining the Accounting Calendar

4.7 Specifying the Journal Run Status Log Options

4.8 Prorating Charges

4.9 Specifying Adjustments to Charges

4.10 Specifying Additional Charging Options

4.11 Implementing Monthly Zero Balancing

4.12 Accounting for Multiple Sites (Multi-Sites)

4.13 Defining Journal Files

4.14 Entering Budgets

4.15 Defining and Submitting Utility Jobs

4.16 Modifying Menus

4.17 Activating/Deactivating the ACTYEAR4 element.