4. CUSTOMIZATION › 4.8 Prorating Charges › 4.8.1 Defining Prorating Charges

4.8.1 Defining Prorating Charges

The purpose of prorating is to allow work that was originally
run in one cost center to be charged to other cost centers.
This is accomplished by identifying the percentage of the
original quantities and their associated charges that are to
be charged to new cost centers.

For each cost center to be prorated, you must specify the
original (old) cost center value and the prorated (new) cost
center value along with a percentage value.  That percentage
of the amounts occurring in the old cost center is charged to
the new cost center.  This is called the prorating
definition.

The prorating definition for journal and ledger files,
including external journal files, can be made at the complex
or unit level.  The prorating definition for complex-level
external files is always made at the complex level.

The  following sections explain how to complete the prorating
definition:

 1 - Prorating Worksheet
 2 - Prorating Example