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Set Up Cost Types

Use the Cash Flow Forecast submodule under the General Ledger module to create the cost types for income or expenses that you have to manually account for in cash flow forecasts. You must create the cost types before creating a cash flow forecast.

To perform this procedure, you must have access to Finance & Administration as defined in User Access Rights under Settings.

To set up cost types:

  1. On the main toolbar, click Finance & Administration .
  2. Use the drop-down list above the left pane of the Finance & Administration screen to select the company that will use the cash flow forecast for which you want to set up cost types.
  3. In the left pane of the Finance & Administration screen, click General ledger > Cash flow forecast.
  4. In the Cash Flow Forecast grid, click the Cost Types Setup tab.
  5. To add a cost type, double-click a row in the grid and enter the following information:
    1. In Post, specify a post number between 300 and 399.
    2. In Income / cost description, enter a description of the income/cost type that will display on the report.
  6. To delete a cost type, right-click the cost type row and click Delete selected rows on the context menu.