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4.1.1.1 Cost Center Structure Worksheet


Figure 4-1 is the Cost Center Structure Worksheet.

         +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+          |                                                                                                          |          | Date: ____/____/____                        Administrator:  ____________________________________________ |          +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+                                           COST CENTER STRUCTURE WORKSHEET                      Level        Length      Cost Center Name                      1          _____     ____________________________________________________________                      2          _____     ____________________________________________________________                      3          _____     ____________________________________________________________                      4          _____     ____________________________________________________________                      5          _____     ____________________________________________________________                      6          _____     ____________________________________________________________                      7          _____     ____________________________________________________________                      8          _____     ____________________________________________________________                      9          _____     ____________________________________________________________     ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________



 Figure 4-1.  Cost Center Structure Worksheet

Use the worksheet to define the following parameters:

 1.  LEVEL

     Description:  The level of importance of each element is
     specified, where Level 1 is the most important (major
     field) and the highest level number is the least
     important (minor field).  A cost center data element is
     built for each cost center level that is defined.  For
     example, if the reporting needs for Accounting and
     Chargeback include five levels, then the accounting
     files in the CA MICS database would have the following
     data elements:

        COSTCTR1 COSTCTR2 COSTCTR3 COSTCTR4 COSTCTR5

     Default:  None

     Values:  Numeric, from 1-9. Cost center numbers must be
     defined sequentially with no gaps between levels.
     However, values do not have to be defined for all nine
     cost center levels.

     NOTE:  Unlike other CA MICS product files, in which
            SYSID is the highest, COSTCTR is the highest
            level of the sort key of accounting files.

 2.  LENGTH

     Description:  The length of the specified element.

     Default:  None

     Values:  Numeric, from 1 to 30.

 3.  COST CENTER NAME

     Description:  The name that describes the cost center
     level.  This will be the SAS label associated with the
     variable COSTCTRx and can be used in SAS reporting.

     Default:  None

     Values:  Character, length 40, enclosed in single
     quotes.