Defining ABC Expense Categories

ABC costs can be broken down by expense categories in the inquiry and reporting tools. Use the ABC Expense Category Maintenance screen to define the expense categories you want to use. We recommend that you set up your expense categories to parallel the structure of your G/L accounts.

For example, you can set up expense categories such as:

Credit/Collection
Delivery
Phone Inquiries

Note: After you define them, assign the expense categories to activity codes.

To define an expense category:

From the Events > Activity Based Costing > Maintenance menu, select ABC Expense Category Maintenance to display the Valid ABC Expense Categories screen.

Note: If prompted, log on to the character-based system.

Do any of the following, as needed:

To...	Do this...
add an expense category	Position the cursor on a blank line in the Codes field and enter the code to use to identify the expense category. In the Description field, enter a short description that identifies the code.
change an expense category code or description	Position the cursor on the code or description to change and either type over the existing information or press Insert and add information.
delete an expense category	Position the cursor on the code and press Alt-Delete. Confirm the deletion when prompted.

Press Esc to save the information and exit the screen.