Creating cost elements

Follow these instructions to create your company cost elements.

To create a cost element

1. From the JAMIS Administration home page > Setup tab, under Master Files, click Cost elements. Or, from the top of any JAMIS Administration screen, click Master Files > Cost Elements. The Cost Elements screen appears.

2. Click Add. In the bottom section of the screen, cost element entry fields appear.

3. Accept the ”r;/” default in the Cost Element Table field if you are creating a generic table. Or, if you are creating a job-specific table, enter up to 20 characters to create a table name for the element.

4. Enter up to six characters in the Cost Element Code field.

5. In the Short Description field, enter up to 10 characters for the cost element’s abbreviated description.

6. In the Description field, enter up to 60 characters for the cost element’s detailed description. This description appears on reports and invoices when you print by element.

7. The Status field defaults to Active. Accept this default, or click on the dropdown arrow to change the cost element to either Inactive or Budget.

8. Click Update to commit your cost element entries.