Cost Centers

Create finance groupings and map employees by effective date.

Create and map cost centers

Open HR & attendance → People → Cost Centers with cost-center management permission. Cost centers track ownership or internal budgets independently of office and department.

Use the add control in Cost Center List. Enter required Name and Code, choose Global or an office, and save.
In Employee Mapping, add an entry with required Employee, Cost Center and Effective From. Save and verify the row.

For example, map fictional Mira Rao to “North Operations” from 2026-04-01. If she remains unallocated in a report, verify the mapping’s effective date, office and reporting period.

Name must contain 3–80 characters and Code 2–30 characters; the saved code is uppercase. Mapping is a separate dated step. Check the employee, cost center and effective date if “Cost center mapping is not valid” appears.

Illustrative cost center and employee mapping with sample data.

Enter the values in the Cost Centers form.

Map Employee To Cost Center form — Map an employee from the effective date.

Create and map cost centers

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