Using distribution costs and rules

Distribution Costs are costs which can be divided among a group of records.

For example, the cost of power at a datacenter which can be divided among the CIs in the datacenter.

Distribution Rules determine how the Distribution Costs are divided among the CIs.

Defining Distribution Costs

To define new distribution costs, navigate to Financial Management > Cost Management > Distribution Costs, and select New. Populate the following fields:

Tableau 1. Defining Distribution Costs

Field	Input Value
Number	A system-generated unique identifier for the Distribution Cost.
Name	A human-readable identifier for the cost.
Amount	The amount of the cost, with a currency list. To add a new currency, use the Edit link.
Distribution Rule	Select a Distribution Rule to determine how the costs are distributed to CIs. For more information, see Distribution Rules.
Active	Determines if the cost is actively used.
Start Date	The date of the cost, or if the cost is recurring, the first date of the cost.
Recurring	If checked, the cost will recur, and will be added regularly.
End Date	If Recurring is true, the last date to add the distribution cost.
Summary Type	Identifies a high-level type of expense for easier summary reports. This value will be used to set the expense line summary type field.
Interval	If Recurring is true, the time between each addition of the distribution cost between Start Date and End Date.
Last Processed	A read-only display of the last time the distribution cost was processed.
Next Process	A read-only display of the scheduled next process date.

• Defining distribution rules
  Define distribution rules to view distribution costs that are distributed according to the rules.