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The Opening Balances Entering document. The Other Sections Work in Progress tab
Click Add to add a new balance of work in progress.
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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 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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The Characteristic column is available if the Enable Item Characteristics option is selected on the Administration > Settings > Purchasing and Warehouses form. In this column, you can specify additional properties of the item if the Use Characteristics option is selected for the item in its master record (see 2.7. Items).
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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