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Click in the Cost Object column to open the list of Cost Objects and select the cost object that designates any object (item) for which costs are being accumulated separately from other costs. Cost object can be a project, a specific project task within a project, a customer order in which a customer requests specific product, or a specific internal item being constructed by the entity for a potential customer. You can create new cost objects on the fly. For this, click in the Cost Object column and then click +(Add) in the drop-down list, which is most likely does not contain any object. In the Cost Object (create) form that opens, define the cost object.
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Use the Quantity column to enter the quantity of the cost element in the unit of measure that is specified in the UOM column.
In the Amount column, enter the opening balance in the accounting currency.
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