You can use this form to create a new Costing document to register distribute the indirect costs incurred during the selected period of time and distribute over the items manufactured during this period.

On the Main tab, you can provide general information about the document.

On the Main tab, the following fields are required: Department, From and To Dates, and Entity. Image Removed

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The "Costing (create)" form. The Main tab

<Auto> in the Number field indicates that an internal number for this document is assigned automatically when you save the document. The From field is populated automatically with the current business date. You can select another date, if necessary.

In the Entity field, select an entity of your company which is responsible for the document. The Entity field is available if the Multi-Company Accounting option is selected on: Administration > Settings > General Settings. You can select your personal default entity to appear in documents; for this, refer to Personal Settings. If you have not selected your default entity, the entity defined first will be used as the system default value.

In the Department field, you can select a structural unit of the entity that had manufactured the items.

In the From and To fields, specify the dates that designate the period of interest.

In the Comment text box, you can provide any additional information.

The document totals and other Information

At the bottom of the form, the Inventory field shows the total quantity of materials (items), the Distributed field shows the quantity of materials (items) allocated to the manufactured items. The Costs field shows the total amount of indirect costs, and the Distributed field shows the amount of indirect costs allocated to the items (finished goods) resulted from manufacturing.

Also, you can view who created this document and the current status of the document; it can be one of the following:

• New (document was created, but not recorded to the database)
• Not Posted (document was recorded, but not posted)
• Posted (document was posted)
• Marked for Deletion (document was marked to be deleted)

The toolbar buttons

After filling out the tab, click the Save button to save your work. After filling out all the tabs, click Post to post the document without closing it or Post and close to post and close the document. For other button descriptions, see Document Toolbar.