ANTE User ManualCost Centres
Cost centres are the general ledger's cost-centre dimension. You keep one list of them here, tag journal lines with them, and filter reports by them. Payroll uses the same list: the Payroll Journal maps departments, branches and employees onto these cost centres.
Where to Find It
- Click Treasury in the sidebar
- Open Accounting Configuration, then select Cost Centres
The table lists Code, Name, Description, Status (Active or Inactive) and Used on lines. Everyone who can open the page can read it; adding and changing cost centres needs the Treasury Accounting Configuration permission.
Adding and Editing a Cost Centre
- Click Add cost centre
- Fill in the details below and save
Use the row actions to Edit, Activate or Deactivate a cost centre.
Deleting a Cost Centre
Delete asks you to confirm and cannot be undone. A cost centre that is used on journal lines cannot be deleted; the button explains how many lines use it, and you deactivate it instead.
Lines that already carry a deactivated cost centre keep it, shown with an "inactive" note.
Using Cost Centres on Journals
- In the manual journal entry editor, each line has a Cost Centre selector.
- The Journal Entries and Journal Vouchers lists have a Cost Centre filter, and the Journal Entries export dialog offers the same filter.
- A Journal Voucher's detail page shows a Cost Centre column for each line.
Payroll journals posted to the ledger carry their cost centres here automatically.
How It Connects
Gets its data from
- Payroll Journal — Payroll Journal maps departments, branches and employees onto these cost centres.
Feeds into
- Journal Entries — every journal line can carry a cost centre, and the list can be filtered by it.
- Journal Vouchers — each voucher line shows its cost centre, and the list can be filtered by it.