Viewing the ABC Allocations Summary

After you calculate ABC costs, you can view a summary of the ABC costs allocated to a customer or vendor by ABC expense category. You can also change the view to display a summary of the costs allocated to the ABC G/L pools.

To view ABC expense category or G/L pool costs:

  1. From the Events > Activity Based Costing menu, select ABC Expense Category Summary Inquiry to display the ABC Category Summary window.

  2. In the Customer field, enter the name of the customer for which to review ABC information.

  3. In the Branch field, enter the number that identifies the branch for which to view ABC information. To view ABC information for all branches, enter ALL.

  4. In the Start field, enter the first date in a range of dates for which to view ABC information.

  5. In the End field, enter the last date in a range of dates for which to view ABC information.

  6. Click Update to populate the detail area.

  7. When you have finished reviewing the information, exit the window.

More Options for Viewing Cost Allocations

The ABC Category Summary window also offers these options:

To...

Select this menu option...

change the displayed cost

Edit > Cost Selection

The Branch ABC Cost Selection dialog box displays. Click a value.

view costs by G/L pool

Edit > GL Pool

return to the expense category view

Edit > Expense Categories

See Also:

ABC Reports and Inquiries Overview

ABC Expense Category Concepts

ABC G/L Pool Concepts