Set Up Person Level Costing

Manage costing at the person level to track costs for people in your enterprise.

You have the option to cost all the elements the person is eligible to receive or to cost individual elements. You can also choose to split the cost across accounts, for example, to divide the cost of a person's salary between two departments. Use the Costing for a Person task to distribute.

Before you set up costing at the person level, consider monitoring, tracking, elements and allocation.

Monitor and Track Costs at the Person Level

Costing at the person level requires maintenance but it gives you greater control when you're monitoring costs. For example, suppose you start a new project and want to track the costs incurred by the employees temporarily reassigned to the project. Setting up costing at the person level for these temporary employees gives you that option.

Cost Elements

When the application builds the cost account number, the account number you specify for the person on the Costing for a Person page is used unless you specify costing for the element entry for the person or the element using a priority account.

Use this table to decide how you control which elements to cost for a person.

Goal	Action
Cost all the elements a person is eligible to receive	Select the payroll relationship folder from the Costing for Person Overview section. Select Create Costing from the Actions menu.
Cost all the elements defined at the assignment level	Select the assignment folder from the Costing for Person Overview section. Select Create Costing from the Actions menu.
Cost specific elements at an employment level	Select the appropriate employment level folder from the Costing for Person Overview section. Select Create Costing of Element from the Actions menu. Select an element from the dialog that displays.

Allocate Costs to Single or Multiple Accounts

Once you add the accounts in the Cost Account section, you can either allocate the entire cost to a single account or divide the cost over several accounts. Then specify the percentage each account receives. Don't worry if your percentages total to less than 100 percent, the application costs the remainder to a default account.

Edit Costs to Single or Multiple Accounts

You can edit or delete the individual cost accounts when an employee has multiple accounts, such as a 40% cost account and a 60% cost account. Use the Edit icon for the individual account. While in edit mode, modify the amounts or click the delete button. When you complete your changes in the account, click the OK button. Continue to edit or delete the individual cost accounts. To save your changes, click the Submit button on the Edit Payroll Relationship Costing Page.